Trade Merchandising Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Disney

Disney

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London, United Kingdom

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Trade Merchandising Assistant

Job ID

Location

London, United Kingdom

Business
Consumer Products Games & Publishing

Date posted
Aug. 24, 2023

Job Summary:

Overall Purpose of the Role

Provide essential support to the Senior Trade Manager and Trade Manager with the planning and trading of the e-commerce sites with specific accountabilities for own market and to support all related administrative processes within the department.

Areas of Responsibility

Actively participate in weekly team meeting to review trade and plan for the week ahead. Present previous week's trading results for the coming weeks for all markets to all key stakeholders
Proactively analyse and update trading reports to monitor online product performance and make recommendations for actions to take to Senior Trade Manager and Trade Manager
Considering homepage priorities and online exclusive promotional activity, effectively communicate online store forecasts to the Planning teams to enable Distribution to manage warehouse stock for online fulfilment
Communicate trading results and future trading plans to other DTCR function teams including but not limited to planning, guests service, brand and image, buying and marketing
Manage product availability online; review and recommend minimum quantities and maximum order limits for all websites based on business requirements
Provide frequent (quarterly, monthly, weekly) analysis to key stakeholders to understand product performance

Training and Professional Development

Operate with integrity, champion change and be a good ambassador for the Walt Disney Company
Operate as part of an effective and inclusive team by demonstrating an awareness of others; welcoming and valuing unique perspectives and ideas; offering support, sharing knowledge and best practices in order to contribute to overall departmental commitments
Take ownership of your professional development through regular career conversations with your line manager and utilising available resources such as D Learn, instructorled courses and on the job learning
Proactively suggest ways to improve departmental performance and processes, leveraging technological tools where applicable
Build links with other TWDC functions to develop broader knowledge of the business
Promote and maintain an inclusive workplace, championing diversity and inclusion and make use of available resources to extend knowledge and best practice

Areas of Accountability

Accountable to the Senior Trade Manager and Trade Manager
Accountable for generating reporting for the trading team
Accountable for proactively analysing and updating trading reports to monitor online product performance and making recommendations for actions to take to Senior Trade Manager and Trade Manager
Accountable within the scope of the role for overseeing product availability online
Accountable for checking all sites on day of launch to ensure everything has launched successfully and accurately
Accountable for accurate and timely trade change communications to all stakeholders

Experience & Professional Qualification

Proven experience as a Trade Merchandising Assistant, Merchandising Assistant, or Allocator/Distributor, essential
Experience within ecommerce, desirable
Understanding of retail merchandising and experience within a retail head office environment, essential
Experience in analytics, beneficial
Demonstrable experience of working in teams and building effective
Experience of participating in report building within Excel, beneficial

Skills Required:

Highly numerate
Computer literate (MS Office package) with advanced level of proficiency in Excel
Exceptional planning and organisation skills
Analytical approach to problem solving
Exceptional level of accuracy and attention to detail
Proven ability building effective relationships
Cultural sensitivity

Additional Information

Flexibility for occasional travel may be required
Contribution to adhoc projects as the business requires
Flexible hours may be required to meet business needs

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