Junior Merchandiser

As a Junior Merchandiser, you'll trade your department, seeking out sales opportunties and help the Merchandiser with defining the strategy and planning of future ranges.

• Title: Junior Merchandiser
• Location: JD Group Head Office, Bury, Greater Manchester. BL9 8RR.
• Working Hours - Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm

What You'll Be Doing:

Planning:

• Review Previous Seasons and produce SWOT Analysis with supporting information.
• Create category level product mix using history, SWOT and SMT Plan.
• With Senior Merchandiser formulate the space and grading plan for store distribution.
• Ensure that the WSSI is updated with the buy plan and the KPI’s are signed off with the Senior merchandiser.
• Ensure that scheduling and Ideals are in place for your area of responsibility.
• Attend key selection meetings with the Senior merchandiser and Buyer
• Build the Range plan
• Build Layout plans in conjunction with buying and VM.
• Overview the ratios for all buys in conjunction with Asst merchandiser
• Ensure that the Buy matches the plan Buy
• Establish working relationships with Supplier Base
• Manage the order books both in season and preseason to ensure that the most accurate information is always in the system.
• Manage the Stock seasonality within the WSSI.

Trading:

• Reviews’ weekly trading performance and achieved KPI’s, identifying Issues and the course of action in preparation for the weekly trading meetings and submit to the senior merchandiser.
• Propose and agree actions to recover risk and maximise opportunities with the Senior Merchandiser and Buyer at category and line level.
• Monthly – Capture all agreed actions in the monthly forecast reviews
• Work up the forecast from category/Season level to Buyer Group
• Meet and gain approval: Incorporating
  • Forecasting any sales variance to plan
  • Creation of OTB’s
  • Management of commitments – On time delivery, rebuys cancellations
  • Markdown proposals
• Provide Retail with Rack List/Hit List through Merchandise Assistants.
• Manage the range plan in Season reflecting any changes
• Manage Linecards
• Manage Intake at category and line level.
• Visit and understand the store base on a regular basis. Create action plans to Optimise Store performance.
• Manage the store option plans to ensure each store has the optimum amount of stock and neither too full or lacking key lines.

Teamwork:

• Reporting to the Senior Merchandiser
• Work with the Senior Merchandiser and Buyer to deliver the plan
• Guide and direct the Merchandising Team to help deliver the plan
• With the Senior Merchandiser provide and monitor development plans for the Assistant Merchandiser / Merchandise Assistant on a regular basis
• Communicate to the Retail Team anything that will impact on Stores performance
• Establish working relationships with Store Operations, Visuals, Marketing, Finance DC etc.