Merchandising Administration Assistant

Crew Clothing Company; Kingston upon Thames; Hybrid; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Crew Clothing Company in Kingston upon Thames is seeking a Merchandising Admin Assistant to support the merchandising team with analysis to maintain optimum stock levels and plan futures seasons effectively. You will run weekly trade reports, monitor stock availability, input promotions and markdowns, and collaborate with branch merchandising and logistics to resolve delivery issues.

Strong numerical and Excel skills, attention to detail, and ability to work to deadlines are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong numerical skills and attention to detail.
• Good Excel and IT skills.
• Understanding of the principles of merchandising and analysis.
• Ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines.
• Strong levels of communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Run and distribute key Monday reports for Monday trade.
• Monitor availability of key products and suggest stock movements to core & branch teams.
• Input price changes for promotions and markdowns on the system.
• Coordinate with Branch Merchandising and Logistics on deliveries and issues.
• Collate monthly lessons learnt reports and produce sales/margin analyses.
• Prepare and present ideal size ratios at season start and maintain them throughout the season.

Skills

Strong numerical skills

Excel proficiency

Merchandising analysis

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work under pressure

Time management

Retail experience

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Purpose Of The Role

Merchandising Administration Assistant is to assist the Merchandising team in analysis required to help maintaining optimum stocks and ensure futures seasons are planned and bought effectively whilst meeting the commercial and retail needs of the business and maximising sales and profitability.

Merchandising Admin Assistant

Kingston-on-Thames (1 day from home)

Full-Time

Purpose Of The Role

Merchandising Administration Assistant is to assist the Merchandising team in analysis required to help maintaining optimum stocks and ensure futures seasons are planned and bought effectively whilst meeting the commercial and retail needs of the business and maximising sales and profitability.

Monday Trade:

• Run and distribute key Monday reports for Monday trade
• Distribute promotion analysis
• Prepare any ad hoc departmental analysis requested from merchandising teams
• Monitor availability of key products, making suggestions to core & branch merchandising teams on movement of stock

Stock Management

• Liaising with Branch Merchandising and Logistic teams regarding stocks and deliveries into the business and flagging any issues or late deliveries
• Input price changes for promotions and Markdowns on the system, and communicating these actions to the wider business

Analysis

• Collating monthly lessons learnt reports from finance and running analysis to aid the merchandising team in writing their monthly reports
• Producing CTD sales and margin performance for sign off meetings
• Preparing and presenting ideal size ratios by category at the beginning of each season to senior members of the team, as well as ensuring these are maintained and reviewed throughout the season
• Any other ad hoc analysis required to support the merchandising team

Key Skills And Experience

Essential -

• Strong numerical skills.
• Good Microsoft Excel and IT skills.
• An understanding of the principles of merchandising and analysis.
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong levels of communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Capable of working to tight deadlines.
• Ability to prioritise and work well under pressure.
• Dedicated and responsible approach to job role.

Desirable -

• Worked in administrative position previously
• Retail experience, ideally with channels/concessions
• Confident in MS office
• Excellent numerical skills

Skills

• allocation
• inventory control
• Merchandising
• stock control