Junior Merchandiser Liverpool, England
Job description
About The Role
As a Junior Merchandiser you will be responsible for a particular product range from beginning to end, managing the supplier relationships, Range Plan and WSSI, attending meetings and working with the Buying teams to land the range successfully with close support from the Merchandiser of the department.
What you do:
- Preparation of seasonal buying plans and budgets through thorough analysis of the range’s historical data, understanding future trends and activities.
- Set and agree core KPI’s for the range with the respective Junior Buyer/Buyer in terms of sales, stoke intake phasing, margin, stock turn, markdown and terminal stock, translating KPI’s into a range framework.
- Work with the Junior Buyer/Buyer to develop a commercial range within this framework, establishing initial stock intake plans and stock covers.
- Complete range plans to ensure a balanced product offer is bought.
- Ensure the final range selected meets the targets outlined, delivering the range jointly with the Junior Buyer/Buyer.
- Coaching and development of trainees and assistants within the team
Benefits
- Up to 25 Days holiday plus bank holidays
- 20% Staff discount
- Bonus
- Pension
- Our Family Extras Scheme
About You
- Successfully held an Assistant Merchandiser role, preferably within fashion retail
- Experience of development and coaching
- Ability to think commercially
- Excellent Interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels
- Ability to work independently to tight deadlines
About Matalan
Founded in the early 1980s by John Hargreaves in Liverpool, Matalan is proud to serve its customers excellent quality at great value.
With over 200 stores in the UK, a growing online presence and over 15,000 employees, working here is exciting, challenging, and above all fun! As part of the Matalan family, you can expect some great benefits and the opportunity to be part of our exciting vision - to become the UK’s most trusted value retailer. This is Retail Made Real.
Matalan value diversity and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all communities.
Matalan wants to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the application and interview process and ultimately, in their role.
We therefore encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you might need to enable this. In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.
