The Company:
An exciting opportunity for an Assistant Merchandiser to join an established, Textiles company with an excellent reputation who offer training and progression opportunities.
You will support the merchandising team with the production of reports and general administration duties, to improve overall output and efficiencies.
The job role holder will be proactive individual, with attention to detail, accuracy & customer service. The Merchandise Team is an integral part of the organisation, and you will be an essential part of this team. A good working knowledge of managing supply base, critical paths and meeting strict deadlines are key to performing in this role.
Working as part of the Merchandise function you will be developing positive and professional working relationships with internal departments, suppliers, customers and key internal stakeholders.
Core Competencies:
Planning
Experienced at making decisions independently where necessary and accepting responsibility for those decisions.
Strong organisational skills to effectively manage multiple deadlines and workload.
Capacity to adapt to changing priorities and demands.
Training (Coaching & Development)
To take part in development activities to support the duties of the post or enhance personal development.
Systems
Knowledge of Microsoft word packages particularly Excel, ability to manipulate data and build reports.
Ability to adapt well to implementation of new systems
Communication
Experienced in communicating with suppliers, customers, line managers, peer groups and supporting departments through excellent verbal and written communication.
Ability to establish, develop and maintain supplier and customer relationships with professionalism
Behaviour
To always promote a positive and professional culture across areas of the business.
Key Responsibilities
Weekly update of store orders and till sales, provide internal updates on sales from previous weeks to aid forecasting and decision making.
Data Input into forecasting system where required; min stocks, missed sales, and maintain system with accurate information.
Downloading, processing and re- uploading stock availability reports and producing comments relating to out of stocks
