Merchandiser George Home - Leeds, United Kingdom - ASDA

ASDA

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Leeds, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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George Home Merchandiser (C8) - Curtains

About the role

Working within the George Home team, you will be responsible for delivering a commercial range alongside the Buyer, whilst also looking after the planning and weekly trading of your category.

Maximising sales and profit is key, whilst ensuring availability for our customers at the same time. This role will be challenging and fast paced.

Merchandising is key to our success, and you'll help us deliver the goods in this area - making sure that our customers get exactly what they want, exactly when they want it.

The ins and outs

Working directly with Buyer to set the category strategy.
Delivering the business plan working on longer term strategy and shorterterm proactive sales driving activity.
Driving the business to maximize profit inseason.
Developing strong relationships with suppliers.
Managing product critical path and lifecycle to ensure launch availability and full availability on continuity lines.
Accurate forecasting of sales, stock turn and markdown to achieve maximum profit.
Planning of markdown activity
Analysis of sales data to provide recommendations for range control, budgeting & selection for future seasons.
Working closely with the buying team to further understand our customer needs & competitor activity
This is a fastpaced role, and the ability to switch between longer term strategy and immediate trading priorities is key.

What you will need:

Ability to thrive in a demanding, fastpaced environment
Enthusiasm to take responsibility and progress in your career
Ability to work independently and move your areas of responsibility forward
Good level of numeracy with an expert level of excel
Personal skills to work with people at all levels not just in our business, but also beyond it
Flair for solving problems and making decisions

If you have any questions about the role please contact Caroline Foard