Job Description
V&C Associates are a specialist fashion retail recruitment agency working with an incredible business. This exciting opportunity is for an Assistant Merchandiser to join a fast paced supplier to some of the UK's most respected brands.
The successful candidate must have a good understanding and experience working within fashion supply chain with 3 years’ experience in the position.
Key Responsibilities:-
* Perform weekly meetings with the merchandising, QA and sales teams.
* Negotiating price and deliveries.
* Close monitoring of the accounts for large volumes.
* Reporting factory performance and order status.
* Managing production volume.
* Production planning focusing on capacity to avoid overload with factories.
* Shipping and logistics meetings to consolidate shipments.
* Handling of claims with factories and liaising with accounts team.
* Managing and raising purchase orders.
* Monitoring the critical path including lab dips submissions, approvals, samples (development and productions) prices and ensuring on time fabric delivery and garment production.
* Dialoguing with factories and customers across email and phone.
* Working closely with garment technical and sales in advising if there are any delays or amendments so that the critical path can be amended.
* Analytically and commercially minded looking at opportunities to repeat orders on fast selling product lines.
* Ensuring customer order programs are maintained thoroughly and efficiently, regular meetings with clients.
* Setting departmental performance objectives for each merchandiser.
Key Requirements:-
* Excellent Excel skills.
* Strong communicator.
* A good understanding of the supply side and has worked in the supply sector.
* Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
* Organised and able to make informed decisions quickly.
* Able to work under pressure.
* Confident and outgoing with a can-do attitude.
* Excellent attention to detail.