Trainee Merchandiser

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Leinster; On-site; EUR 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days leave

Flexible working

Early Friday finish

Subsidised cafeteria

Primark discounts

Job summary

Primark is seeking a Trainee Merchandiser to support the Merchandiser and Assistant Merchandiser in delivering sales, stocks and budgets. You’ll learn about the industry and gain tools to progress in a Merchandiser role, while contributing to budgets, line projections and forecasting sales across products and trends.

You’ll work in a fast-moving retail environment across multiple regions, developing knowledge of our global customer base and building relationships with colleagues to ensure

Qualifications

• Analytical thinker with an eye for detail and numbers.
• Curious - investigate and resolve data inaccuracies and forecast sales.
• Customer focused - build knowledge of our global customer base and provide value.
• Strategically minded - self-starter across products trading in multiple regions.
• Never miss an opportunity - identify trading opportunities and propose recommendations.
• Total organisation - build relationships to enable deliveries and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Merchandiser and Assistant Merchandiser in delivering sales, stocks and budget contribution.
• Learn the industry and tools to progress in a Merchandiser role.
• Focus on budgets, line projections and forecasting sales.
• Investigate data inaccuracies and ensure current commitments are maintained.
• Work on products and trends and support regional trading activities.

Skills

Analytical

Curious

Customer focused

Strategically minded

Never miss an opportunity

Total organisation

Job description

Trainee Merchandiser

Because your perspective shapes trends. Innovate, your way.

Merchandising at Primark

Our merchandising team turn strategic goals into vast opportunities. Here, your insights will maximise our growth as a business and ensure we continue to stay at the forefront in the world of retail fashion.

Job Description

What you’ll do as a Trainee Merchandiser

As a Trainee Merchandiser at Primark, you’ll assist the Merchandiser and Assistant Merchandiser in the delivery of our sales, stocks and contribution budgets. You’ll learn about the industry and be given all the tools you need to progress in a Merchandiser role. Primark is a growing business in a competitive industry, with exciting expansion across the UK, Europe, and the US. Your contribution will focus on delivering budgets and line projections, investigating data inaccuracies and forecasting sales. You’ll also have exciting responsibilities relating to products and trends.

Qualifications

What You'll Get

People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best. Let’s talk lifestyle:

• 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more.
• Flexible Working, opportunity for an early Friday finish, and a subsidised cafeteria.
• Primark Perks – Discounts with some local partner business to our offices

Additional Information

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Analytical -An analytical thinker with an eye for detail and numbers, who also loves working in a team.
• Curious- Investigate and resolve data inaccuracies, report on stock overages and shortages and ensure that current commitment records have been maintained accurately.
• Customer focused- Develop a strong knowledge of our global customer base and use this knowledge to offer outstanding value to our customer, and key recommendations to your team.
• Strategically minded- Act as a self-starter, working on a range of products trading in multiple regions. As your knowledge of your product and customer grows, you’ll identify opportunities – learning from sales reactions.
• Never miss an opportunity- Use your initiative to identify current and future trading opportunities and propose your recommendations to your team.
• Total organisation -Use your passion for people to build key relationships that will enable you to progress deliveries and shipping documentation, drive stakeholder engagement, and collaborate with your team.

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business a over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

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