Assistant Merchandiser - Off-Price & Wholesale
Full-Time
Leeds
Purpose of the role:
As
an Assistant Merchandiser you will play a vital role within our Merchandising
teams. You will provide essential support to your department working closely
with Buying, Sales and Logistics to help achieve all stock and budget requirements for the financial year.
Responsibilities:
Strategy:
* Assist the Merchandiser to ensure all account
strategies are executed in line with the departmental budget
* Support the Merchandiser to communicate information effectively to
all levels of the BSI management team
* Support the Merchandiser with WSSI and cashflow submissions and
ensure it is executed in line with departmental deadlines and budgets.
*
Assist the Merchandiser in Trading meetings with essential
business reporting and analysis. Updating and
maintaining the weekly sales and margin tracker, identifying any
anomalies, and highlighting these to the Merchandiser.
Trade & Planning:
* Updating and
maintaining the weekly sales and margin tracker, identifying any
anomalies, and highlighting these to the Merchandiser.
* Managing
intake through daily communication with suppliers to ensure products are
despatched to the agreed ex-factory date and all correct documentation is
received including packing lists, invoices and OBL’s
* Monitoring
all stock intake for the relevant customer accounts and ensuring stock is
processed in a timely manner and provide weekly updates to the customer
accounts.
* Provide
the warehousing teams with weekly/monthly/quarterly intake updates to
ensure an efficient flow of stock receipt and despatch.
* Assist
the Merchandiser with stock, sales, WSSI and cashflow.
* Provide
the finance team with weekly supplier payment overviews to ensure
alignment with cashflow plan.
* Producing
size-scales and raising purchase orders (bulk and samples), barcodes and
shipping labels (where appropriate).
* System
Maintenance including entering price lists, amending quantities and
delivery dates when required.
* Liaise
with the logistics and shipping teams to ensure intake is delivered on
time and in line with the critical path.
* Creating
customer documentation including commercial invoices and uploading to
relevant customer systems
* Liaise with the
sales team and customers to ensure that they are fully updated on all
deliveries and answer any relevant queries.
General skills:
* Strong excel skills.
* Highly numerate
* Good presentation skills
* Knowledge of critical path and product lifecycle of similar category • Commercially aware with interest in fashion retail industry
* Able to work both independently and within a small team.
* Ability to manage heavy workload and meet tight deadlines
Performance Measures:
* Accuracy of documentation.
* Achieving deadlines for
reports
* Having confidence in own decisions
* Effective communication both internal and external
* Ability to work on own initiative.