At a Glance
- Tasks: Support the Merchandising team with planning, trading, and retail strategies.
- Company: Join a dynamic fashion brand focused on innovation and growth.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible hours, and opportunities for career advancement.
- Other info: Exciting environment with potential for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Be part of a creative team shaping the future of fashion retail.
- Qualifications: Analytical skills and a passion for fashion are essential.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Job Purpose
To provide consistent and accurate analytical support to the self-portrait Merchandising team focusing on covering all retail channels and strategic planning for self-portrait.
Key Responsibilities
- Planning
- Produce new season option plans for stores.
- Responsible for yearly, monthly, seasonal, weekly and daily budgets for the retail channels.
- Produce new season OTBs for the retail channels.
- Manage order placement with sourcing team to maintain stock levels in season and end of season.
- Work closely with Buying to optimize new season buys, optimizing buy depth and size curves.
- Support planning for end-of-season markdown, working closely with Ecom and Logistics to clear stock while optimizing revenue.
- Trading
- Produce weekly trade reports, measuring performance against plan, against last year and year-to-date.
- Continually monitor product and stores performance, taking action to maximize performance.
- Quarterly review of sales performance vs budget, re-forecasting as needed.
- Review seasonal performance, presenting results and lessons learnt to the business.
- Monitor any stock issues, identifying out of stocks and recut recommendations.
- Optimize inventory.
- Retail stores and outlets
- Partake in initial store opening planning as part of the 5-year store expansion strategy for both full price and off price.
- Conduct regular store visits both locally and regionally.
- Manage product assortment and pricing for the outlet stores.
- Work closely with Retail Managers to implement promotions, optimize visual merchandising and launch new seasons.
- Manage new season allocations, ensuring timely deliveries and cohesive assortments.
- Team
- Deputize for management as needed.
- Manage the workload and development of the Assistant Merchandiser or MAA.
Junior Merchandiser in London employer: Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait offers an exceptional work environment in the heart of Mayfair, where creativity and passion for luxury fashion thrive. Employees benefit from a supportive culture that encourages personal growth and development, alongside competitive remuneration and unique perks associated with working in a prestigious location. Join our dynamic team and be part of a brand that values your contributions and fosters lasting relationships with customers.
We think you need these skills to ace Junior Merchandiser in London
Analytical Skills
Budget Management
Stock Management
Retail Performance Analysis
Inventory Optimisation
Communication Skills
Team Management
