Merchandising Admin Assistant
Merchandising Admin Assistant
Karen Millen
We’re Karen Millen. Since 1981 we’ve been a household name and trusted brand. We’re known for elevated style and our reputation for fabric, finish, quality, and detail speaks for itself. Our love for fashion revolves around long-lasting, luxurious designs that can effortlessly slip into an established wardrobe at an attainable price point.It’s an exciting time to be part of Karen Millen, driving this iconic brand into the future.
As a Merchandising Admin Assistant, you'll liaise closely with other departments across the business and ensure the sales performance is communicated back to the wider brand through reporting. You'll support in analysing the sales of your department, where you can have a direct impact on strategies for the future.This role is busy and fast paced, so you'll need to keep organised and on top of your area. By being based in one of our central London offices, you’ll be emersed in all things fashion and data.
Your team
In the heart of London, Karen Millen stands as a beacon of timeless design, craftsmanship, and elevated style. As part of the Boohoo Group, we’ve built a passionate and dynamic team dedicated to maintaining the brand’s premium positioning while embracing innovation and growth.With a clear vision for the future, we’re evolving Karen Millen’s legacy and shaping the next chapter of its success.
Our Merchandising team is at the core of ensuring Karen Millen remains a leader in the global fashion market. With an extensive and carefully curated product range, we work strategically to deliver impeccable quality and precision in every collection.We thrive on data, trends, and insight, using our expertise to get the right products to the right customers at the right time. As pioneers of the test-and-repeat model, we move with agility, balancing heritage with a forward-thinking approach to fashion.
What you'll be doing- Own all admin reporting where you will be responsible for analysing the sales performance within your department, which will be discussed in weekly trade meetings and be used for wider strategy planning.
- Reporting back sales analysis to your Senior Merchandiser, so they can propose suitable actions.
- Flagging any potential issues with current orders to the merchandising team and proposing suitable solutions.
- Communicating regularly with suppliers and the warehouse team to ensure orders are running to the deadline and lateness is kept to a minimum.
- Takes full responsibility for the Merchandising Admin Assistant Excel trackers, ensuring that these are updated daily.
- Loves working with numbers and data trends.
- Methodical and analytical thinker who enjoys solving problems.
- Enjoys detail and getting the little things right.
- Is a confident user of Microsoft Excel and happy looking at spreadsheets.
- Strong communicator, confident in interacting with lots of different people across the business, as well as external suppliers.
- You’re someone who enjoys going above and beyond to support others in the team where needed.
- Ambitious and driven to develop a career in Merchandising.
Working with us
At Karen Millen, we don’t stand still - we lead, evolve, and redefine online fashion. With bold ambitions and big energy, we’re on a mission to get back to our very best, delivering the strongest propositions to our customers in the most engaging, innovative, and efficient ways possible.
We thrive on change, innovation, and pace. Every challenge is an opportunity, and every day is a chance to push boundaries. If you’re someone who embraces the unknown, thrives in a fast-moving, high-growth environment, and is ready to shape the future of retail, you’ll love it here.We want visionaries, disruptors, and doers—people who bring fresh thinking, relentless energy, and the drive to make an impact.
To succeed here, you must love working at pace. It’s relentless, but we love it. Change is a certainty – you need to adapt and be agile. We want you to challenge the status quo, innovate and be open to trying new things. We’re always pushing boundaries. We empower our people, giving them freedom and autonomy to learn and grow in their roles.We’re passionate, agile, creative and one team.
What happens next
As part of the interview process you will complete a video interview where you will be asked five questions based on your experiences and understanding of the Merchandising Admin Assistant role.
Once you pass this part of the application process, you will be invited into our office to meet members of your future team. During this stage you will be asked to complete a task, have the chance to see the office environment and have a one to one interview with the merchandisers in person.
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. 2025 is a year for making bold moves, delivering real results, and driving forward with unstoppable momentum.If that excites you, then you belong at Karen Millen. Let’s lead the change together. 🚀
Benefits Include: (subject to level and eligibility)- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Company share scheme
- Life Assurance
- Company Pension Scheme
- Flexible working hours
- Employee assistance programme including 24-hour confidential helpline
- Our Reward Platform allows you to tailor your benefits to suit your needs - such as Private Healthcare, Dental and Healthcare Cash Plans, a Cycle2work Scheme and plenty of fun anytime benefits such as coffee club or virgin experience days.
- 40% discount across 4 brands, 20% discount on Debenhams
- Discount & Cashback portal
- Season Ticket Loans
- Learning and development support and opportunities both internally and externally
- Our social calendar? Next level!
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