Assistant Merchandiser

Alongside you’re Merchandiser, you’ll ensure the necessary controls are in place to maximise business performance of both long-term planning and in season trading. Based in our Central Manchester office, you’ll be in the heart of a buzzing fashion focussed environment, with the opportunity to work with various teams across the business.

YOUR TEAM

Our customers want their wardrobe to be on-trend, and they want it now, so we work with Buying to analyse performance, predict what customers want and what will sell and then make it happen.

• You’ll be using data to optimise the sales volume and profitability of your product areas
• Support planning of budgets by category, option count, and depth of buy, based on the overall business and financial goals of the company
• Control stock levels based on weekly sales and stock intakes (using the WSSI).
• You'll be summarising the WSSI reforecasts and actions to present back to management.
• Review sales forecasts based on performance and action re-forecasts where necessary.
• Analyse and monitor the best and worst sellers, using this information to make informed trade actions on a weekly basis.
• Recommend any promotions and re-buys where necessary, using relevant data to make these decisions.
• Monitor and maintain the buying and gross profit margins as requested.
• Managing and forecasting line cards, as well as using them effectively when rebuying on a weekly basis.
• Support the Merchandising Admin Assistant with any administrative tasks and develop their skill set where needed.

WORKING WITH US

We’re passionate, agile, creative and one team.

• Experience working within Merchandising, as an Assistant Merchandiser for a similar retail business.
• Experience of planning weekly sales, stock and intake management.
• Ability to work at pace and analyse a high volume of data efficiently.
• Previous experience working with Excel at a Intermediate to Advanced level.
• Ability to manage your own product category, including contributing in weekly trade meetings.
• Ability to look into the detail as well as the bigger picture, especially by working collaboratively as a team and being a team player at all costs.
• You’re a relationship builder and find communication across various level of seniority easy to adapt.

WHY JOIN US

Our mission is to create a workplace where everyone is respected, their individual differences are valued, and they can be themselves at work without exception. Beyond this we offer each and every employee the below benefits:

• There’s up to 40% discount off all our brands
• Opportunity to take part in Learning and Development training- expanding your knowledge on areas outside of your day to day.
• Core hours enable you to flex your working times around your needs on an ad hoc basis
• You’ll get the opportunity to take part in our various share schemes- where your impact on the business will also impact you!
• Benefits that support your health and wellbeing
• Our social calendar? Next level!
• Opportunity to progress both within your brand and also internally across our 12 other fashion brands!
• With HQs in Manchester and London and offices across the globe, we offer a buzzing atmosphere and the boohoo family culture wherever you work

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