Senior Merchandising Admin Assistant

Pretty Lavish continues to emerge within the fashion industry bridging the gap between high street and designer brands. Recognised for our sophisticated occasionwear, luxury knitwear and more recently our sleek and modern bridesmaids collection. We strive to make luxury affordable by designing quality, timeless and versatile designs that can be worn day to night, season to season and loved for years to come. As Pretty Lavish grows, we are looking for a passionate, hard working and humble individual to join us on this exciting journey in this role.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Able to support the merchandising team with the day to day running of the department, reporting into Merchandiser.
• Takes accountability and is confident to deputise in the absence of merchandiser.
• Supporting the team on data analysis and reporting for all key meetings.
• Reviewing historical data such as best and worst to present back to buying and design teams ahead of sign off meetings.
• Forecast line flows weekly and setting these up for the season to highlight risks and opportunities.
• Updating department WSSI weekly.
• Able to forecast using ROS/Sell thru/Cover, in line with supporting company objectives.
• Setting up and managing Continuity, Seasonal and Subgroup WSSIs - to manage sales for key categories such as knitwear in more detail.
• Supporting with production planning and preparing for continuity sign offs.
• Managing critical path and delivery schedule collaboratively with buying team.
• Managing the intake of stock and forecasting to support the sales forecasting of each brand.
• Managing weekly size analysis for new season collections and continuity.
• Able to support on the costing of markdown with support of the Merchandiser Trade.
• Taking ownership of trade reporting and commentary for key departments, being able to present in trade meetings with teams across the business.
• Ensuring all reporting is up to date first thing on a Monday to allow merch to review trade.
• Setting up reports from scratch and adding amends to existing reports.
• Reviewing high stock lines and feeding back to merch - working with marketing and ecom teams to push necessary styles.
• Keeping repeats tracker up to date weekly for all teams, reviewing any opportunity and risks to merch.
• Working closely with logistics team in movement of stock to maximise opportunity.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Prior experience of line flows, WSSIs and trade reporting and forecasting.
• Experience on both ladies and menswear preferable but not essential.
• Advanced level of excel skills, can set up reports from scratch.
• Ability to work across multiple teams within the business, with great communication skills.
• A strong team player with a can-do attitude.
• Great numerical ability and strong attention to detail.

In return, you’ll receive some ‘Pretty Positive’ perks:

• Idyllic Countryside Head Office - in the leafy village of Widford, Hertfordshire.
• Hybrid Working and Flexi Hours.
• Early Finish Friday on the last Friday of every month.
• Generous Staff Discount - 50% for you, 20% for your friends and family.
• 25 Days Holiday + Birthday Day - your birthday off every year after one years service.
• Start-up Culture - the chance to make a real impact to a fast-growing company.