Assistant Merchandiser (Pricing)

ASOS.com; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online fashion retailer is seeking a Pricing Assistant to support pricing optimization strategies, manage markdowns, and collaborate across teams. Ideal candidates have experience in pricing or merchandising, strong communication skills, and proficiency in data analysis. This role offers employees discounts and a variety of benefits, encouraging a creative and supportive environment.

Benefits

Employee discount

Employee sample sales

25 days paid annual leave

Private medical care scheme

Fixed annual payment

Qualifications

• Experience in Pricing or Merchandising at an Assistant Merchandiser Level.
• Capability to propose and model pricing strategies successfully.
• Energetic with a passion for data-driven problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end Clearance process and stock selection.
• Manage further markdowns and seasonal trading nuances.
• Collaborate on global promotions with selected stock.

Skills

Data interpretation

High organisation skills

Excellent verbal communication

Attention to detail

Computer literate (Excel, PowerPoint)

Numerical competency

Fast-paced working

Team player

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Company Description
We’re ASOS, the online retailer for fashion lovers all around the world. We exist to give our customers the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you’re free to be your true self without judgement, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

We’re proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and we placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer list. Everyone needs some help showing up as their best self. Let our Talent team know if you need any adjustments throughout the process in whatever way works best for you.

Job Description

You will be part of a team responsible for full assortment price trading, working closely with many internal teams including the AI team, commercial, tech and other global teams. You will support on strategies to optimise pricing investments across our FC Hub zones, report on our pricing performance, looking at internal and external competitive price proposition data at territory level, and supporting a customer obsessed approach to drive competitive advantage. You will work closely with the Pricing Manager / Head of Geo.

Responsibilities

• Working with the Pricing Manager to support the end-to-end Clearance process, from sign off to implementation. Working closely with our Planning, Finance, Retail & Territory teams to ensure the best stock selection is targeted for each event.
• Laser focus on proactive trading of Clearance, ensuring KPIs are delivered consistently. Trading consists of managing further markdowns, rolling discount events and understanding seasonal & territory nuances.
• Working with the Pricing Manager to support the weekly process of global promotions. Collaborating with Planning, Commercial and Tech teams to select stock and depth to drive sell through.
• Supporting and working with the AI team in the understanding of the Data problems that we are trying to solve through price investment
• Assisting the Pricing Manager to establish the Price Scraping process across the Branded Portfolio, making suggestions for price trading actions in market.
• Working with the third-party Scraping Tool and Team, building working relationships
• Support the Pricing Manager by surfacing required data and presentation of data, in order to communicate analysis and recommendations to wider teams and key internal stakeholders
• Start to build knowledge and understanding of how Price Investment through reprice delivers return on investment
• Working with the Pricing Assistants in the management of price change execution process end to end working with the tech teams to establish best practice processes.
• Support the Pricing Manager in the communication of analysis and recommendations from initiatives to wider teams and key internal stakeholders
• Start to build knowledge and understanding of pricing levers that impact territory and product type elasticity and use this to propose recommendations for dynamic pricing strategies
• Help support the creation and on-going distribution of consolidated weekly and monthly reporting for price trading initiatives across key customer and business metrics to be shared with wider business
• Support the development of a Pricing Assistant

Qualifications

About You

• Previous experience of working in either a Pricing or Merchandising role, at a minimum of an Assistant Merchandiser Level
• Experience of proposing and modelling price strategies, Promotion & Clearance, alongside evaluating the success of a number of pricing initiatives on various business KPIs
• You are energetic and like working at fast pace, whilst having a passion for interpreting data to solve problems
• High organisation skills, able to use initiative and to work in pressurised environment
• Excellent verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately with colleagues, across all levels within the business
• Keen attention to detail
• Computer literate and able to use both Excel and Powerpoint applications to an intermediate/advanced level
• High numerical competency
• Flexible, self-motivated and enthusiastic and a team player

Benefits

• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
• Employee sample sales
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment
• Private medical care scheme
• Fixed Annual Payment in addition to your salary each year, it\'s just an extra thank you from us
• Opportunity for personalised learning and in-the-moment experiences that enable you to thrive and excel in your role.

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