Assistant Merchandiser

Birmingham

Office Based

I am currently recruiting for an Assistant Merchandiser to join an apparel brand based in the Midlands, supporting the Merchandising team to ensure continued growth in the department.

Some of your key responsibilities will include;

• Analysing sales reports and performance, taking ownership on decisions on potential risks and opportunities.
• Analyse flow lines and accurately order.
• Profit management.
• Assisting with stock and sales control for stores and web
• Working closely with the buying, QA and sourcing teams to ensure accurate critical path management.
• General support with ad hoc commercial & merchandising projects
• Identifying over-stocks and opportunities to trade surplus stock

The ideal candidate will have good excel skills, enjoy working with numbers, have a keen interest in retail and can demonstrate a good understanding of a head office merchandising role additional key requirements for the role;

• Previous experience in retail Merchandising is essential, as an experienced Merchandising Assistant or an Assistant Merchandiser
• Highly accurate with a good attention to detail
• Ability to manage a varied workload with conflicting deadlines.
• High commercial awareness
• Strong numerical skills with the ability to analyse data.
• Excellent communication skills
• Good working knowledge of MS Office products specifically Excel