Merchandiser

Castle View Personnel; Beauly; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency based in Scotland is seeking an experienced Merchandiser. The role involves supporting the buying team, managing stock, and creating visual plans. Applicants should have experience in merchandising, strong MS Excel skills, and excellent communication abilities. The position is office based in Beauly, offering a salary of £30,000 - £35,000 pro rata depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar Merchandiser role.
• Strong IT skills including MS Excel and the ability to run a variety of stock reports.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Capable of dealing with a range of contacts including colleagues and suppliers.
• Ability to work with accuracy and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the buying team for product queries.
• Assist with placing new orders and forecasting quantities.
• Build and maintain the visual range plan.
• Order, chase, and allocate stock for photoshoot.
• Create necessary trading reports for performance overview.

Skills

Experience as a Merchandiser

Advanced MS Excel skills

Strong communication skills

Social media experience

Job description

Title: Merchandiser

Type: Permanent

Hours: 3-4 Days per week (must include Monday & Tuesday)

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 pro rata (depending on experience)

Our client is looking to appoint an experienced Merchandiser to join their team on a permanent basis for approximately 3-4 days per week.

Summary

As Merchandiser you will be responsible for supporting with all aspects of buying and merchandising, including running reports, setting up and maintaining products on the system, forecasting for the season ahead, building the range and range plan. Ideally you will have experience as a Merchandiser, advanced MS Excel skills and strong communication skills.

The role will be office based in Beauly.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working closely with the buying team as the main point of contact for the shop team and suppliers with any product queries.
• Assist with the booking in and allocation of new stock and top up stock.
• Assist with placing new orders and forecasting quantities based on growth.
• Manage and maintain top up orders in particular for NOS items.
• Work with buying team to build a visual range plan and continuously update the range plan.
• Assist with Photoshoot prep and preparing a shoot list for each shoot.
• Order, chase and allocate stock required for photoshoot.
• Support in the management of the department critical path with the cross functional counterparts to ensure timely delivery of the product.
• Managing shipment (checking ex-factory dates are on time, volume discrepancies, gold seal inspections completed, packing lists entered).
• Ensure that delivery invoices are checked against the order, and then loaded correctly.
• Daily communication with suppliers, factories, agents as well as liaison with internal departments.
• Manage barcodes and special tickets requirements with suppliers and the warehouse.
• Manage labelling requirements with suppliers and the warehouse.
• Supplier analysis for end of season reviews
• Create necessary trading reports to support overview of performance weekly/ monthly/ seasonal.
• Assist with social media, in particular Instagram. Planning in advance the Instagram feed.
• Image selection from the various photoshoots, organising the monthly images in a set order, then loading the images in advance onto Later.
• Replying to Instagram messages.
• Involvement in the weekly company newsletters.

Person Specification:

• Previous experience in a similar Merchandiser role.
• Strong IT skills including MS Excel and the ability to run a variety of stock reports.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Capable of dealing with a range of contacts including colleagues and suppliers.
• Ability to work with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Social media experience preferred.

Castle View Personnel (Inverness) Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers and is an equal opportunities employer.