Junior Merchandiser-seasonal - Leicester, United Kingdom - Dunelm

Dunelm

Verified Company

Leicester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Merchandising team play a key role in how we trade our product.

As a team, they ensure that we have the right product, in the right place, at the right time & strive to deliver great availability.

They work side by side with our Buying team, planning and managing the departments product buys through the supply chain from Supplier, the distribution network and into our stores for our customers.

Helping to trade the department is the exciting part of the role, they monitor the sales trends and analyse sales & stock performance whilst always making sure that our product critical path remains on track.

Role Summary:

The Commercial Team environment is fast-paced and energetic. We are positive, ambitious, forward-looking and data driven. We must take calculated risks, to keep growing market share.

The goal of Commercial is to drive sales and profit for Dunelm through sourcing the best quality products, at the best prices, from sustainable and ethical sources.

The Commercial Team encompasses Buying, Merchandising, Sourcing, Technical and Design.

It's my job to support my Merchandiser in the end-to-end range build and day to day workload & trading of our department.

I am extremely organised, have a high attention for detail and a passion for product.

What this role requires of you:

Build strong relationships cross functionally in my category. I work as a team to drive category performance and to be on the front foot for upcoming launches and events.
Supporting the team with sales and stock analysis which I present in a clear, simple, and succinct way which can aid creating the product range.
Know the product range inside out ensuring all orders are accurate and on time.
Managing the line cards to ensure changes in sales patterns are reflected and stock is adapted in line.
Ensuring pack sizes & shelf fills are sufficient for the sales plan, ensuring efficient stock flow to stores & web are within target cover parameters.
Manage allocations of stock ensuring to hit launch deadlines and maintain strong availability.
I am responsible for critical path management for my department & ensuring products arrive on time & are allocated out to the correct stores for launch.
Build a good rapport with suppliers as they are dealt with on a daytoday basis, leading supplier meetings which could include negotiating volumes / pack sizes and shipment plans.
Work with the ME Team (Visual Merchandising) to ensure that planograms grading & fill levels are accurate.
Have a good understanding of stock KPI's identifying risk & trading opportunities to maintain cover targets, acting on slow sellers.
Availability assist Merchandising team in planning dept linecards, strong working relationship with suppliers, prepare weekly stock summary report with actions to improve & maintain availability
Strong in store & web availability
Stock levels kept within company targets.
Accuracy of store allocations.

Essential skills:

Hardworking with a strong "can do" attitude.
Excellent communication skills
Highly organised, with clear ability to be able to prioritise workload & deadlines.
Good attention to detail
Proactive & selfmotivated
Curiosity. Willing to listen and learn. Will ask for help when it's needed but able to work independently.
Highly driven
Proficient in excel, word and PowerPoint.

Behaviours:

The following behaviours are some examples of how these values materialise for Junior Merchandiser at Dunelm.

Working as a team
Getting to know others and building a rapport with people including internal colleagues and our suppliers. Collaborating and networking cross functionally.

Keeping yourself and others up to date by sharing stock and sales information and insights, which can drive trading decisions/actions.

Communication

Making the complex easy to understand, providing clear, simple and succinct messages that engage others and enable you to influence trading decisions.

Presenting reliable insight/ information, which helps others do their jobs.

Taking Responsibility
Embracing the opportunity to take ownership of a product area, delivering on stock targets & driving sales performance.

Embracing challenges, getting to root causes of stock & sales issues and delivering robust solutions.

Being confident to manage expectations and delegating where necessary.

Taking responsibility for training the team around you, to also feel empowered to take accountability towards shared targets /achievements.

Making it Happen**Really strong at planning and prioritising workload. Focused on stock and sales target and finding the best ways to deliver them.

Working at pace whilst also ensuring accuracy in the data you produce and communicate.

Striving for a 'Right first time' approach personally and within the team around you.

Staying agile & adapting to a changing environment
Our Merchandising team structure is as follows: (This role is second