Assistant Merchandiser - Home and Clothing (Permanent and Fixed Term Contract Opportunities)

Tesco Hungary; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Tesco as an Assistant Merchandiser to support our Home & Clothing teams. You'll use your analytical skills to ensure efficient merchandising operations, providing insights to minimize risks and optimize stock management. Experience a flexible hybrid working model while contributing to our mission of enhancing customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience in merchandising with an analytical mindset.
• Ability to prepare analysis for trade and support merchandising operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide merchandising support and prepare analysis for the manager.
• Handle order management critical paths and ensure product availability.
• Resolve supply chain issues to meet stock and availability targets.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Commercial interest

Excel skills

Good communication skills

Job description

We are delighted to share that we are recruiting for ambitious and hard-working Assistant Merchandisers to join our dynamic Home & Clothing teams here at Tesco on both Fixed Term Contracts as well as permanent positions. Tesco is a leading multinational retailer and as an Assistant Merchandiser at Tesco, you will play a huge role within the team. Working in the Merchandising department, you'll help support your Merchandising Planning Manager to ensure products arrive at the correct place and at the right time.

If you have experience in Merchandising with an analytical mindset and commercial way of thinking then this position could be for you!

• Providing merchandising support to keep the department running efficiently, preparing analysis for your manager (incl. Monday trade analysis) and collaborating closely with the HSC Merchandising team and suppliers.
• We collate and share market and competitor insight so we can understand what our customers really want.
• We help build balanced ranges for our department that meet sales, stock and profit targets.
• Leading all aspects of order management critical paths, line projections and ensuring ranging databases are up to-date and accurate.
• Handling intake to ensure product availability and support new launches and events.
• Produce weekly sub class WSSI and line flows which helps our merchandise planning managers track sales, margin and stock across regions and channels.
• Prepare analysis which helps your manager to handle risk, suggesting any stock repeats and markdown management opportunities.
• Scheduling and implementing promotions and markdowns across all channels and regions.
• Resolving or calling out supply chain/ replenishment issues, helping the team to hit stock and availability targets.
• Supporting the MPM in preparation for sign off and strategy; analysing history, trends and best and worst.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence.

• An analytical mindset.
• Curious way of thinking.
• Commercial/retail interest.
• Excel skills.
• Good communication skills.

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