Assistant Merchandise Planner

Assistant Merchandiser – Responsibilities

The assistant merchandiser supports the merchandising team in planning, analysing and executing product strategies that drive sales, margin and product inventory. You will play a key role in supporting with reporting and trackers so the department can ensure the right products are available at the right time and in the right quantities to meet customer demand.

• Update reports on a weekly, monthly, and ad hoc basis.
• Actualises the department’s WSSI weekly.
• Attends and prepares for weekly trade meetings and is able to formulate and deliver a trade message independently.
• Provides accurate data to support analysis for key seasonal meetings including hindsight and sign offs.
• Updates and forecasts department line cards to maximise sales potential and optimise stock availability across channels.
• Systematically updates seasonal recodes.
• Owns department stock delivery schedule and communicates updates to team.
• Responsible for actioning seasonal markdowns & communication to stores.
• Participates in regular store visits, collating store reports prior and assisting in creating follow up presentations.
• Undertakes competitor analysis on a regular basis and presents any relevant points.

Training and Development

• Adopt a positive and proactive approach to their own training and development as well as that of your peers.
• Proactively promote improvements to working practices and systems.
• Participate in company initiatives as appropriate.

Communications & Partnerships

• Creates and maintains strong working relationships within cross‑functional teams: Buying, Allocations, ECOM and the retail store teams.
• In collaboration with planning and buying partners, assists in the formation of the seasonal lessons learned. Influencing future buys, using analysis and historical data to ensure commercial decisions are made.
• Allocation experience preferred.
• Commercial and analytical.
• Effective communicator – able to communicate messages clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences.
• Able to work autonomously.
• Able to demonstrate logical analysis and problem‑solving skills.
• Able to organise, prioritise tasks and manage time well in order to meet deadlines.
• Able to build and maintain productive relationships within a team environment.
• Show ability or aptitude in retail mathematics and able to learn technical applications quickly.
• Able to demonstrate resilience and remain positive during challenging periods.
• Desire to enjoy and participate at work and an appreciation for product.

England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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