Junior Merchandiser

About Our Client

A fantastic opportunity for a Junior Merchandiser to join an Ecommerce retailer in the Leeds area. The business sells several different products for the home. They have been featured in GQ, Home & Garden to name a few.Due to strong trade over the last 12 months they are now looking to expand their Buying & Merchandise team.

• Help to plan and develop Merchandising strategies that balance customer expectation & profitability alongside our rapid expansion plan
• Support with implementing new procedures and processes alongside the Senior Merchandising Team
• Partake in the analysis & reporting of current sales data, customers reactions and channel trends in order to anticipate product needs and plan future ranges & stock
• Help build & maintain a comprehensive library of historical data
• Work to key performance indicators helping to optimise the sales volume and profitability of designated product areas according to the business plan
• Pro-active involvement with planning future ranges in conjunction with wider product team.
• Actively involved with the monitoring of slow sellers & proposal of price reductions as necessary including the roll-up of mid and end-of-season sale plans
• Work collaboratively with the team helping to monitor stock movement and help propose intake re-phasing as necessary based on the forward seasonal plan
• Collaboratively work with the wider Merchandising, Operations & Logistics teams to ensure timely onboarding & arrival of stock with our various partners
• Set the department strategy and option framework to ensure a balanced and commercial product range
• Support the merchandiser on maintaining department WSSIs, stock and sales plans, ensuring stock is managed to targets
• Take full ownership of departmental line cards, re-forecasting on a monthly basis and building out future sales plans
• Proactively analyse sales data and trends and use data to influence decisions in buying meetings
• Proactively monitor sales and stock in order to take action to optimise sales and margin performance - ensuring team react to sales trend
• Manage order placement and intake to ensure on time product launches and awareness of product lead times, to maximise trading opportunities
• Manage clearance stock through off price channels
• Recommendations on pack size, MOQ/MOV

• Established Assistant Merchandiser, Junior Merchandiser or similar
• Strong computer literacy skills - especially in Excel
• Analytical skills - confident in working with and extract insight from data
• Strong decision making, time management skills and able to prioritise workload
• Good commercial knowledge - specifically on wider marketplace and broader business
• Team player attitude

• Competitive Salary
• Hybrid Working 3 Office day, 2 days work from home
• Close to transport links
• Progression Opportunities
• Generous Discount
• Flexiable working
• 25 days plus 8 bank holidays

Junior Merchandiser

Junior Merchandiser