Merchandising Assistant | Competitive Sports & Performance Brand | Manchester City Centre | Circa £24,000 This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and rapidly evolving sports and performance brand that has already established itself in a competitive marketplace.Having gained solid traction both online and in physical retail locations, the brand is now navigating a phase of significant growth and expansion are looking to grow their merchandising function. They are on the immediate look out for a merchandising assistant to come and join the business. This is a brilliant opportunity for a self starter, ambitious individual who wants to kickstart their career in the sports & athleisure industry.

As the Merchandising Assistant:

• Be the support function to your product development & wider merchandising team
• Manage the critical path of booked styles with your product development team
• Manage & accurately update the full delivery schedule
• Communicate daily with suppliers, warehouse and your full product teams around the status of booked lines
• Raise and manage all Purchase Orders
• Ensure all detail within Purchase Orders are accurate at all times
• Support with Monday Trade meetings by pulling reports for your merchandiser
• Ability to analyse reports and data to build information & actions for your team
• Ability to feedback opinion and fact around sales and stock from reports to your merchandiser
• Make sure all product "goes live" when stock is in the warehouse, ensuring that product goes onto the website ASAP
• Manage and images vs stock discrepancies yourself
• Monitor competitors, if not daily, weekly around new product they are selling along with their prices and any mark down
• Work collaboratively with partners and their merchandising, buying and marketing teams
• Support with key trading periods i.e Black Friday & Christmas promo's
• Understand freight times, challenges and ability to book in stock with forwarder's and warehouses

You will:

• Calm, cool & collected
• Collaborative
• A strong, confident communicator
• Accountable
• Pro-active
• Problem solver

MUST HAVE:

• Strong interest in the sports/lifestyle & performance market
• Strong, advanced Excel skills
• Desired, but not essential; Degree or qualifications in buying/merchandising/business management

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