Junior Product Merchandiser

O'Neill; Warmond; On-site; EUR 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing programs

Staff discount

Sample sales

Team events

Job summary

O'Neill is seeking a curious, analytical Junior Product Merchandiser to join our Product team. You will support the Senior Product Merchandiser and help transform market insights into commercial collections.

You will work with Design, Sales, Buying and Marketing to build seasonal collections, analyze sales data, and prepare information for meetings. This role is ideal for graduates or professionals with up to two years of experience who want to grow in product merchandising.

Qualifications

• Degree in related fields such as Business, Fashion Management, Marketing, Economics.
• 0–2 years of experience in merchandising, buying, retail, planning or a similar analytical role.
• Internship experience within fashion or lifestyle brands is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Product Merchandiser in building seasonal collections.
• Help maintain assortment plans, range architecture and seasonal product overviews.
• Prepare product and collection information for seasonal meetings.
• Assist in pricing, category and assortment analysis.
• Ensure product information is accurate across all merchandising tools and systems.
• Collect, organize and analyse sales, inventory and consumer data.
• Support weekly, monthly and seasonal performance reporting.
• Prepare presentations and reports that help support commercial decisions.
• Monitor fashion, sports and consumer trends.
• Research competitors and market developments.
• Work closely with Design, Sales, Marketing, Buying and Planning teams.
• Support preparation for Go-to-Market milestones and seasonal meetings.
• Coordinate product information and ensure smooth communication across departments.
• Support ad hoc merchandising projects where needed.

Skills

Analytical thinking

English communication

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Curiosity

Proactivity

Education

Degree in Business or Fashion

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

It’s an amazing time to join O'Neill as we are riding the wave of change. Rise to your potential and help us take our legacy into the future.

It’s an amazing time to join O'Neill as we are riding the wave of change. Rise to your potential and help us take our legacy into the future.

Junior Product Merchandiser

A Perfect Fit

We are looking for a curious, analytical and commercially-minded Junior Product Merchandiser to join our Product team. You enjoy working with data just as much as you enjoy product. You can connect numbers with consumer trends, have an eye for colour, product and storytelling, and are excited to learn how successful collections are built. In this role, you will provide day-to-day support to the Senior Product Merchandiser throughout the entire product creation process. You'll work closely with Design, Sales, Buying and Marketing, helping transform market insights into commercial collections.

This role is ideal for graduates or professionals with up to two years of experience who want to build a career in Product Merchandising.

You will report into our Senior Product Merchandiser.

Key Responsibilities

Product & Collection Support

• Support the Senior Product Merchandiser in building seasonal collections.
• Help maintain assortment plans, range architecture and seasonal product overviews.
• Prepare product and collection information for seasonal meetings.
• Assist in pricing, category and assortment analysis.
• Ensure product information is accurate across all merchandising tools and systems.

Data & Analysis

• Collect, organize and analyse sales, inventory and consumer data.
• Support weekly, monthly and seasonal performance reporting.
• Prepare presentations and reports that help support commercial decisions.

Trend & Market Research

• Monitor fashion, sports and consumer trends.
• Research competitors and market developments.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Design, Sales, Marketing, Buying and Planning teams.
• Support preparation for Go-to-Market milestones and seasonal meetings.
• Coordinate product information and ensure smooth communication across departments.
• Support ad hoc merchandising projects where needed.

Experience

What We're Looking For

• Degree in related fields such as Business, Fashion Management, Marketing, Economics.
• 0–2 years of experience in merchandising, buying, retail, planning or a similar analytical role.
• Internship experience within fashion or lifestyle brands is a plus.

Skills

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to connect different data sources into meaningful insights.
• Genuine interest in fashion, product and consumer trends.
• Good commercial awareness combined with an eye for aesthetics and detail.
• Comfortable working with numbers as well as creative teams.
• Curious, eager to learn and proactive.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Good knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.

You’ll Thrive Here If You

• Love combining creativity with analytical thinking.
• Get excited by discovering the story behind the numbers.
• Notice small details that improve a collection.
• Enjoy collaborating with different teams.
• Are eager to learn from experienced merchandisers.
• Have a passion for board sports, outdoor lifestyle or fashion.

Who will you work for?

O'Neill was founded in Northern California with one simple mission, to surf longer. Over seven decades later, that mission remains at the core of our brand, inseparable from the history of surf itself. Powered by ongoing innovation, we continue to reinvent the O'Neill wetsuit, the original wetsuit, a game-changing invention—and design functional and versatile surf- and snow-gear and lifestyle apparel that enables our customers to enjoy their playground longer. As a brand created to enjoy nature, we see it as our responsibility to actively preserve it and contribute to a cleaner, more sustainable world. Our Ocean Mission is how we stay close to Jack O'Neill's original words: "The ocean is alive, and we've got to take care of it".

Discover O’Neill

Want to learn more about who we are, our heritage and what drives us?

Visit our website to explore the story, values and community behind O'Neill.

What do we offer?

• A challenging position in an international and dynamic environment.
• Short communication lines and a creative place to work.
• Health & Wellbeing programs, including HIIT & Yoga opportunities in the office and an Individual Wellbeing budget.
• Staff discount, sample sales, and fun team events.