Location: Manchester
Type: Permanent
Industry: Licensed Products
Job Ref: TGN5257
The Company:
An exciting opportunity for a Merchandiser to join a leading Manchester character licensed apparel supplier. Working with all major retailers offering children’s nightwear.
Maternity Cover contract – 1 Year
The Role:
* Oversee the production process from order to manufacture and delivery of our products.
* Management of key customer accounts, ensuring all orders are fulfilled to the right spec and within the agreed timeframes.
* Critical path management ensuring deadlines are met / customer portals are updated.
* Share Critical path with customer notifying them on any potential risks due to delays in approvals / production.
* Build and maintain strong supplier and customer relationships.
* Attend customer meetings when required.
* Liaise and gain confirmation from the factories to ensure they can meet the customer order requirements.
* Working alongside technical in regards packaging information so that factories can order the correct packaging on time from nominated suppliers or to source locally.
* Working with the production team to ensure sampling, sealing procedures and testing requirements are met according to the critical path.
* Liaise with customers for a request for approval to move goods and update customer systems where applicable.
Skills Required:
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, internal and external.
* Attention to detail.
* Highly organised with good negotiation skills
* Keen to learn and progress within a friendly team.
* Must have previous experience as a Merchandiser in a similar environment.
* Experience of liaising with overseas factories and handling large customer accounts
* Fully computer literate with strong ability in Outlook, Excel and Word.
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