Junior Merchandiser - Women's Apparel

Posted 21 hours 54 minutes ago by Naylor's Equestrian Llp

Permanent
Full Time
Other
Suffolk, Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom, IP295
Job Description
Junior Merchandiser

Outdoor Fascias

Reporting to: Senior Merchandiser

Operating Ratio: 20/80 Current / Future

Key Objective: To lead the team to deliver Sales, Markdown, Stock, Intake and Profit Plans

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage the Merchandise Assistant and Assistant Merchandiser.
  • Responsibility for the deparmtnental WSSI.
  • Manage Intake at category and line level in conjunction with the team.
  • Plan seasonal launch in conjuction with the Buyer, Marketing, Retail and VM.
  • Review weekly trading performance and achieved KPI's, identifying issues and the course of action in preparation to present in the weekly trading meeting.
  • Propose and agree actions to recover risk and maximise opportunities with the Merchandiser and Buyer at category, brand and line level.
  • Attend monthly WSSI meetings with your Merchandiser to sign off:
    • Forecasting any sales and stock variance to plan
    • OTB's
    • Management of commitments - On time delivery, rebuys cancellations
    • Markdown proposals
  • Manage the range plan in season reflecting any changes.
  • Assist in the building of the visual layouts with the Buyer and VM.
  • 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.
  • Develop awareness of product area through store visits and by reviewing the sales analysis.
  • Ad-hoc reports and analysis for as required.

Planning

  • Creation of the departmental strategy in conjunction with the Senior Merchandiser/Buyer.
  • Review previous seasons and produce SWOT Analysis with supporting information.
  • Create category level product mix using history, SWOT and SLT Plan.
  • With Senior Merchandiser formulate the space and option count.
  • Build the seasonal financial and buy plan in conjunction with the Senior Merchandiser and Buyer.
  • Ensure that the WSSI is updated with the buy plan and the KPI's are signed off with the Senior merchandiser.
  • Attend key selection meetings with the Senior merchandiser and Buyer.
  • Overview the linecards with Assistant merchandiser
  • Ensure that the buy matches the buy plan.
  • Establish working relationships with supplier base.

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 Asst Merch / Merch Asst on a regular basis.
  • Communicate to the Retail Team anything that will impact on Stores performance.
  • Establish working relationships with Store Operations, Visuals, Marketing.
Key Deliverables - Year 1
  • Attend all systems courses to enable full utilisation of the System
  • Adhere to the Merchandise Calendar delivery plans and forecasts as requiredAchieve company Sales, Margins and stock plans