Merchandiser in Billericay

DCK is one of the world's leading fashion jewellery companies, working with many well-known retailers and high street fashion brands. This is a role to work on our M&S Jewellery account.

We are pleased to have a fantastic opportunity available for a Merchandiser to join our successful Merchandising team at DCK in our Billericay office.

You will:

• Work alongside Buying, Design and Host to define and develop the vision and strategy of the brand, ensuring new initiatives are planned in line with the critical path.
• Manage Critical path timelines and key milestone deadlines to ensure they are achieved.
• Drive Building Blocks and Strategy for the department forward with a profitability focus, aligning to DCK and Host Strategy where appropriate.
• Continuously review the P&L for the department and action discussions to highlight the full potential of your brand proposing the steps required to achieve this, using analytics to propose a solution.
• Use the systems available to establish clear and profitable Assortment Plans, along with BEVs and phasing, balancing newness, consolidated lines and sell-through, taking into account sales and profit density.
• Sign off strategy and budgets with the Senior team.
• Ensure accurate and timely pre-season planning based on the strategy and agreed targets.
• Quantify Building Blocks through data and articulate them to the business with confidence.
• Complete Seasonal Planning including Assortment Planning/Option Planning and Range Planning thoroughly to a high standard.
• Maximise Space/Options at all times, highlighting risks and opportunities with clear action points to support.
• Manage the Seasonal OTB, devising and agreeing the option count and phasing in line with the Assortment Plan.
• Set Stock requirements to achieve sales and profit plans, by Total and Branch stocks, FP and MD, top down and bottom up within agreed timeframes.
• Stock levels are aligned to DCK & Host strategy and opportunities and risks are presented alongside measurable actions.
• Undertake accurate in-season forecasting to reflect current trading conditions.
• Review OTB/OTC requirements, reacting to reforecasts and current trading whilst keeping within stock requirements.
• With Buying, highlight margin risks to the business and suggest actions to bring back to plan.
• Gather information from hosts such as footfall, customer insights, changes in their business that would impact our performance and action required changes.
• Identify opportunities, and use analytics to solve, including optimisation of options, ranging, price, stores, and VM.
• Reforecast sales, stock, intake, and markdown in the WSSI and line cards in readiness for WSSI review.
• Manage the team, ensuring clear priorities and consistent ways of working.
• Explore all opportunities to drive the success of the team using data and analytics tools.
• Encourage a culture of transparency, accessibility, regularity, and clear direction.
• Coach and guide team members, continually providing clear and transparent feedback in terms of their performance.
• Always lead by example.
• Exert and display behaviours aligned to DCK’s DNA values.
• Conduct regular 1-2-1’s with direct reports.
• Help the team see the ‘bigger picture’ and develop the team to succeed in their roles and prepare for future roles.

You will have:

• Exceptional analytical abilities and clarity of thought.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Vision, initiative and creativity.
• Great communication skills.
• Drive to deliver results.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate competently and clearly.
• Strong organisational and task management skills, demonstrating agility with the ability to prioritise and work in a fast moving, reactive business with multiple deadlines.
• Always act with trust and integrity.
• Respects and is respected by peers and builds strong relationships within wider functions.
• Demonstrates self-awareness and looks for opportunities to better oneself.

Why choose DCK:

• Opportunity to work for a leading independent global fashion business.
• Be part of a welcoming, friendly business that promotes learning and developing from day one.
• Work-from-home opportunities and flexible working hours, to help you develop a healthy work-life balance.
• Early finish every Friday.
• 25 days holiday.
• Free Parking.
• Free refreshments and fruit with lunch on us once a month.
• Community Group Social Events.
• Plus, many more additional benefits!