Senior Merchandiser

You the Senior Merchandiser will report into the Head of Customer Operations, this role will give you a great opportunity to work with key Retail customers and take ownership of your areas. You'll need to be able to work well under pressure and manage your own priorities.

Client Details

An established Homeware company are looking for a Senior Merchandiser to join the Merchandising team at their Preston offices. They have been trading for over 30 years and pride themselves on their premium design lead products.

• To compile and deliver all the relevant reports to the customer as well as internal reporting, mainly in Excel with large data sets
• Building reports to generate efficiencies
• Forecasting demand and placing rebuys based on lead times/ MOQ's
• Working to achieve a 98% stock availability with forward forecasts
• Responsible for purchasing of all new lines/rebuys for designated customers, in line with target delivery dates in order to meet specified service levels and stock holding targets
• Responsible for implementing and managing the Critical Path process for initial orders and rebuys
• Completion of customer New Line Forms/product codes and barcode set up
• Keeping the customer updated on any changes to the critical path, stock levels, availability dates
• Liasing with National account manager/ QC/ Warehouse/ Customer/ Suppliers
• Raising and maintaining purchase orders to ensure on time delivery by working with Far East/ Europe suppliers, taking into account MOQ/ lead times/ holidays
• Dealing with customer stock enquiries and liaising and building relationships with other areas like the warehouse
• Managing DTC orders and queries
• Review supplier performance through weekly order status reports checks
• Implement sustainability changes on packaging in line with changing guidelines
• Understand and use customer portals to upload/ download product data
• Supporting the Head of Customer Operations

• Working as a Merchandiser, Senior Merchandiser or similar
• Experience in a wholesale / retail business looking at sales and inventory levels
• GCSE Maths & English Grade B or above
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft office, particularly with Excel (lookups, pivots, macros etc)
• Working with large data sets to process and interpret data.
• Evidence of well-practised communication skills; both verbal and written
• Ability to record information in a concise, accurate and legible manner, as appropriate
• Ability to work on own initiative and manage own workload
• Proven ability of organisational skills
• Attention to detail
• Analytical reasoning & problem solving

• Early finish on a Friday
• Hybrid working - 2 day in the office
• Flexible working hours
• Pension scheme
• Child care vouchers
• Company sick pay
• Voluntary staff savings scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Death in service benefit
• Staff awards scheme
• Social events through the year for staff and families