Merchandiser

Description:

You'll taking the customer data and insights and marrying this with sales data, you're central to creating the opportunities for each customer business plan to achieve their profit potential across national accounts. Working closely with your Customers, Supply Chain, Product and Range you'll ensure the right information is available at the right time to ensure the seamlessly delivery of product to store when it's needed.

Client Details

A great opportunity for a Merchandiser to join a leading business in the Bradford area. As a Merchandiser you'll manage all key financial Merchandising KPI's across Planning, Trading & Forecasting. A customer facing role you will maintain, develop and contribute to the profit plan for a specified area of responsibility and ensure all stakeholders have the right information, at the right time to facilitate right first-time decisions across product, finance and supply planning

Description

Account planning including sales plans, customer budget and SKU level decision making activities
Evaluating financial factors including assumptions and suitable contingency plans
Forecasting across all elements whether total business, account, caption or line level
Stock allocation requirements to deliver the customer plan whilst minimising stock exposure
Top line trading analysis for forward planning and identifying risks & opportunities
Facilitate the optimum range selection process through your analysis and insights
Develop strong cross functional relationships to ensure all interventions / activities are delivered in the most effective & profitable way
Drive efficiencies, improved ways of working and increased profit across your customer accountsProfile

Previous experience of working in a merchandising role or similar role within a Retail / FMCG business
Excellent excel, numeric & analytical abilities to identify commercial insights relevant to our audience
You're a confident communicator, able to adjust their approach to varying audiences, marrying your strong presentation skills with your skilled use of data and insights
You're a people person, you take the time to build strong relationships, working with others to achieve shared objectives
Your commercial acumen, using your knowledge and insights to engage and influence others, keeping profit growth at the core of decision making
You're organised, with a keen eye of the details, with experience of planning and forecasting sales across everyday & seasons
A solid awareness of retail, and ideally our category, influences which are factored in to your decision making to mitigate risks to salesJob Offer

Competitive salary
Hybrid working - A mixture of office based and working from home, especially when you're flexing your working hours
26 days holiday plus bank holidays, volunteer days and an annual Care Day
Health cashback scheme
Pension benefit
Close to motorway links and public transport, alongside free onsite parking
A variety of other cultural and lifestyle benefits, aimed at promoting a positive work/life balance

Merchandiser

Merchandiser

Merchandiser