Assistant Merchandiser - 6 Month Temporary Contract

Seasalt; Falmouth; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £27,500 (Band 2)

34 days paid annual leave

50% employee discount

Private Medical Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension with 7% employer contributions

Life assurance

Flexible working (hybrid)

Learning & Development

Volunteering days

Job summary

Seasalt, a Cornwall-based omnichannel retailer, seeks an Assistant Merchandiser to support the Merchandiser in delivering sales and profit targets. You’ll help manage the Range Plan, deliver line-level forecasts, and create price-change models to support seasonal activity.

You’ll work with the product team and Assistant Buyer, follow the Buying Calendar, and may deputise for the Merchandiser. This is a full-time, 6-month contract with hybrid working across Cornwall head office locations.

Qualifications

• Experience in merchandising functions and line card management.
• Strong range planning experience with data-driven insights.
• Proficiency with Excel and data analysis to inform decisions.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication and stakeholder skills.
• Ability to work numerically, manage deadlines and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Merchandiser with Range Plan info for all sales channels.
• Assist with line level forecasting based on historical sales.
• Ensure tasks align with the Critical Path and timelines.
• Collaborate with Merchandiser to implement commitments, sales, markdowns and OTB.
• Identify forecasting blocks and propose orders or rephasing as needed.
• Ensure purchase orders reflect commitment, sizing and intake dates.
• Assess channel performance and suggest actions to maximise sales.
• Create price-change models under Merchandisers' supervision.
• Build/update seasonal reports and provide Range Plan data.
• Assess sales by option, intake and stock distribution.

Skills

Merchandising

Line cards

Range planning

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Numerical analysis

Communication

Organization

Attention to detail

Retail experience

Tools

Excel

Job description

Seasalt began in 1981 with a small shop in Penzance, selling workwear to local mariners and practical overalls to artists. Today, we’ve grown into a thriving omnichannel retailer with over 80 UK and Ireland stores, 400+ wholesale stockists, and a growing international and online footprint.

As a B Corp and winner of both Drapers “Best Place to Work” and CIPD’s “Best Recognition Programme”, we care deeply about our people, our communities and our long‑term impact. Our Head Office teams provide the foundations that empower our people to drive sustainable growth across the UK and international markets.

As an Assistant Merchandiser, you’ll play a key role in supporting the Merchandiser to deliver agreed sales and profit targets. You’ll help manage the Range Plan with accuracy, ensuring clear analysis and insight is available to shape both current and future collections. Taking responsibility for category and attribute‑level forecasting, flow lines, and line card management, you’ll also create price‑change models to support seasonal markdowns and promotional activity.

Working collaboratively within the product team, you’ll contribute to shared goals, partnering closely with the Assistant Buyer to help build each season’s range. You’ll follow the Buying Calendar and Critical Path diligently, communicate clearly with colleagues, and occasionally deputise for the Merchandiser when needed.

Please note, this is a full‑time, 6 month temporary contract. As part of our Seasalt Connected approach to ways of working, this role will be based flexibly across our Cornwall head office locations (minimum 40% of working week).

You’ll help us by:

• Supporting the Merchandiser by collating information for the Range Plan for all sales channels, ensuring the range plan is accurately maintained and submitted for company roll ups in a timely manner.
• Assistant with line level forecasting based on historical sales.
• Ensuring all relevant tasks are completed in line with the Critical Path.
• Working with the Merchandiser to understand and actualise commitment, sales, markdown and open to buy.
• Proactively identifying blocks of product to create forecasting models and making recommendations for new orders, rephasing of current commitments and fabric commitment based as required, and in line with trade.
• Ensuring all purchase orders are accurate and reflect the required level of commitment, the correct sizing and the desired intake dates, updating department ratios where necessary from size analysis.
• Assessing channel performance, key driving categories and best and worst selling lines and suggest appropriate course of action to Merchandiser to maximise sales.
• Creating price change models (either markdown or promotional) under the supervision of our Merchandisers, as a reaction to current trade.
• Working with the Merchandiser to build and update relevant seasonal reports.
• Collating and providing information for the Merchandiser including: commitment and intake phasing, the departmental margin and sales history for the Range Plan (rate of sale, cover).
• Assessing sales (by option), reviewing intake of stock and distribution in line with requirements

The skills you’ll be sharing with the team:

• Experience of working within a merchandising function.
• Experience managing line cards.
• Experience of range planning.
• MS office experience – particularly excel with use of formulas.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills.
• Able to work closely with key stakeholders.
• Able to work numerically, analyse and report back on data.
• Effective communication.
• Well organised with effective prioritisation.Ability to work well to deadlines.
• Good attention to detail.
• Experience working in retail would be desirable.

Why we hope you’ll love working with us:

The success of Seasalt is down to the skill and hard work of our team. We don't just want to attract the best and brightest people to come and work with us, we want you to stay and grow with us.

As well as doing everything we can to support your development professionally, we believe encouraging personal growth is just as important. So you can fulfil your passion and purpose, not just at work but in life, we offer a range of benefits that are designed to enhance your career and wellbeing:

• Salary: up to £27,500 depending on experience(Band 2)
• 34 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing with length of service
• Attractive 50% employee discount
• Flexible benefits allowance to personalise your benefits package
• Private Medical Scheme including 24/7 virtual GP
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme through Retail Trust with 24/7 support
• Pension plan with generous 7% employer contributions
• Life assurance programme
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Flexible working opportunities with our hybrid working approach
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Do Good Things with our two days per year paid volunteering opportunities
• Employee networks to develop and provide support to our people, including the Inclusion & Belonging Network
• 100s of savings on top retailers and gym memberships through our discount hub

At Seasalt we have a brilliant team of people – they're what make Seasalt a fantastic place to work. We love to celebrate uniqueness and are committed to making Seasalt a place where everyone feels they belong. As an inclusive employer, we want to invite a diverse range of candidates to apply for our roles.

Closing date for applications is 24th September 2026, however our roles can close earlier.