Trading Associate

Trading Associate London, England

ASOS
Full Time London, England 10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description

Job Description


Trading Associates are integral to the success of running the wholesale business within ASOS.com.

The role of the Trading Associate is to support the Trading Partners to strategically drive the business through effective planning and trading.

You will be working collaboratively with commercial B & M teams and wholesale account managers to achieve commercially successful outcomes for our Wholesale Partners whilst driving profitability for ASOS.

Role Specific Accountabilities

  • Working closely with your Trading Partner to achieve the partner despatch budget
  • Accurately maintain the wholesale partnerships order book, partner size curves and partner order tracker
  • Create and manage the partner allocation plan
  • Manage partner item set up /PO process.
  • Manage the order amendment process with the Account Management Team ensuring amendments are maintained accurately and in a timely manner
  • Prepare weekly & periodic sales & despatch analysis to identify risks & opportunities to partner seasonal budgets
  • Develop and build strong relationships with Partners, through weekly trade calls and accurate data sharing
  • Proactively identify intake & allocations issues and work closely with trading partner to come up with effective solutions.
  • Support the implementation of new processes and seasonal strategies within the new wholesale area.
  • Deputising for Trading Partner where appropriate
  • Training & Developming MA's where required.


Qualifications


If you possess the following, we would like to hear from:

  • 2+ years of experience of working at Merchandising Assistant or Assistant Merchandiser level
  • Experience planning weekly sales or despatch, stock and intake management
  • Proven ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with commercial B&M teams, and partners at all levels.
  • A self-starter, who seeks continuous feedback and opportunities to take on greater responsibility
  • Ability to embrace change and remaining flexible based on trade performance.
  • Strong skills within MS Excel, and the ability to pick up new business systems quickly
  • A passion and interest in Fashion Retail, with strong global market and product knowledge

The following would be an asset but not required:

  • Previous Wholesale Experience at AM/MA Level at a fashion retailer
  • International Experience

Additional Information


We want our people to be whoever they want to be. That’s why we’re committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at ASOS, but how we're doing it?

Through our Fashion with Integrity strategy we are driving diversity, equity and inclusion across every aspect of ASOS and ensuring every ASOSer can be their authentic self at work. We want our people to be whoever they want to be, because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work.

We’re proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. We’ve also recently been placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer List too.

There are safe space employee networks and we host a monthly DEI events series to help support and celebrate all of our people. We are constantly listening to our people, evolving, changing and taking a flexible approach to how we make ASOS truly inclusive.

Trading Associate
ASOS

www.asos.com
London, United Kingdom
José Antonio Ramos Calamonte
$2 to $5 billion (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Public
Department, Clothing & Shoe Stores
2000
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