Merchandise Assistant

Central Manchester

Full-Time – Office Based

Salary £23k

Key Objectives:

The objective of this role is to work within the merchandising team to maximise commercial opportunities on your product areas on both brands websites, through the attention to detail and an understanding of the knock on effects of every task taken.

 

Main Duties and Responsibilities.

Prepare weekly reports and ensure all key people have copies as a priority by Tuesday afternoon.

Ad hoc reporting and administrative jobs when required

Develop awareness of product area by reviewing the weekly sales/trade reports and keeping up to date with new activity across design and marketing.

Update systems with the current ETA / Availability from the supplier critical paths Liaise and be first point of contact with the w/house around delivery issues.

Collate, key and check price amendments.

Interact with other internal teams to improve performance and drive best practices

With the Merch check that all product landing in the warehouse has the correct Cost and Retail price and that the margin reflects correctly

Manage line cards in conjunction with the Merchandiser

Reconcile supplier order books and communicate all anomalies.

Raise and Ratio all orders onto the system.

Keep the Range Plan up to date with every order sent and ensure any amendments sent back from suppliers are updated in the range plan in a timely manner.

Run daily sales and send to merchandiser.

Run Weekly New ins and send to merchandiser.

File maintenance

Team

Ensure you understand and are focused and working towards a shared goal.

Seeking guidance on ‘Best Practice’ merchandising from the team and implement

Develop relationships as appropriate with Warehouse, Design Team, Marketing etc.

Essential Skills and Experience

Must be able to work exceptionally well on Microsoft Excel.

Numerate with analytical skills, including computer skills.

Self motivation

Good judgement

Proactive and determined

Passionate about product, market and brand awareness
Discreet, professional and well spoken, with good communication skills

Exceptionally organised, methodical and efficient.