Assistant Merchandiser

Assistant Merchandiser

Role Overview

The Assistant Merchandiser (AM) plays a key role within the Merchandising function, providing vital support to the Merchandising team to achieve optimum efficiency and to deliver the department plan on customer, sales, and profit.

The AM takes responsibility for ensuring the right stock and intake is available for our customers, continually looking for opportunities to maximise the potential of both product and stores, whilst working collaboratively within the Merchandising team and key areas of the business.

Role objectives and KPIs:

To support the Merchandising team to effectively deliver departmental goals and KPIs - sales, profit, and stock - across all channels (stores and digital), maximising commercial opportunities.

Responsibilities

Plan

Order:

Stock:

Trade:

Identify ideal level actions.

Support with product mix and sign off pack reporting and analysis.

Assist in the formulation of the range plan at store level with the Merchandiser/Buyer

Create accurate size ratios for all buys.

Ensure planners are accurate to support order raising process.

Support Merchandise Assistants on creating purchase orders via upload.

Reconcile supplier order books and communicate all anomalies, on bigger brands.

Collate bookings with Buying team.

Prioritise intake and review booked lines to ensure best stock placement, with guidance from the Merchandiser.

Establish working relationships with supplier base.

Review reporting and collate key findings in preparation for department trade email. Compile focus for the week for yourself and Merchandise Assistant.

Review sales analysis to identify key trade actions. Suggest cancellation, rephasing and markdown activity to Merchandiser.

Identify priority stores for the week, review and propose actions.

New / re-fit stores - analysis of performance

Over / under performing stores

Over / under optioned stores

Trading team branch feedback

Identify lines to IBT and fast track.

Propose distribution amends to Buying and Merchandiser.

Check and approve weekly divisional price changes prior to upload.

Review branch actions for the Merchandise Assistant to complete.

Undertake store visits, collates report and feedback.

Help build new store stock package and track progress.

Set up and review Linecards.

Check and action range plan to ensure stores hit planned options.

Oversee Merchandise Assistant's weekly tasks.

Establish collaborative working relationships within teams across functions.

Carry out any ad-hoc analysis as required.

2.1 Working with People 3.1 Relating and Networking 4.1 Writing and Reporting 4.3 Analysing 5.1 Learning and Researching

6.1. Planning and Organising

Analytical, data driven and highly numerate.

Keen eye for detail and ability to accurately enter and check data.

Enthusiastic about JD, its brands and customer.

Good knowledge of Excel.

Confident communicator able to build relationships at all levels.

Able to take ownership of work and use initiative to deliver on key responsibilities.

Good teamwork skills, being able to work collaboratively to reach a common goal, sharing information and supporting colleagues.

Positive, flexible, and responsive to business needs.

Curious with a continuous learning mindset.

Shogun

Intermediate Excel

Good trade knowledge

Sign off attendance

Size ratios - ratio tool

Planner (Planogram)

Purchase order creation process - PO upload

Reconcile process

Bookings & weekly intake

Manage trade actions

Weekly divisional price changes

Ideal management tool

Linecards

Oversees MA weekly tasks

Store visits

New store reviews

Branch actions

Selektron

Sales Analysis

Cost prices