Junior Merchandiser

Job Purpose

To provide consistent and accurate analytical support to the self-portrait Merchandising team focusing on covering all retail channels and strategic planning for self-portrait.

Key Responsibilities

Planning

• Produce new season option plans for stores
• Responsible for yearly, monthly, seasonal, weekly and daily budgets for the retail channels
• Produce new season OTBs for the retails channels
• Manage order placement with sourcing team to maintain stock levels in season and end of season
• Work closely with Buying to optimize new season buys, optimizing buy depth and size curves
• Support planning for end-of-season markdown, working closely with Ecom and Logistics to clear stock while optimizing revenue

Trading

• Produce weekly trade reports, measuring performance against plan, against last year and year-to-date
• Continually monitor product and stores performance, taking action to maximize performance
• Quarterly review of sales performance vs budget, re-forecasting as needed
• Review seasonal performance, presenting results and lessons learnt to the business
• Monitor any stock issues, identifying out of stocks and recut recommendations
• Optimize inventory

Retail stores and outlets

• Partake in initial store opening planning as part of the 5-year store expansion strategy for both full price and off price
• Conduct regular store visits both locally and regionally
• Manage product assortment and pricing for the outlet stores
• Work closely with Retail Managers to implement promotions, optimize visual merchandising and launch new seasons
• Manage new season allocations, ensuring timely deliveries and cohesive assortments

Team

• Deputize for management as needed
• Manage the workload and development of the Assistant Merchandiser or MAA

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