Merchandise Assistant Syston, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England
Job description
The Merchandising team plays a critical role in driving our product trade, ensuring we have the right product available at the right time and place. Working alongside our Buying team, they oversee the entire product buy process, managing the supply chain from suppliers to our stores. They stay up-to-date with market trends, analyze sales data, and monitor stock levels to keep our product critical path on track.
The Commercial Team thrives in a fast-paced, energetic environment, fueled by positivity, ambition, forward-thinking, and data-driven strategies. We take calculated risks to drive growth and increase our market share. Our goal is to boost sales and profits by sourcing high-quality, sustainable, and ethical products at the best prices possible. The Commercial Team includes Buying, Merchandising, Sourcing, Technical, and Design.
As a Merchandising Assistant, you'll support your Merchandiser in the end-to-end range build and ongoing trading of our department. You should be extremely organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about our products.
Key Responsibilities:
- Critical Path Management: You'll be responsible for planning the critical path for your department for all new range launches, marketing, and promotional activities. You'll ensure that all key milestones are hit on time and update the team weekly.
- Raise and Maintain Purchase Orders: You'll raise and maintain purchase orders and ensure that the system accurately reflects intake. You'll challenge any delays and understand their impact on availability.
- Allocation Planning: You'll plan future and current allocations, raise allocations after gaining sign-off, involve key stakeholders (Warehouse Capacity Team, Store Operations, and update the Bulletin).
- Stock Reporting: You'll complete weekly stock reporting and identify risks and actions to your Merchandiser.
- Availability: You'll assist the Merchandising team in planning department line-cards and develop strong working relationships with suppliers.
Essential Skills:
- A passion for attention to detail and accuracy.
- Highly numerical.
- Ability to focus on tasks.
- Passion for product & trading.
- Hardworking with a strong "can-do" attitude.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Highly organized and able to manage multiple deadlines.
- Proactive & self-motivated.
- Curiosity. Willing to listen and learn. Will ask for help when needed.
- Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Key Behaviors:
- MAKING IT HAPPEN: Taking ownership and doing the right thing, understanding the importance of process and delivering on deadlines, being self-driven, and organized.
- WORKING AS TEAM IS KEY: Building a rapport with colleagues and suppliers, collaborating and networking cross-functionally, offering and asking for help when needed, showing respect for diverse perspectives, and sharing information to keep everyone up-to-date.
- TAKING RESPONSIBILITY: Embracing challenges, getting to the root cause of issues, and delivering robust solutions, actively seeking opportunities to simplify processes and improve efficiency and accuracy.
Key KPIs:
- Strong in-store and web availability.
- Stock levels within company targets.
- Store queries answered in a timely manner.
- Accuracy of store allocations.
Dunelm is committed to diversity and inclusivity, and we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We strive to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can enjoy a successful career, and we have systems in place to support our staff. We're looking for candidates who share our values and celebrate diversity in all its forms.
