Merchandising Admin Assistant

JR United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Merchandising Admin Assistant to support their dynamic team in London. This role involves creating key business reports, managing delivery schedules, and analyzing sales data to drive efficiency and optimize customer outcomes. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and advanced Excel expertise, contributing to the team's success through effective collaboration and process improvement. Join a passionate and inclusive environment where your contributions will enhance overall performance and help shape the future of the brand.

Qualifications

• Strong numeracy and analytical skills required for data interpretation.
• Advanced Excel experience is essential for reporting tasks.

Responsibilities

• Create business reports and manage delivery schedules for the merchandising team.
• Analyze sales data to identify trends and optimize customer outcomes.

Skills

Numeracy Skills

Analytical Skills

Advanced Excel

Organizational Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

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Location | Head Office, Kingly St, London

Workplace Type | Hybrid (2 Days WFH)

Contract | Permanent

As a Merchandising Admin Assistant, you’ll play a vital role in supporting the Merchandising team by creating key business reports, managing delivery schedules, and maintaining line cards on core styles. You’ll assist with analysing sales data, identifying trends, and resolving stock or supply chain issues to drive availability and optimise customer outcomes. By improving processes, collaborating with teams, and completing tasks efficiently, you’ll contribute to delivering insightful trade summaries and enhancing overall performance.

About the Company

We have an unswerving reputation and legacy for quality and craftsmanship at its foundation, British brand Russell & Bromley has heralded its renewed contemporary fashion aspiration and focus within recent seasons evolving into a more dynamic style authority. Luxurious breadth and diversity are demonstrated across covetable ranges with stand-out trend items once again putting its footwear and accessories clearly on the fashion map. You would be joining an organisation that values inclusivity, becoming part of a passionate team with a collaborative culture that supports each other, as well as the business. We seek to provide an environment where all employees can reach their full potential, be their best selves and do their best work.

About the Role

• Creating key business reports to support the Merchandising team in completing core tasks.
• Working with the Merchandising team to review how we can improve efficiency by refining processes and increasing automation.
• Completing key admin tasks quickly and accurately to ensure the best possible customer outcomes.
• Supporting the team in analysing sales data to identify trends and performance insights.
• Managing the Delivery Schedule in collaboration with the Buying Assistant.
• Monday Trade; Generating and maintaining reports on Bestsellers, Slow Sellers, Mid-Week sales, and any supporting information needed for trade meetings.
• Assisting in preparing weekly and quarterly sales performance summaries.
• Assisting in resolving any stock or supply chain issues promptly.
• Responsible for departmental analysis, including identifying best and worst performers, lessons learnt, and store analysis.
• Managing Linecards for core styles.
• Collaborating with the Allocations team to drive optimum availability both online and in shops; proposing actions and flagging issues to the Merchandiser.
• Conducting competitor analysis.
• Visiting stores and providing feedback.
• Preparing the Lessons Learnt Pack in collaboration with the Buying team.

About You

• Strong numeracy and analytical skills
• Advanced Excel experience required
• Good organisational skills with the ability to work to deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Commercially minded, proficient in reading, interpreting, and analysing numerical data
• Clear, effective written and spoken communication skills
• Well-organised with an eye for detail
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team, and build effective working relationships

Due to the high volumes of applications that we receive, we are regrettably unable to personally reply to them all. Therefore, we will only contact successful applicants within a period of two weeks.