Import Production Merchandiser

CLUB L LONDON; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Merchandiser to enhance supplier relationships and optimize production processes. This role involves managing supplier partnerships, ensuring timely delivery, and collaborating with various departments to meet product requirements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in merchandising within the fashion or eCommerce sectors, along with excellent communication skills, particularly in Chinese. Join a dynamic team where your organizational and negotiation skills will be valued, and contribute to the growth and success of the business in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience in Merchandising, preferably in fashion or eCommerce.
• Strong communication skills, especially in Chinese, are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage supplier relationships for successful partnerships.
• Coordinate with departments to ensure timely delivery and quality checks.

Skills

Communication Skills

Excel

Organizational Skills

Negotiation Skills

Time Management

Stakeholder Management

Confidence in Chinese

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Email Applications

Job description

Main Responsibilities

1. Establish relationships and onboard new suppliers building successful partnerships. Strong supplier relationship management required.
2. From Design receiving details of product requirements and working with the production team to allocate to the relevant factory based on manufacturing capability, price negotiations and working to price targets.
3. Maintain the critical path, ensuring we are working to and hitting set deadlines from 1st sample, fabric and fit approvals to delivery.
4. Manage your factory base to make sure production schedules are being followed.
5. Ensure all stock received in the warehouse is coordinated with QC checks and communicate any issues with suppliers.
6. Liaise with the relevant departments, to enable goods to arrive and be processed on time, and advise departments of key delivery dates.
7. Raising Purchase Orders as required.
8. Work closely with the wider Product and Design Team, including Quality, Garment Tech, and Merch.
9. Send monthly reviews of all off-Shore Suppliers, analysing strengths, weaknesses and areas for improvement.
10. Develop and nurture strong working relationships with our off-Shore supply base to ensure they all meet and maintain delivery schedule, quality and margin expectations.
11. Ensure on-time range launches, monitoring the CP dates for both Brand and Clients.
12. Proactively monitor sales and stock in order to take action to optimize sales, margin, and using optimal freight route/cost for Brand.
13. Day to day management of intake and liaise with supply chain of that method goods are to be shipped.
14. Help to identify new product opportunities to support the growth and expansion of the business.

Experience

1. Chinese speaking is preferable and must be confident communicating in the language across multiple channels (WeChat, Microsoft Teams, etc).
2. 4+ years' experience at Merchandiser level ideally within a fashion, or eCommerce industry.
3. Experience of a Wholesale Operation would be an advantage.
4. Experience with liaising with factories in Asia (such as China and India).
5. Experience with Stakeholders Management at all levels.

Skills

1. Naturally confident with strong communication skills - both written and verbally.
2. An excellent knowledge of Excel, Word and e-mail applications is required.
3. Be an organized individual who is eager to learn and progress within the industry.
4. Strong organisational, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
5. Confident, assertive, and proactive, with the ability to build rapport and effectively communicate with people at all levels.
6. Strong decision making, time management skills and able to prioritise workload, with a target driven mindset.
7. Independent but enjoy working in a team and have a flexible approach to working.
8. You will be determined to go the extra mile to achieve results.