Job Description
Job Title : Retail Merchandiser Salary : Up to £35,000 Location : Bradford Benefits: 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, volunteer days and an annual Care Day Health Cashback Scheme Competitive salary A variety of other cultural and lifestyle benefits, aimed at promoting a positive work/life balance Hybrid Working - a mixture of office based and working from home, especially when you're flexing your working hours Pension benefit Position Overview: Elevation Recruitment is happy to working with an esteemed client based in Bradford who is on the hunt for a new Retail Merchandiser. Our Client is dedicated to delivering a quality product to its customers and using market data to drive new products and markets. As the Merchandiser you'll manage all key Merchandising KPI's across planning, trading and forecasting. This is a customer facing role as such you will contribute to the profit plan for a specified area of responsibility and ensure all stakeholders have the right information. Responsibilities: Working closely with your Customers, Supply Chain, Product and Range you’ll ensure the right information is available at the right time to ensure the seamlessly delivery of product to store when it’s needed. The merchandising specialist in your customer team your main responsibilities include: Account planning including sales plans, customer budget and SKU level decision making activities Evaluating financial factors including assumptions and suitable contingency plans Forecasting across all elements whether total business, account, caption or line level Stock allocation requirements to deliver the customer plan whilst minimising stock exposure Top line trading analysis for forward planning and identifying risks & opportunities Facilitate the optimum range selection process through your analysis and insights Develop strong cross functional relationships to ensure all interventions / activities are delivered in the most effective & profitable way Drive efficiencies, improved ways of working and increased profit across your customer accounts Central to the team, you’ll use your knowledge of the retail landscape, customer objectives and consumer shopper insights to crunch the numbers and make profitable, timely decisions for the short, medium and long term impact. Articulate, pro-active and resourceful, whether you’re looking for the next step in your merchandising career or side step into a supplier environment, to be successful you must demonstrate: Previous experience of working in a merchandising role or similar role within a Retail / FMCG business Experience using Tableau would be a significant advantage Excellent excel, numeric & analytical abilities to identify commercial insights relevant to your audience You’re a confident communicator, able to adjust your approach to varying audiences, marrying your strong presentation skills with your skilled use of data and insights You’re a people person, you take the time to build strong relationships, working with others to achieve shared objectives Your commercial accumen, using your knowledge and insights to engage and influence others, keeping profit growth at the core of decision making You’re organised, with a keen eye of the details, with experience of planning and forecasting sales across everyday & seasons A solid awareness of retail, influences which are factored in to your decision making to mitigate risks to sales