Merchandiser

Red Door Recruitment; St Albans; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance (4x Salary)

Holidays 24-29 days

Holiday buy-back up to 5 days

Product discount 25%

Pension scheme

Wellness programme

Hybrid work pattern

Job summary

Red Door Recruitment is seeking an experienced Merchandiser in St Albans to support stock planning and forecasting for a fast-growing, family-owned business.

The role offers hybrid working (3 days in the office, 2 at home after probation) with a salary up to £35k, flexible hours, and benefits including life insurance, generous holidays, pension, discount on products, and wellness programmes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months' experience in a merchandising role.
• Highly numerate with excellent forecasting skills.
• Able to plan forward and rationalise previous performance.
• Good under tight deadlines and able to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Deal with back order and replenishment requests to ensure stock is available for transfer.
• Forecast seasonal trends considering supplier lead times and upcoming promotions.
• Phasing to avoid over/under stocks and respond to changes in demand.
• Maintain supplier and internal stakeholder relationships and resolve queries promptly.
• Ensure returns and paperwork are completed within required timeframes.

Skills

Forecasting

Numeracy

Analytical

Teamwork

Tools

Excel

Job description

Merchandiser | St Albans | Up to £35k

A successful and fast growing organisation who have doubled in size in the last 10 years are looking for an experienced Merchandiser to join their team.

They are an independent family owned local business based in St Albans. They offer quality products and a traditional service as well as a multi-channel offering and they supply into 550 schools across the UK. This is an exciting time to join them as they continue to grow and develop.

You will be joining an experienced and growing team in a busy and varied role where your forecasting skills will be key.

The company offer a hybrid working pattern of 3 days in the office and 2 at home - after probation.

What's in it for you:

• Salary: Up to £35k
• Hours: Flexible hours
• 4 X Salary Life Insurance
• 24 days holidays increasing to 29 days after 3 years' service
• Employees can buy up to 5 days holiday full time equivalent in any one holiday year
• 25% discount on products after probation
• Standard Life Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme
• Wellness programme
• Based in Head offices in St Albans

Key responsibilities:

• To deal with all back order and replenishment requests accurately and promptly to ensure the required levels of stock are available for transfer in good time
• Understand seasonal trends to forecast accurately whilst taking into account supplier lead times and potential upcoming sales events.
• Limiting potential stock issues and phasing accurately to avoid over/ under stocks
• To have the ability to react to changes in demand and logistics
• Raising manual orders where required
• Monitoring new schools sales closely and logically top up ordering to meet predicted demand
• Understanding the sales trends to manually fine-tune automated forecasts
• Maintaining good relationships with suppliers, branches, colleagues and other internal departments
• Ensure supplier queries are resolved efficiently and within the agreed time frame
• Maintain up to date knowledge of suppliers prices, promotions, and products and making sure the system is up to date
• Be an effective communicator and pass on essential information to management
• Providing up to date information for customer services, branch management and deal with all queries and complaints in a professional manner
• Ensure returns are carried out within the required time frame and all the necessary paperwork is completed
• Confirm orders will arrive within our agreed supplier lead time and chase up any orders which have exceeded their delivery date and update the system accordingly

What the employer is looking for:

• Minimum of 12 months' experience gained within a merchandising role
• Highly numerate with excellent forecasting skills and experience - essential
• Able to plan forward and rationalise previous performance
• You will be working to tight deadlines and work well under pressure
• Resilient and able to work in a team environment
• Analytical and computer literate (a thorough understanding of Excel is a necessity as majority of work is spreadsheet based)

Red Door Recruitment is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. Full details available on our website.

Please note due to the number of applications we often receive; only shortlisted applicants will be contacted