Assistant Merchandising Manager - Clothing

BOOTS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in the UK is seeking an individual to join their Childrenswear department. The successful candidate will analyze sales data and work collaboratively to drive departmental growth. The role requires strong Excel skills, effective communication, and a commercial mindset. Benefits include a retirement savings plan, employee discounts, flexible benefits, and access to 24/7 counseling support. This is a fantastic opportunity for those passionate about retail and merchandising to thrive in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to 24/7 counseling support

Qualifications

• A proactive approach with a commercial mindset.
• Role requires intermediate/advanced Excel skills to build insights from sales data.
• Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver sales budget insights to drive growth in the Childrenswear department.
• Lead data-centric reviews to support forecasts and future ranges.
• Manage sell-through and markdowns, considering profit impact.

Skills

Commercial mindset

Intermediate/advanced Excel skills

Strong communication skills

Organizational skills

Ability to manage multiple timelines

Awareness of competitor activity

Job description

Contract: Permanent

Location: Nottingham

Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker

What you’ll be doing

Working closely with the Assistant Buying Manager and Visual Merchandiser to deliver the Clothing department Strategy through analysing sales and department data whilst making recommendations on product and productivity of space. Cross functional working is required with Supply, Ecommerce and Finance whilst holding supply base to account on deliverables.

Key responsibilities

Reporting in to the Category Manager, the candidate will be responsible for driving growth in our Childrenswear department alongside the Buyer and Visual Merchandiser with support from the Category Assistant. This small team operates uniquely within Boots as our only apparel department in the business. You will be:

• Working with the team to deliver the sales budget through providing insight that highlight risk, surface opportunities and shape trading decisions
• Leading regular data centric reviews to support on forecasted volumes, allocations and future range.
• Managing sell through and mark downs, considering profit impact
• Maintain and manage the critical path and handover timings
• Placing orders via supply base portal and holding all stakeholders to account to ensure stock availability

What you’ll need to have (our must‑haves)

• A commercial mindset and proactive approach
• Role requires intermediate/advanced excel skills and ability to build reports to deliver insights from sales and profit data
• Strong communication and organisation skills
• Ability to manage multiple timelines
• Awareness of competitor activity and ranges of all U.K. main retailers

It would be great if you also have

Previous experience in an apparel merchandising role

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

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About The Boots Group

The Boots Group is a trusted leader in healthcare, pharmacy and retail, operating across 11 countries – including the UK, Ireland, Thailand and Mexico. The Boots Group brands – including Boots, Boots Opticians, No7 Beauty Company, Farmacias Benavides and Alliance Healthcare – are trusted and well recognised healthcare and beauty businesses, serving millions of customers and patients every day in communities around the world. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all.

What’s next

If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full‑time, we are open to discussing part‑time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case‑by‑case basis.

We hope to hear from you soon.

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