Temporary Senior Assistant Merchandiser

Fashion & Retail Personnel; East London; On-site; ZAR 50,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury homewares retailer in East London is seeking an established assistant merchandiser on a temporary basis. The role involves trade analysis, sales reporting, and supporting the merchandiser. Candidates should have prior merchandising experience and advanced Excel skills. Competitive weekly salary and paid holidays are offered. This urgent position is expected to be filled ASAP.

Benefits

Competitive weekly salary

Paid holidays

Qualifications

• Prior merchandising experience at an assistant merchandiser level
• Highly analytical
• Advanced Excel skills

Responsibilities

• Performing trade analysis
• Managing the workload and development of the MAA
• Supporting the merchandiser in any ad-hoc tasks required
• Reporting on weekly sales performance
• Submitting weekly sell thru reports and identifying potential growth opportunities
• Forecasting sales and managing intake
• Updating trackers
• Managing OTB

Skills

Analytical skills

Advanced Excel skills

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an established assistant merchandiser to join this luxury homewares retailer on a temporary basis to start within the next two weeks. This retailer sells a variety of product categories from accessories to home textiles along with furniture ranges.

Responsibilities

• Performing trade analysis
• Managing the workload and development of the MAA
• Supporting the merchandiser in any ad-hoc tasks required
• Reporting on weekly sales performance
• Submitting weekly sell thru reports and identifying potential growth opportunities
• Forecasting sales and managing intake
• Updating trackers
• Managing OTB

Requirements

• Prior merchandising experience at an assistant merchandiser level
• Highly analytical
• Advanced Excel skills

Offer

On offer is a competitive salary rate that is paid on a weekly basis as well as paid holiday and the opportunity to work for a luxury retailer.

As this role is an urgent need it is likely to be filled ASAP, and so if this sounds like the right opportunity for you then apply now!