Junior Merchandiser - Special Make Up and Value Channel in Slough

Perry Ellis International, Inc. represents a diverse portfolio of lifestyle & sports apparel brands. The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties, including: Nike® for swimwear, and Callaway®, PGA TOUR®, and Jack Nicklaus® for golf apparel.

Perry Ellis Europe core values:

• Always Learning - we believe in our knowledge to help give us the edge
• Always finding balance - we have experts in all areas to help us find the perfect balance of skills
• Always moving forward - we’re always prepared for a fast moving world
• Always making things happen - we never rest on our laurels. We’re always striving for better.
• Always looking for growth - we’re always encouraging growth as a business, in careers and in life.
• Always for everyone - we believe in the power of diversity, the importance of equality, and the strength of collaboration.

We are looking for a Junior Merchandiser - Special Make Up (SMU) and Value Channel. The purpose of the role is to support the Original Penguin Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Commercial Team to deliver the strategic range plan and product financial plan (from product to price and margin) across SMU and Value Channel Lines.

Job accountabilities:

• Own the creation, management, and ongoing maintenance of the Seasonal Style Master across all SMU and Value Channel product lines.
• Develop and manage the comprehensive Seasonal Critical Path for each dedicated SMU account, proactively tracking milestones to ensure on-time delivery.
• Manage and maintain SMU Seasonal Validations through the creation of visual seasonal line plans and analysis packs.
• Support the Senior Team by conducting in-depth, ongoing seasonal performance analysis, focusing on overall performance, best sellers, weighted margin profitability, and post-season lessons learned.
• Support Senior Team with analysis on seasonal Direct to Consumer (DTC) sell-through performance.
• Responsible for generating all relevant pricing for style packages on the internal PLM system.
• Manage and execute all administrative tasks within internal NuOrder systems, strictly adhering to seasonal calendars and deadlines.
• Support Senior Manager in creation of sample POs and manage all sample deliveries into our showrooms in a timely manner.
• Support Senior Team with line validation of all product categories to help maximise sales £revs and margins.
• Take ownership of the Original Penguin Sample Library, acting as the main point of contact for tracking and shipping reference styles to relevant accounts globally.
• Support EMEA Senior Teams by coordinating and preparing materials for key seasonal milestones, including Post Market Meetings, Buy Meetings, and the development of Seasonal Sales Tools.
• Assist the Sales Team with key account meeting preparation and systematically follow up on all relevant customer feedback/insights.
• Build strong working relationships and manage all cross-functional communication (Design, Product Development, Sales) to ensure critical path milestones are met efficiently.
• Support EMEA Merchandising and product team with all ad hoc tasks and projects.
• Support the wider team with OP seasonal product launches.
• Support the wider team with trend analysis for the UK marketplace.

Person Specification:

• Product Management/Merchandising minimum 2 year experience and educated to degree level
• In depth knowledge of the menswear UK/EU fashion environment, especially consumer trends and emerging brands
• Strong Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills
• Basic Photoshop, Adobe and CAD skills - ideal not necessary
• Strong communicator and able to build relationships with internal and external partners
• Highly organised with the ability to prioritise workload across multiple projects
• Strong attention to detail/eye for accuracy
• Self-motivated, reliable and precise with a good eye for detail
• Team player with good networking skills
• Ability to multitask and adapt quickly to changing circumstances

Benefits include:

• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 2x life cover after probation
• Discretionary Christmas bonus
• Pension - 4% employer and 5% employee contribution
• Salary: £31 - £32,000 per year

At Perry Ellis Europe we are committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as a workplace principle and as a means to help measure both performance of existing colleagues and the suitability of prospective employees. Diversity is understanding that each person is unique. It means embracing people's differences, including their beliefs, abilities, preferences, backgrounds, values, and identities. Equity means offering rights and opportunities fairly, catering to people's differences so they are given fair access to opportunities. It means providing various levels of support depending on specific needs or abilities. Inclusion is an extension of equality and diversity. It means that all people, without exception, have the right to be included, respected, and appreciated as valuable members of the community. We understand that DE and I is an evolving field and therefore a willingness to learn is the key behaviour we would like to see from Perry Ellis Europe colleagues. Perry Ellis welcomes applicants from people of all identities and backgrounds.