Assistant Branch Merchandiser - Accessorize
| Ref: | MON11974 |
| Salary: | Competitive |
| Department: | Merchandising |
| Location: | Notting Dale, London (W11) |
| Position type: | Permanent |
| Hours / Duration: | 37.5 hours per week |
| Closing date: | 08/07/2024 |
At Accessorize we’re dedicated to offering accessories that enable all women to express themselves. Since 1984 we’ve offered the accessories that make the outfit.
We’re committed to giving back and supporting the community, particularly by working with charities that support women. We’re also constantly improving our sustainability efforts by making conscious choices with the materials we use and our production processes. Our team design in-house at our Notting Hill studio and we source globally and ethically.
Our first store opened in the iconic Covent Garden, a fashion-forward shopping destination both then and now. In the years since we've grown to include stores worldwide.
We are looking for an Assistant Branch Merchandiser to join our team and work towards achieving the profit targets of our digital and physical stores by reviewing performance, assisting in management of stock and taking ownership of critical paths for the moments that matter.
What will you do as an Assistant Branch Merchandiser?
- Maintain a critical path to ensure key moments are catered for in terms of stock builds and pricing actions
- Develop a strong understanding of reporting and allocation systems
- Ensure location specificities and trading lessons learnt are fed back to the planning and allocating teams to improve the quality and accuracy of future seasons’ allocations
- Market-specific requirements to be analysed, completed and reviewed for future seasons to improve sales and profit
- Communicate weekly with concession partners to ensure lines are going live and they have all the data they need to support trade
- Awareness of the requirements needed to launch products online and working with teams to ensure the end-to-end product onboarding process is seamless
- Check for gaps in PIM (inventory database) and flagging any anomalies to the brand team
- Ensure range plans are maintained and the enrichment process is running smoothly
- Responsible for completing market or branch stock actions for the business
- Management of clearance strategy (old season, international markdowns, etc.)
- Oversee closures, new store packages and maintenance of order wells
- Ensure local market events are analysed and the appropriate stock is built
- Curate and analyse the varying retail portfolio types
- Store, marketplace and warehouse visits, as required
- Review concessions’ websites and seeking sales opportunities
- Manage your own career development and commercial knowledge
What will you need to succeed as our Assistant Branch Merchandiser?
- Strong organisational and analytical skills
- Articulate communication with the ability to build strong relationships
- Adept at problem-solving and decision-making, focussed on providing solutions
- Able to work under pressure using own initiative with a ‘can do’ attitude
- Accurate, flexible, and time-conscious
- Ability to act as role model to junior members of the team
- Strong understanding of Excel
What will we offer you in return?
- Competitive salary
- 25 days’ holiday with the option to purchase additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Bonus day off each year after 6 months’ service
- A pension that you will automatically be enrolled in after 3 months
- Life insurance (subject to participating in the pension scheme)
- A flexible working approach
- Early pay day Friday finish
- A generous staff discount with up to 50% discount on our products
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounted gym membership at our on-campus gym
- Additional perks such as Westfield discount, etc.
If this all sounds great and you feel you are who we are looking for, let us know and apply today!
At Monsoon Accessorize we don’t focus only on what we do, we also care about how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and an environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people and are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will also consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
We provide reasonable accommodations as needed to people with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at careers@monsoon.co.uk to request discuss any specific requirements.