Trading Lead — Data-Driven Merchandiser & Pricing Leader

Primark; Reading; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days leave plus holidays

Flexible working

Healthcare and pension

Job summary

Primark is seeking a Trading Lead who will partner with Central Trade & Planning, BMD, and Commercial Retail to provide data, insights and recommendations on opportunities across the business.

You'll specialise in Pricing & Promotions, Markdown, Licence and Campaign management, with the ability to rotate areas of specialism to meet business needs, leading a analytics-driven team to deliver high-quality outputs.

Qualifications

• Experience operating at a Lead/Merchandiser level.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Collaborative with senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills with dashboards (Tableau).
• Commercial mindset with numerical accuracy.
• Interest in product and customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Markdown: manage weekly listing and markdown spend.
• Carryover/seasonality: manage carryover and stock; support BMD; create terminal stock glidepath.
• In-Season Trading: assist monthly reforecasting; support OTB/PSR processes.
• Pricing and Promotions: oversee pricing accuracy and leadership in stores.
• Licence: manage sales reporting, forecasting and invoicing for Licensed DTR.
• Reporting and problem solving: analyse data and derive insights.
• Leadership: coach and mentor analytics-driven team outputs.

Skills

Lead Merchandiser

Communication

Collaboration

Stakeholder mgmt

Analytical skills

Tableau

IP/WSSI knowledge

Customer experience

Planning & organisation

Attention to detail

Tools

Tableau

Job description

Primark is seeking a Trading Lead who will partner with Central Trade & Planning, BMD, and Commercial Retail to provide data, insights and recommendations on opportunities across the business.

You'll specialise in Pricing & Promotions, Markdown, Licence and Campaign management, with the ability to rotate areas of specialism to meet business needs, leading a analytics-driven team to deliver high-quality outputs.