Assistant Merchandiser

Harding; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Merchandiser to cover maternity leave for 12 months. The role requires strong planning and analytical skills to manage inventory effectively and drive sales. Responsibilities include providing category analysis, managing stock intake, and partnering with the buying team to optimize product ranges.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Pension

4 x life assurance

Healthcare

25 days leave annually

Qualifications

• Advanced planning and analytical skills, including Excel / ERP.
• Sound understanding of WSSI.
• Strong customer demographic awareness.

Responsibilities

• Provide weekly summary of sales, stock, profit, and markdown.
• Manage stock intake flow to meet monthly forecasts.
• Collaborate with buying team to build and optimize ranges.

Skills

Planning

Analytical Skills

Excel Skills

ERP Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Job description

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Covering maternity leave for 12 months, and working within a Merchandising team of 34, this is a superb role for someone with strong planning and analytical skills. Working with the B&M teams, you will maximise commercial opportunities through the effective management of inventory, whilst driving sales through improved availability, forecasting, and maximising profit.

Day to day, as the key contact for all category analysis, you will provide a weekly summary of performance within your category relating to sales, stock, profit, and markdown versus budget and last year. The role will manage stock intake flow to hit monthly forecasts, drive sales, and minimise risks, working closely with the Merchandising Assistant to control inventory levels, allocations, and ship replenishments.

Partnering with the buying team, you’ll help build and optimise ranges, creating seasonal strategies and forecasts, providing historical analysis to develop forward forecasts. With the Senior Merchandiser, you will update and manage the Open To Buy for your category, whilst assisting with the development of the MA’s.

The role is based in Avonmouth on a hybrid working basis – 2-3 days per week.

Compensation – competitive salary, bonus scheme, pension, 4 x life assurance, healthcare, 25 days leave annually (including Christmas shutdown)

About you:

• Advanced planning and analytical skills, including Excel / ERP skills
• Sound understanding of WSSI
• Confidence in suggesting calculated risks
• Strong customer demographic awareness and understanding
• Professional and well spoken, with excellent communication skills
• Must be organised, methodical, and efficient with excellent timekeeping skills to meet deadlines
• Must have an existing right of eligibility to work in the UK

Key Attributes – trust, collaboration, respect, passion, drive, resilience

About us:

Harding+ is leading the way in innovative onboard cruise retailing, working closely with our cruise line partners and brand partners to ‘make every cruise better’. We stay at the forefront of retailing and consistently provide outstanding customer service, culminating in winning the Cruise Retailer of the Year award for 2022 and 2023.

Harding+ is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success, making recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify, and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Harding+.