Senior Merchandise Planner in London

Since Watchfinder & Co. was first founded in 2002, it has grown to become the premier resource from which to buy and sell premium pre-owned watches. With thousands of watches available from more than 50 brands, including Rolex, Omega, IWC and more, plus boutiques across the UK and a manufacturer certified service centre, Watchfinder has established itself as the top pre-owned watch specialist.

How will you make an impact?

• Purchasing and stock planning
  • Create, review and execute Purchasing Plan that allows for the delivery of the budget sales, including considerations of units and ASP by each market, price point & brand & channel.
  • At relevant milestones (budget and LE cycles) own updates to the plan according to needs.
  • Take feedback from the Commercial Performance function on how actual purchasing performance impacts on sales – and rephase as necessary.
  • Identify and set stock assortments by markets based on internal and external data insight where available.
  • Participate in the definition of a relevant set of stock KPIs to monitor gap vs objectives.
  • Monitor in real time the execution of the purchasing plan and liaise with UK & International Purchasing Managers to ensure we are delivering what was intended (including re-forecasting when necessary).
  • Propose corrective actions and solutions to align purchasing trend with objectives – including working closely with Pricing Team on matters of conversion and offer values.
  • Enquiry to quote / MSL / 1p/2p – planning and monitoring.
• Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) / Purchase to Publish lifecycle
  • Ensure that the Purchasing Plan is shared with all relevant department heads (Servicing, Purchasing, Logistics, Marketing) to allow them to plan as necessary (and flag any concerns where lack of resources exists).
  • Execute the “publish to purchase” lifecycle reporting and bring together stakeholders to monitor progress vs plan and identify problem areas or bottlenecks.
• Creation of Sales Campaigns
  • For creation of promotional campaigns work with Merchandising team to identify areas of inventory to target and ensure that any sales activity does not cause harm to coverage or sales of the future.
• Business analysis & projects
  • Analyse data, build dashboards and reports to properly monitor the situation and deviations against objectives for the Merchandise Planning & Purchasing.
  • Take ownership for our reporting of daily/weekly/monthly published output volumes and brand/price point/entity conversions.
  • Ad-hoc data requests related to merch planning, purchasing & inventory.

How will you experience success with us?

• Degree in engineering, mathematics or any equivalent diploma.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Supply Chain or Merchandising in an international company active digitally.
• Strong people skills and good communicator.
• Proactive, solution-oriented with strong business sense.
• At ease with data and able to interact with IT on ERP developments.
• Organised, efficient, with ability to have the top-down view together with an excellent attention to detail.
• Team player with the ability to multitask, work independently and meet deadlines.

Your journey with us

Our aim is to provide you a transparent interview process from the moment you apply for the role. It’s important for us that you get to know us to ensure the role aligns to your future career objectives. We provide all candidates with open-door access to key people across the business so they can discuss opportunities, get a feel for our culture, and better understand how they can make an impact and be part of Watchfinder’s exciting trajectory.

Interview Process

• Intro Call with Talent Team: An introductory call with our in-house talent team to learn more about your skills and experience in more detail.
• 1st Stage: Interview with our Commercial Performance Manager to learn more about your skills, experience, and motivation for the role at Watchfinder.
• 2nd Stage: Interview, which will include a task, with our Director of Merchandising and Director of Business Operations.
• Final Stage: Face to Face interview with the CCO and Senior HR Business Partner.

Our Benefits & Incentives

As well as a competitive salary, we have many more great benefits seen below:

• Private healthcare and dental.
• Competitive pension scheme.
• Holiday scheme – Increasing annual leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Assistant programme.
• Income Protection.
• Life Assurance.

Why work for Watchfinder?

Firstly, what makes Watchfinder a great place to work is the people! Whether that be within your immediate team or across other areas of the business, there really is a family feel across the whole company. If personal growth and development is high on your priority list, then Watchfinder is the place for you. We’ve had numerous success stories throughout the business of our staff furthering and developing their careers, proving to be integral contributors to the company. To be part of this exciting journey, apply now!