Merchandiser - Accessorize

Monsoon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holiday

Staff discount (up to 50%)

Bonus day off after 6 months

Pension enrollment after 3 months

Life assurance

Flexible working

Early pay day Friday finish

Season ticket loans

Wellness centre access

Benefits portal discounts

Job summary

Monsoon Accessorize in Greater London is seeking a skilled Merchandiser to drive sales, plan product ranges and manage the Critical Path across store sites and digital channels. You will analyze performance, forecast demand and optimize stock, while collaborating with Buyers and Designers to deliver a balanced, trend-driven assortment.

The role requires strong merchandising experience, analytical trading skills, and a deep understanding of pricing, margin and stock management.

Qualifications

• Previous Merchandising experience at Merchandiser or established Junior Merchandiser level.
• 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.

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, 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.

Skills

Analytical skills

Dept strategy

Team management

Stakeholder management

Pricing awareness

Stock management

Innovative mindset

Omni-channel

Organizational skills

Forward thinking

Brand-minded

WSSI knowledge

Customer focus

Job description

What will you do as Merchandiser for Accessorize?

• Drive sales and profit by planning and managing product ranges across yourdepartments.
• 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?

• Previous Merchandising experience at Merchandiser or established Junior Merchandiser level
• 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?

• Competitive salary
• 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.