ASSISTANT MERCHANDISER | NATIONAL FASHION BRAND | APPAREL & LIFESTYLE BRAND | HYBRID & FLEXIBLE | £28,000 - £32,000

ASSISTANT MERCHANDISER BENEFITS:

• Hybrid Working
• Flexi Hours - Core Hours
• Discounts
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• On site parking
• Pension

AS THE ASSISTANT MERCHANDISER:

• You'll report directly into a Merchandiser, allowing you autonomy and room to grow
• As an Assistant Merchandiser you will actively own your own category
• Running your own category with the support of your Assistant Buyer, the pair of you will successfully plan, develop and trade a range of products throughout each season
• As the Assistant Merchandiser you will also be pro-actively involved with multiple categories under your merchandiser, gaining a more holistic view of managing multi-category performance
• Actively contribute to the wider team with offering actions and solutions
• You'll be able to give commercial solutions to Monday Trade with understanding and the ability to give detail around; cash, cover, margin, units, intake & other KPI's.
• Manage all sizing, ratios, rebuys, intake, newness
• Monitor and manage stock levels with awareness of cover
• Oversee the critical path and delivery schedule, liaising with your buying team closely
• Be used to working with a trading calendar, meaning you have a sound understanding of things like seasonality & launches
• Accountable for your own categories, budget, option count, OTB, and trading actions
• Deep diving historic sales when building lessons learnt and strategy packs with your merchandiser
• Strong understanding of volume vs newness/ trial buys
• Ability to identify and de-risk your suppliers capabilities with either lead times or capacity

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