An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team as Junior Merchandiser working in Leeds as part of our Product/ Merchandising team.
Salary: Competitive Salary + excellent benefits package
Role Responsibilities:
Help to plan and develop Merchandising strategies that balance customer expectation & profitability alongside our rapid expansion plan
Support with implementing new procedures and processes alongside the Senior Merchandising Team
Partake in the analysis & reporting of current sales data, customers reactions and channel trends in order to anticipate product needs and plan future ranges & stock
Help build & maintain a comprehensive library of historical data
Work to key performance indicators helping to optimise the sales volume and profitability of designated product areas according to the business plan
Pro-active involvement with planning future ranges in conjunction with wider product team.
Actively involved with the monitoring of slow sellers & proposal of price reductions as necessary including the roll-up of mid and end-of-season sale plans
Work collaboratively with the team helping to monitor stock movement and help propose intake re-phasing as necessary based on the forward seasonal plan
Collaboratively work with the wider Merchandising, Operations & Logistics teams to ensure timely onboarding & arrival of stock with our various partners
Set the department strategy and option framework to ensure a balanced and commercial product range
Support the merchandiser on maintaining department WSSIs, stock and sales plans, ensuring stock is managed to targets
Take full ownership of departmental line cards, re-forecasting on a monthly basis and building out future sales plans
Proactively analyse sales data and trends and use data to influence decisions in buying meetings
Proactively monitor sales and stock in order to take action to optimise sales and margin performance - ensuring team react to sales trend
Manage order placement and intake to ensure on time product launches and awareness of product lead times, to maximise trading opportunities
Maintain strong relationships with suppliers to enable flexibility and trading
Take full ownership of critical paths and communicate key issues to the wider team.
Recommendations on pack size, MOQ/MOV
About You
Experience as an established Assistant Merchandiser, Junior Merchandiser or similar
Strong computer literacy skills - especially in Excel
Analytical skills - confident in working with and extract insight from data
Strong decision making, time management skills and able to prioritise workload
Good commercial knowledge - specifically on wider marketplace and broader business
Team player attitude
About us
DUSK is a £200m home and lifestyle brand. We are an award winning and fast-growing e-commerce brand in the home and garden sector, known for innovation and high-quality products.
Since 2016, our dedicated team at our Leeds HQ have been designing stylish homeware and furniture at affordable prices. DUSK is an online-first brand, and by designing and sourcing everything ourselves, we’re able to curate our own collections and pass on the savings directly to our customers.
Whether you are seeking signature furniture pieces or the perfect finishing accents, our curated ranges deliver accessible elegance to every living space, empowering you to realise your ideal home vision.
As a trusted British brand, our team in our Doncaster warehouses work hard behind the scenes to make sure every order is carefully packed and delivered on time.
25 days holidays (plus bank holidays) as standard, plus additional days based on length of service
Option to buy additional holidays (by a maximum of 5 days)
Hybrid working: 3 days in the office, 2 work from home (if applicable)
Bonus Scheme
Staff Discount Scheme on DUSK products
Death in service
Company pension (3% employer contributions)
Flexible start and finish times (if applicable)
Access to employee assistance programme through ‘Spark’, including 24/7 helpline, virtual GP and counselling services to support your health and wellbeing.
Excellent Career progression and training opportunities
Opportunities to partake in company days
Due to the high volume of applications, on some occasions we are unable to reply to each individual applicant. If you do not hear from us within four weeks, then unfortunately your application has not been successful.
We will keep your application on file for six months and we will consider you for future roles within the organisation during this time. Your information will be deleted after six-months. If you wish to be considered for roles after this point, then you will need to re-apply.
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