Assistant Merchandiser

Found in: Talent UK C2 - 2 weeks ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Head Office Full time

Assistant Merchandiser - Full Price Wholesale

Come and join the team at Ben Sherman

Join Ben Sherman as we strive forward in the Menswear market. This is a key time to join the business and be part of our ambitious plans. We have an exciting opportunity for a Assistant Merchandiser to join our dynamic team based in our modern Head Office at Thorpe Park, Leeds.

Purpose of the role:

As an
Assistant Merchandiser you will play a vital role within our Merchandising
teams. You will provide essential support to your department reporting into the
Merchandiser.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy:

  •  Assist the
    Merchandiser to ensure all product strategies are executed in line with
    the overall business needs
  • Assist the Merchandiser with range planning
    including; analysis of previous seasons sales by pre-agreed attributes
  • Support the Merchandiser to communicate
    information effectively to all levels of the BSI management team

Trade and Planning:




  • Updating
    and maintaining the weekly sales and margin reports, identifying any
    anomalies and highlighting these to the Merchandiser
  • Manage the
    department critical path which includes chasing suppliers to adhere to
    deadlines. Participate in the CP meeting.
  • Assist the
    Merchandiser with stock, sales and cash flow via spreadsheet maintenance
    and accuracy
  • Ensuring all
    supplier invoices and packing lists are correct, rasing queries if
    necessary
  • Monitoring all
    stock intake and stock levels for the relevant customers and ensuring
    stock is processed in a timely manner
  • Ensuring the
    right stock is in the right place at the right time whether this is for
    Wholesale, Ecomm or Retail
  • Producing seasonal
    size-scales, raising purchase orders and providing EAN data
  • Maintenance of
    the buying minutes and other Oasys functions including; activating
    products, entering price lists, entering production, amending quantities
    and delivery dates when required
  • Assisting the Merchandiser
    in seasonal planning and providing forecasts to the buyers/suppliers
  • Liaise with
    suppliers to ensure products are despatched to the agreed ex-factory date
  • Liaise with the sales team and
    customers to ensure that they are fully updated on all deliveries and
    answer any relevant queries
  • Attend key
    internal and supplier meetings alongside the Merchandiser. Complete all
    meeting minutes for the Merchandiser
  • Review assess
    and present sales and margins in line with weekly trading meetings.
  • Work with the
    forwarder in requesting freight quotes, raising POs and tracking all
    freight costs to cross check against invoices

Additional
Responsibility:



  • Maintaining the attendance register
  • Providing regular and ad hoc reports for
    internal/external teams and customers
  • Store visits
  • General office / departmental duties
Knowledge/Skills:

  • Relevant
    skills working within a B&M office - buying cycle, critical paths and stock
    management
  • Experience working as a Merchandise Admin Assistant- ideally in a related category
  • Accuracy
  • Financial
    awareness and understanding of departmental budgets and margins
  • Commercial
    and competitor awareness
  • Strong
    housekeeping and organisational skills
  • Numeracy
  • Effective
    communicator
  • Ability
    to work on own initiative.
  • Team
    player
  • Good
    visual presentation skills
  • Time
    management skills
  • Ability
    to work under pressure.
  • Self-motivated


PC Skills:



  • General
    IT literacy
  • Microsoft
    Excel, Outlook & Word
  • Ability
    to navigate an intranet site
  • Company
    PDM / Product Order Systems


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