Trainee Merchandiser

Lifestyle Sports Limited.; Dublin; On-site; EUR 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Life Style Sports is seeking a Life Style Trainee Merchandiser in Dublin to join our fast-paced merchandising team. You will provide support across stock intake, brand partnerships, and warehouse coordination, gaining hands-on exposure to buying and planning processes.

In this role you will analyse sales data, assist with product details, barcodes, pricing and margins, and help buyers optimise future buys with insight from our performance data. A proactive communicator will thrive here.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience in a similar role.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills.
• Proficiency with ERP systems (e.g., D365) and BI tools (Tableau, Business Objects).
• Strong numeric, analytical, and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage stock intake for your category and coordinate with Brand Centre and warehouse.
• Track deliveries and follow up with brands on missed deliveries.
• Coordinate with warehouse daily to resolve queries and ensure delivery conformance.
• Review sales data and recommend actions; analyse size ratios to maximise future buys.

Skills

Numeric skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

D365 ERP

Tableau

Business Objects

Job description

At Life Style Sports, we’re redefining what it means to be a sports retailer.

Proudly Irish-owned and Ireland’s leading sports destination, we empower the Stylised Athlete through unforgettable customer experiences and the world’s best performance and sport style brands. From our Brand Centre in the heart of Dublin to our carbon-neutral warehouse, everything we do is designed to make a real impact.

With 37 stores nationwide, a well-established eCommerce platform, and a passionate team of over 500 people, we bring the best of the world’s leading sports brands to our customers every day. In 2025, we took this even further by joining forces with Castore, a premium performance sportswear brand, as a key partner; strengthening our offer and reinforcing our commitment to innovation, quality, and performance.

Guided by our Brand Values of Social, Inspirational, and Fearless, we’re creating more than a sports retail business, we’re building a community. One that connects deeply with our customers and champions a vibrant, inclusive workplace culture where our teams can truly thrive.

At Life Style Sports, we set our teams up for success through structured training and a supportive onboarding experience. We’re committed to supporting the growth and development of every member of our store teams.

We’re proud to be recognised on Sunday Independent’s Best Employers list since 2021. This recognition reflects our commitment to breaking barriers and challenging the status quo.

Are you ready to push boundaries, embrace new challenges, and help shape the future of sports retail?

Role Summary

The role of Life Style Sports Trainee Merchandiser offers an excellent opportunity for an energetic individual to join a focused team in a fast paced and rewarding environment. As a Life Style Trainee Merchandiser, you will be providing support to the Merchandising team in a role that offers a detailed introduction to the Merchandising function. The key responsibilities for the Trainee Merchandiser are managing intake of stock into the business, liaising with our Brand partners and our warehouse, performing analysis, and recommending actions. You will have an eye for detail and bring new ideas to the buying and merchandising process.

Role Responsibilities

Stock Management

• Managing intake for your category:
• Working with Nike, Adidas, Under Armour and our other brands to arrange intake of stock as it becomes available through the call off process
• Tracking deliveries from Brands to Central warehouse
• Following up with brands on missed deliveries
• Liaising with the warehouse on a daily basis:
• Following up on allocation & delivery queries and resolving any issues
• Managing weekly communication documents between Brand Centre and the Warehouse
• Ensuring delivery conformance into the warehouse from the brands, and liaising with the suppliers when issues arise

Reporting & Analysis

• Working with suppliers to ensure product details are correct
• Sense checking all lines have the correct information, barcodes, pricing, labelling, margins and communicating any changes to the buyers
• Reviewing sales data and recommending appropriate actions
• Analysis of product size ratios to maximise future buys

Key Requirements

• A minimum of 1 year experience in a similar role
• Experience in use of Microsoft Excel at an intermediate level
• Proficiency with ERP systems (e.g., D365) BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Business Objects)
• Strong numeric, data/analytical, and organisational skills

About you

• Great communicator, with the ability to build strong relationships across the brand
• Outstanding ability to think creatively to identify and resolve challenges
• Ability to work cross functionally across several teams, both internal and external in order to deliver results
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to understand implications on the business of decisions taken
• Strong analytical and reporting skills and attention to detail
• Highly organized, can work to tight deadlines and under time pressure