Merchandiser (Accessorize)

Monsoon Accessorize; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holiday (plus IHD)

Bonus day off after 6 months

Pension enrolment after 3 months

Life assurance

Flexible working

Early pay day Friday finish

Staff discount up to 50%

Season ticket loans

Wellness centre access

Benefits Portal discounts

Job summary

Monsoon Accessorize is seeking a proactive Merchandiser for our Fine Jewellery department. You will drive sales by planning ranges, analysing performance and forecasting demand, working closely with the Buyer/Designer to develop a compelling range across store and digital channels.

You will lead and mentor a team, own the department strategy, and influence senior leadership with data-driven insights on pricing, stock and margins.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and trading skills using data to drive decisions.
• Ownership of dept strategy, aligning business and financial goals.
• Proven experience managing and developing a team.
• Experience working with senior leadership, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Commercial awareness with strong understanding of pricing, margin and profit.
• Stock management and intake planning to optimise availability and minimise risk.
• Innovative and open to challenging existing processes and practices to drive the business forward.
• Experience in an omni channel business is highly desirable.
• Highly organised, good prioritisation skills and self management.
• Passionate about the Accessorize brand and customer.
• Strong system knowledge and WSSI management experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales and profit by planning and managing product ranges across your departments.
• Analyse trading performance, forecast demand and make key trading decisions on stock levels, intake and pricing.
• Understand the customers needs by channel and use this information to make commercial decisions.
• Develop and recommend department strategy, working closely with the Buyer/Designer.
• React quickly to trade while managing the critical path and optimizing stock availability across all store site types and digital channels.
• Propose planning parameters for product areas by analysing past, current, future and proposed season ranges.
• Manage and control the Critical Path with the Buyer, ensuring deadlines and communicating actions.
• Work closely with the Buyer and Designer to implement a balanced range representative of trends and profit.
• Actively trade the department while reviewing performance and taking actions to maximise profit.
• Be clear and concise in trading meetings and communicate across the business to drive strategy.
• Manage KPI’s to maximise the net achieved margin.
• Review KPI’s and adjust the plan with Line Manager and Buyer.

Skills

Analytical skills

Trading experience

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Omni-channel experience

Organised / prioritisation

Forward thinking

Job description

An exciting opportunity to join the Accessorize Merchandising team has come about. We are looking for an enthusiastic Merchandiser who has a passion for numbers & analysis and who loves working closely with product & leading a team, to join our Fine Jewellery department.

What will you do as Merchandiser for Accessorize?

• Drive sales and profit by planning and managing product ranges across your departments.
• Analyse trading performance, forecast demand and make key trading decisions on stock levels, intake and pricing, to ensure the product is in the right place at the right time.
• Understand the customers needs by channel and use this information to make considered commercial decisions that positively impacts the profitability of the department.
• Develop and recommend department strategy, working closely with the Buyer/Designer.
• React quickly to trade while managing the critical path and optimizing stock availability across all store site types and digital channels.
• Propose planning parameters for your product areas by analysing past, current, future and proposed season ranges and producing analysis to support this.
• Manage and controls the Critical Path with the Buyer, to ensure deadlines are met and potential problems identified at line and product group level, clearly communicating to management, and suggesting necessary actions.
• Work closely with the Buyer and Designer to implement a balanced range, ensuring it is representative of current trends, capture volume drivers and commercial to Accessorize.
• Actively trade the department whilst continually reviewing changes in performance and taking appropriate actions to minimise impact and maximise profit.
• Be clear and concise in all trading meetings and communicate well across all areas of the business to drive the dept strategy forward.
• Manage KPI’s to maximise the net achieved margin.
• Regularly review KPI’s ensuring that the BTA is realistic, highlighting changes to your Line Manager and Buyer, making recommendations where necessary.
• Be passionate about developing people, with a keen interest in training, mentoring and coaching at MA and AM level.

What will you need to succeed as Merchandiser for Accessorize?

• Strong analytical and trading skills using data to drive decisions
• Ownership of dept strategy, aligning business and financial goals
• Proven experience managing and developing a team
• Experience working directly with senior leadership, possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills to build strong relationships across the business
• Commercial awareness with strong understanding of pricing, margin and profit
• Stock management and intake planning to optimize availability and minimize risk
• Innovative and open to challenging existing processes and practices to drive the business forward
• Experience in an omni channel business is highly desirable
• Highly organized, good prioritization skills and self management
• Forward thinking and innovative
• Passionate about the Accessorize brand and customer
• Strong system knowledge and WSSI management experience

What will we offer you in return?

• 23 days holiday with the option to purchase additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Bonus day off each year after 6 months service
• A pension that you will automatically be enrolled in after 3 months
• Life assurance (subject to participating in the pension scheme)
• A flexible working approach
• Early pay day Friday finish
• A generous staff discount with up to 50% discount on our products
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Access to our on campus wellness centre (pilates, yoga etc.)
• Additional discounts through our Benefits Portal

At Monsoon Accessorize we don’t focus only on what we do, we also care about how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and an environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people and are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will also consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

We provide reasonable accommodations as needed to people with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [e-mail] to request discuss any specific requirements.