Merchandiser - Leeds, United Kingdom - Cema Vending

Cema Vending

Verified Company

Leeds, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About Us:

Since we were founded in 2016, DUSK has been bringing affordable luxury homeware to the UK; making beautifully curated homeware accessible to all through offering the best prices, quality and service.

We are a rapidly growing, fast-paced business and pride ourselves in offering our customers the highest standard of product and customer service - we even celebrated reaching 1 million happy customers

We are recruiting for a Merchandiser to cover maternity leave, on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract, based in our Head Office in Leeds.

Key responsibilities include:

Support the creation of a range plan, alongside the buyer and support the planning of seasonal promotions.
Analyse historical and seasonal performance, whilst identifying and implementing improvements to processes.
Support the planning and management of budgets based on the overall business and financial goals and drive stock turn and deliver business stock levels in line with budget.
To develop strong working relationships with suppliers and obtain a strong understanding of internal departments.
Deputising for the Head of Merchandising when appropriate.
Support junior members of the team on a daytoday basis and drive their development.
OTB management.
WSSI forecasting and weekly inventory meetings.
Preparation and delivery of management information.
Trading and management of sales, stock and clearance in season.
Monitor and maintains buying margin and gross profit margins as requested.
Review sales forecasts based on performance and actions and analyse and monitor best and worst sellers, making informed recommendations for action.
Suggesting sales driving activity to drive cash and reduce stock where appropriate.
To support clearance and markdown plans in conjunction with buying along with endtoend stock flow.

What will I need to be considered for this vacancy?

Proficient IT knowledge and experience, particularly in Microsoft Excel.
Attention to detail, problem solving, and organisation skills are all essential.
Excellent time management skills.
A sold understanding of WSSI.
Passion to work collaboratively on new ideas within a team.
Strong analytical skills, confident in working with and extracting insights from data.
Maintain a positive cando attitude and willingness to help and support with any additional duties when required.
Strong decision making, time management skills and able to prioritise workload.
Good commercial knowledge specifically on wider marketplace and broader business
Experience in Trading multiple territories would be beneficial.