Senior Assistant Merchandiser | Lookfantastic UK, Manchester

The Hut Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development programmes

Upskilling partnership with training

Job summary

THG Beauty in Manchester is seeking a Senior Assistant Merchandiser to support stock health, KPI delivery and profitability. You will manage intake, run reports, and drive action with suppliers, buyers and cross-functional teams.

Reporting to the Merchandising Manager, you will build strong relationships, analyse sales trends, and contribute to end-to-end merchandising strategies while mentoring junior staff.

Qualifications

• Must have strong IT skills with Excel proficiency.
• Min 1 year experience in a similar role.
• Well organised and self-motivated with deadlines.
• Ability to form strong working relationships with internal and external customers.
• Highly numerate and analytical, able to work with large data.

Responsibilities

• WSSI management to include risk mitigation and maximise opportunities.
• Special project management in conjunction with Merchandising Manager.
• Recommends re buys as necessary, reviewing under and overstocks with suggested actions to maintain optimum stock health.
• Analyses best and worst sellers making informed recommendations for action.
• Supports the MA in managing the end to end critical path and helping to resolve inbound issues, liaising with suppliers, supply chain and buyers to problem solve
• Escalate and highlight critical path opportunities or concerns to line manager.
• Attending brand meetings when required and build strong influential relationships.
• Building collaborative working relationships with buying, marketing and trading counterparts to ensure department strategy is realised.
• Supporting the Merchandising Manager and Head of Merchandising with excel reporting and preparation, analysis, and overseeing general housekeeping duties.
• Managing the progression and development of the Admin Assistant.
• Proactively analyse sales data and trends to ensure high customer valued products are always available whilst working within target cover levels

Skills

Well organised

Team player

Analytical

Relationship building

Prioritisation

Fast-paced adaptability

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

Job description

Division

THG Beauty

Location

UK, Manchester

Job Type

Full-time

About THG

We are THG, a global ecommerce group on a mission to be the global online leader in beauty and sports nutrition.

Our portfolio of leading retailers and brands such as LOOKFANTASTIC, Myprotein, ESPA, Perricone MD, and Cult Beauty form our two core businesses: THG Beauty and THG Nutrition.

From Manchester to New York, we’re powered by a team of over 2500 people who work together, lead by example, and think BIG.

With us, you’ll go further, faster. What are you waiting for?

Life at THG Beauty

We know that beauty isn’t one-size-fits-all. Our portfolio of leading retailers and iconic beauty brands caters to everyone, everywhere, empowering customers all over the world to look and feel fantastic.

By combining our portfolio of owned brands inclusive of ESPA, Ameliorate and Christophe Robin,with a marketplace for over 1,300 third-party beauty brands through online retail sites LOOKFANTASTIC, Cult Beauty, and Dermstore, THG Beauty's ambition is to be the global digital partner of choice across the beauty industry, supporting the channel shift to online.

THG Beauty’s breadth of relationships is unique to the beauty market; it engages with brands as a retailer, a brand owner, and a product developer and manufacturer, making it the industry’s digital strategic leader.

Why be a Senior Assistant Merchandiser at THG Beauty?

Reporting into the department Merchandising Manager, you will be instrumental in assisting in the management of intake and the stock profile of your department to support driving KPI's. You will be focused on reacting to trade to drive profit, improving efficiencies and providing reporting and analysis whilst mentoring junior members of the team.

As Senior Assistant Merchandiser , you’ll be responsible for:

• WSSI management to include risk mitigation and maximise opportunities.
• Special project management in conjunction with Merchandising Manager.
• Recommends re buys as necessary, reviewing under and overstocks with suggested actions to maintain optimum stock health.
• Analyses best and worst sellers making informed recommendations for action. Ensuring best sellers reach their full potential with consistent availability.
• Supports the MA in managing the end to end critical path and helping to resolve inbound issues, liaising with suppliers, supply chain and buyers to problem solve
• Escalate and highlight critical path opportunities or concerns to line manager.
• Attending brand meetings when required and build strong influential relationships.
• Building collaborative working relationships with buying, marketing and trading counterparts to ensure department strategy is realised.
• Supporting the Merchandising Manager and Head of Merchandising with excel reporting and preparation, analysis, and overseeing general housekeeping duties.
• Managing the progression and development of the Admin Assistant.
• Proactively analyse sales data and trends to ensure high customer valued products are always available whilst working within target cover levels

What skills and experience do I need for this role?

• Well organised and self motivated, able to hit deadlines
• Some management experience and strong ability to work as part of a team
• Must have strong IT skills – Excel proficient
• Min 1-year experience in a similar role
• Focused on solutions and fast resolution
• Ability to form strong working relationships with internal and external customers
• Ability to prioritise and structure work in a fast paced environment
• Highly numerate and analytical, competent working with large volumes of data, using this to make informed decisions

What’s in it for me?

• Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in‑house L&D team.
• Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry‑leading training provider.

Enhanced Leave

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Don’t want to work on your birthday? We don’t either! Enjoy your day off on us!
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
• Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
• Buy back up to 3 days each year.
• Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in‑house GP.
  
• Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
• State‑of‑the‑art on‑site gym.
• Access to our on‑site physio.

Other Perks

• Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
• Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
• On‑site staff shop.
  
• Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.
• Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.

THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.