Merchandiser (Fixed Term Contract)

Job Description

  • Be competent at sales analysis and trading for website and Wholesale

  • Seek opportunities for growth and margin improvement

  • Communicating with suppliers, placing orders and managing delivery dates and logistics

  • Negotiate buy alongside MD, understanding componentry required

  • Running weekly stock reports on Dear Inventory to manage stock levels, sharing this with relevant members of the team

  • Sales and stock reporting and analysis. Week, month, season, annual.

  • Manage out of stocks

  • Deliver best seller reports for business to support buy depths, trading and general analysis

  • Use Shopify reporting to help decision making process on web.

  • Mange development, booking and delivery of stock.

  • Ownership of critical path for new products, managing supply base for seasonal deliveries

  • Deliver seasonal planning with support of MD. Produce company plans at weekly level from April 2025

  • Keep detailed RP by season, using as company stock bible and reference point

  • Pricing - timings and costings for in house products

  • Comp shops to ensure our RRP’s are in line with comp and support in re sourcing product where needed.

  • Create & manage price architecture

  • Costing and negotiating prices for external suppliers

  • Raising POs, liaising with suppliers and Knit Shop

  • Ordering materials and knitted fabric

  • Managing priority list and QC for seamstress priority list

  • Setting SKU and supplies up on system, putting stock into system, transfers etc 

  • Checking invoices from a stock point of view, raising invoices, raising manual invoices

  • Shipping – analyse shipping costs, negotiate terms, liaising with courier account managers and negotiating best rates for wholesale and web

  • Logistics - getting quotes for large shipments from Europe & China, arranging imports, handling duties

  • Bespoke projects - point of contact for anything bespoke - having calls and email correspondence with customers, liaising with design and seamstresses, planning in sampling and production into our production schedule, costings timeframes.

  • Wholesale pricing – setting currency conversions, creating pricelists and order forms for wholesale

  • Researching anything .gov related, commodity codes, any import/export requirements and ensure all info is accessible and clear for the team

  • Odering any material or supplies for the production team and products (cushion pads, threads, zips, stuffing)

  • Manage product cashflow spreadsheet

  • Arranging any testing, certification etc

  • Licensing and royalty contracts - drawing up contracts as required, checking over any licensing agreements that come in, point of contact.

  • Setting up any new systems, processes, maintaining inventory system, contracts etc.

  • Covering Web and wholesale roles when on holiday, or during busy periods

  • Manage sample tracker to track stock


Skills Required 

 

·       Methodical and Organised

.     Competent on Cin 7 and Shopify

·       Calm and good with people

·       Ability to multi task

·       Problem solving

·       Good communication skills

·       Negotiation skills

·       Excellent Excel skills