EMEA Market Merchandiser (Speedo)

PENTLAND; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative global company seeks a Market Merchandiser to connect brand strategy with consumer insights. This role focuses on optimizing product assortments and pricing strategies to enhance brand equity and profitability in the EMEA region. You will collaborate cross-functionally, leveraging data analytics to drive informed decisions while ensuring alignment with global strategies. Join a diverse team that values creativity and proactive problem-solving, and enjoy a flexible working environment with numerous health and travel perks. This is your chance to impact a leading brand in the activewear industry!

Benefits

25 Days Holiday

Brand Discounts

Health Perks

Flexible Working

Travel Perks

Family-Friendly Benefits

Qualifications

• Strong merchandising fundamentals across assortment planning and pricing.
• Advanced analytical skills to interpret data effectively.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize product assortments in collaboration with teams.
• Own pricing inputs and lead market pricing benchmarks.
• Lead performance analysis of the Speedo EMEA assortment.

Skills

Merchandising Fundamentals

Analytical Skills

Forecasting

Strategic Thinking

Communication Skills

Job description

We're Pentland Brands; a dynamic, global family business, and proud owners and licensees of many iconic active and footwear brands. With a community of over 1,300 team members worldwide, we embrace diversity and inclusion, and champion growth and development. Our success is built on teamwork, courage, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

WHAT'S THE MISSION FOR THIS ROLE?

As the Market Merchandiser for Speedo, you are the voice of the consumer in the region and the strategic connector between brand, product, and market. You'll lead the creation of consumer-right assortments and price positioning across Speedo's key markets in EMEA-optimising for growth, profitability, and brand equity.

You'll gather, distil and action market insights, sales feedback, and data analytics to influence global range direction, drive best-in-class regional assortments, and ensure Speedo shows up in the right places, at the right time, at the right price, in the right quantity for the right planet.

This role is pivotal to bringing Speedo's global strategy to life on the ground-and helping protect and grow our swim category leadership in EMEA.

WHAT DOES THIS ROLE DO?

As our Market Merchandiser, you will be responsible for:

Consumer-Right Assortments

• Build and optimise the Speedo EMEA product assortment in collaboration with commercial and product teams, balancing local relevance with global brand strategy.
• Ensure tailored assortments for key strategic regions/ partners to drive adoption and elevate brand perception.
• Create assortments using sell-in/sell-out, ROI, and margin data
• Drive seasonal "less is more" editing, and focus on hero products, storytelling, segmentation, and credible outfit building.

Pricing

• Own pricing inputs (and work closely with Pricing Analyst): lead on market pricing benchmarks, GBB (Good/Better/Best) architecture, consumer price perception, and competitive intelligence.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product and Finance to recommend pricing strategies that meet margin, volume, and brand equity goals.
• Help reduce complexity across pricing lists and support building simplified, scalable pricing frameworks.

Analytics & Performance Management

• Lead performance analysis of the Speedo EMEA assortment across key metrics: ASP, margin %, adoption, sell-through, penetration.
• Deliver seasonal "lessons learned" analysis and embed insight into future planning cycles.
• Track competitor performance, market trends, category shifts, and regional white space opportunities-turning insight into action.

Forecasting

• Own forecasting inputs: Partner with Sales and Planning to submit accurate volume forecasts by style/door/channel.
• Pressure test forecasts against historical data, market potential, and commercial ambitions to optimise buys and reduce overstock.
• Drive alignment between product strategy and financial planning-supporting sourcing accuracy and cost efficiency.

Go-To-Market & Sales Enablement

• Deliver the Speedo regional GTM process: storytelling, range explanation, segmentation guidance and key line direction for commercial teams.
• Equip Sales with regionalised tools, key talking points, and tailored content to maximise conversion.
• Attend and support sales launches and key partner meetings across priority markets.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as the single point of contact between Product and Sales for the EMEA region-balancing brand ambition with commercial reality.
• Feed insights into the global briefing process and long-term roadmap planning to shape future innovation and investment focus.
• Partner with Planning, Finance, and DTC to ensure regional visibility, consumer-centric thinking, and margin responsibility.

WHAT DO I BRING TO THE ROLE?

You just might be our next superstar if you have the following skills and experience:

Core Skills

• Strong merchandising fundamentals across assortment planning, pricing, segmentation, and line architecture.
• Advanced analytical and commercial skills: you can read numbers and tell the story behind them.
• Experience working with or influencing forecasting, demand planning, and price positioning.
• Strategic thinking and an instinct for the consumer, the competition, and what good looks like at retail.

Mindset & Attributes

• Consumer-obsessed, commercially sharp, and brand proud.
• Curious, proactive, and adaptable-able to work across functions and move from detail to big picture with ease.
• Strong communicator and influencer-confident presenting ideas and standing up for what's right for the consumer and the business.
• Comfortable with digital tools and evolving technologies; openness to AI and automation is a plus.

We want you to live our company principles, bringing a strong consumer focus, while always looking for ways to improve and grow in your role. Take ownership of your work and be proactive in solving problems whilst communicating openly and treating everyone with respect and kindness. And, of course, let your creativity shine by bringing your unique style and individuality to the Pentland Brands Team.

Market Merchandiser | London | Permanent, full time

WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?

• Salary + discretionary bonus
• 25 Days Holiday: Increases with length of service and the option to purchase additional days to suit your needs.
• Discounts: Brand discounts (including friends and family and JD Sports), Sample Sales, and other retail discounts and perks.
• Family-Friendly Benefits: Generous enhanced parental leave policies
• Health Perks: Choose from a variety of health-related perks including medical cash plan, critical illness cover, life assurance, gym and fitness discounts, dental insurance, eye care, and health screening to maintain your wellbeing.
• Travel Perks: Take advantage of our season ticket loan, cycle to work schemes, electric car schemes, and discounts on home charging units to support eco-friendly commuting.
• Flexible Working: We offer hybrid working and flexible working hours, allowing you to start your day earlier or later to help with commute costs or personal commitments.
• Chance to join our Charity, D&I and Sustainability employee networks.

As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to fostering diversity and creating an inclusive culture across our business, stores, and office environment.

We warmly welcome your application.