Import Merchandiser - Branded

Tagged Resources; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A fashion supplier is seeking a highly organised Import Merchandiser to join the team in Greater Manchester. The successful candidate will work closely with various stakeholders, ensuring timely order placements and efficient production processes. Key responsibilities include managing purchase orders, communicating with factories globally, and maintaining accurate project timelines. Ideal applicants should possess at least three years of relevant experience, strong communication skills, and detailed organisational abilities to thrive in this dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years' experience in an import merchandiser role for a fashion supplier.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Highly organised with good negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Costing product and raising purchase orders on Navision system.
• Maintaining accurate critical path and managing samples from factories.
• Liaison with other teams to meet customer specific requirements.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Negotiation skills

Excel knowledge

Job description

Tagged Resources seeks a highly organised, detail-oriented Import Merchandiser to support our client's Import Merchandising team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on brands across men’s, ladies', and children’s and with high street and online retailers, working closely with the design team, merchandisers, tech team and factories, ensuring all orders are raised in a timely manner and production runs efficiently and on time.

The role

• Costing product and raising purchase orders on Navision system for key customer accounts.
• Communication with factories worldwide by email and phone.
• Maintaining accurate critical path and chasing in trims and samples from factories to ensure goods ship on schedule.
• Ensuring shipment dates are kept up to date.
• Liaise with other in house teams to meet customer specific requirements.
• Working with QA team to check samples and prioritise workload.
• Liaison with shipping forwarders and logistics team.

Requirements

• At least 3 years' experience in an import merchandiser role for a fashion supplier
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, internal and external.
• Attention to detail.
• Highly organised with good negotiation skills
• Good Excel knowledge
• Keen to learn and progress within a friendly team.
• Experience in the Direct FOB business would be helpful.

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