Merchandise Planner

Card Factory; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Card Factory as a Merchandise Planner and play a critical role in shaping strategies for our products. You'll leverage your merchandising experience in a dynamic, multi-channel retail setting, working closely with our commercial team to optimize store space and drive results. This role offers great opportunities for professional growth while contributing to our exciting business strategy.

Benefits

25% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online

Financial Wellbeing Support

Seasonal incentive schemes

Opportunity to apply for Retail Apprenticeships

Access to blended learning and development content

Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Merchandising experience in a non-food multi-channel retail environment.
• Proven results-driven mindset.
• Confidence in engaging stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Shape strategies and budgets for your category.
• Mentor an Assistant Merchandiser.
• Balance stock planning and forecasts with supplier collaboration.

Skills

Merchandising experience

Ability to deliver results

Confidence to influence stakeholders

Adaptability in a dynamic environment

Job description

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We're on the lookout for a Merchandise Planner!

Join the Commercial team at cardfactory and help us make the most of our store space. Our exciting space optimisation project is ready to go – we need someone as excited as we are to dive in and make every inch count! This opportunity is available on a 12 month fixed term contract basis. It’s ahybrid role combining some days working from home and some at our head office based in Wakefield, with great links to the M1 and free parking.

Role Responsibility

Working closely with our Senior Merchandiser you’ll shape strategies and budgets for your category, while also mentoring an Assistant Merchandiser. It’s a great chance to step up, make an impact, and grow your skills.

We’re looking for someone who can work at pace and think on their feet, this is a great team who love digging into the data to drive results whilst remaining curious about everything in their orbit! You’ll need to balance the big picture with the small details—from stock planning and forecasts to working with suppliers and getting the right products in the right place, at the right time. You’ll have solid merchandising experience (ideally in a fast-paced, multi-channel retail setup), a great eye for detail and the confidence to collaborate and influence across teams.

You'll build smart, customer-focused ranges, plan budgets, manage stock, and work with teams across the business to keep things running smoothly. You’ll also get stuck into weekly trade reviews, supplier planning, and space optimisation magic.

The Ideal Candidate

What you’ll need:

• Merchandising experience, ideally from a non-food multi-channel retail environment
• Ability to deliver results and work to targets
• To be comfortable working in a fast-moving dynamic retail environment
• Confidence to influence and engage your stakeholders

If you would like to come join the party and help shape what comes next at cardfactory – RSVP now!

About the Company

Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greeting cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland. In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a trueOmni-channel retailer. This strategy sees significant investment into ourcolleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part ofourexcitingjourney.

In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial well-being.

• 25% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
• Financial Wellbeing Support Financial Education ToolsSalary Advance
• Seasonal incentive schemes
• Opportunity to apply for Retail Apprenticeships
• Access to blended learning and development content
• Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
• Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing