Merchandiser

Job Title: Merchandiser

Location: Preston

Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 per annum Depending on experience

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hours per week) Hybrid working- Min 2 days office

Hours: Mon-Thurs 8.30am to 4.45pm and Friday 8.30am to 3.30pm

An established Fabrics company are looking for someone who can demonstrate their company values, work on their own initiative, take ownership of their workload and hit the ground running.

Reporting into the Head of Customer Operations, this role will give you a great opportunity to work with key Retail customers and take ownership of your areas. You'll need to be able to work well under pressure and manage your own priorities.

Main Responsibilities:

1. To compile and deliver all the relevant reports to the customer as well as internal reporting, mainly in Excel with large data sets
2. Building reports to generate efficiencies
3. Forecasting demand and placing rebuys based on lead times/ MOQ's
4. Working to achieve a 98% stock availability with forward forecasts
5. Responsible for purchasing of all new lines/rebuys for designated customers, in line with target delivery dates in order to meet specified service levels and stock holding targets
6. Responsible for implementing and managing the Critical Path process for initial orders and rebuys