Merchandising Assistant | Competitive Sports & Performance Brand | Manchester City Centre | Circa £24,000
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and rapidly evolving sports and performance brand that has already established itself in a competitive marketplace.
Having gained solid traction both online and in physical retail locations, the brand is now navigating a phase of significant growth and expansion are looking to grow their merchandising function. They are on the immediate look out for a merchandising assistant to come and join the business.
This is a brilliant opportunity for a self starter, ambitious individual who wants to kickstart their career in the sports & athleisure industry.
As the Merchandising Assistant:
- Be the support function to your product development & wider merchandising team
- Manage the critical path of booked styles with your product development team
- Manage & accurately update the full delivery schedule
- Communicate daily with suppliers, warehouse and your full product teams around the status of booked lines
- Raise and manage all Purchase Orders
- Ensure all detail within Purchase Orders are accurate at all times
- Support with Monday Trade meetings by pulling reports for your merchandiser
- Ability to analyse reports and data to build information & actions for your team
- Ability to feedback opinion and fact around sales and stock from reports to your merchandiser
- Make sure all product "goes live" when stock is in the warehouse, ensuring that product goes onto the website ASAP
- Manage and images vs stock discrepancies yourself
- Monitor competitors, if not daily, weekly around new product they are selling along with their prices and any mark down
- Work collaboratively with partners and their merchandising, buying and marketing teams
- Support with key trading periods i.e Black Friday & Christmas promo's
- Understand freight times, challenges and ability to book in stock with forwarder's and warehouses
You will:
- Calm, cool & collected
- Collaborative
- A strong, confident communicator
- Accountable
- Pro-active
- Problem solver
MUST HAVE:
- Strong interest in the sports/lifestyle & performance market
- Strong, advanced Excel skills
- Desired, but not essential; Degree or qualifications in buying/merchandising/business management
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