Junior Merchandiser

JR United Kingdom; Nechells; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-known fashion brand is seeking a Junior Merchandiser to join their team in the Midlands. You will be responsible for planning, forecasting, and trading for season product lines, supporting the Merchandising team in a fast-paced retail head office environment. Ideal candidates will have previous retail merchandising experience and strong Excel skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail Merchandising is essential.
• Highly accurate with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage a varied workload with conflicting deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Analyze sales reports and performance.
• Maintain department WSSI.
• Assist with stock and sales control.

Skills

Excel skills

Numerical skills

Attention to detail

Commercial awareness

Education

Previous experience in retail Merchandising

Tools

MS Office

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I am currently recruiting for a Junior Merchandiser to join a well-known fashion brand based in the Midlands. You will be responsible for planning, forecasting and trading for specific season product lines. Supporting the Merchandising team to ensure continued growth in the department. As a Junior Merchandiser you will enjoy working in a busy fast paced retail head office environment.

Some of your key responsibilities will include;

• Analysing sales reports and performance, taking ownership on decisions on potential risks and opportunities.
• Own and maintain your department WSSI.
• Analyse flow lines and accurately order.
• Profit management.
• Assisting with stock and sales control for stores and web
• Working closely with the buying, QA and sourcing teams to ensure accurate critical path management.
• Assisting with sales forecasting
• General support with ad hoc commercial & merchandising projects
• Identifying over-stocks and opportunities to trade surplus stock

The ideal candidate will have good excel skills, enjoy working with numbers, have a keen interest in retail and can demonstrate a good understanding of a head office merchandising role additional key requirements for the role;

• Previous experience in retail Merchandising is essential.
• Highly accurate with a good attention to detail
• Ability to manage a varied workload with conflicting deadlines.
• High commercial awareness
• Strong numerical skills with the ability to analyse data.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office products specifically Excel