Buying and Merchandising Associate - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Claire's

Claire's

Verified Company

Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have a brand new opening for a Buying & Merchandising Associate to support the Buying & Merchandising Manager to deliver relevant product assortments and strategies to excite the Claire's consumers across Europe.

We can offer this role on a hybrid basis working 2 days a week from our European HQ in Birmingham.

Objectives of the role include:

Comprehensively understand the relevant product category to support in formulating winning strategies (pricing, product, competition etc.)
Support in trading the business on a weekly & monthly basis - own reporting on sku & category performance in season, suggesting decisions to maximise trade
Support in ensuring commercially sound buy investments to drive strong comp & new store growth, through data analytics & tool & system management

Key Accountabilities:

Drive the product, store and multi-region reporting & analysis for the department to facilitate decision making
Support the product selection & investment for the relevant product categories
Own a portion of the assortment within a given product category - delivering consumer relevant assortments
Own a portion of the sku level investments to maximise velocity - driving commercially sounds decisions in line with the relevant KPIs
Utilise, own & develop relevant buying tools to support effective ways of working
Navigate system complexities to ensure timely order placement, delivery tracking, critical path management
Drive European product & category needs with the Global Buying & Merchandising teams, ensuring strategies are realised
Partner with ISP teams to formulate visually impactful ranges
Comprehensively report on competition positioning across multiple areas - pricing/product/events etc.
Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure product strategies are realised ie. allocation

Behaviours:

Balance of analytics & creativity
Innovative & open minded individual
Proactively drive operations
Ability to operate & thrive within evolving structures & processes
Use initiative to navigate roadblocks
Strong communicator
Eye-for detail

Profile:

Buying, Planning or Merchandising Senior Assistants or Current Associates with foundational knowledge
Ideally from branded/selection roles - not design or product development roles
Strong excel proficiency
Relevant on trend knowledge in relation to Claire's market positioning
Ability to juggle multiple tasks
Thrive in business environments with developing structures
Foundational in both analytics & product knowledge
Multi-channel organisations
European market knowledge desired
Minimum of 2/3+ years' experience