Assistant Merchandiser Nutmeg

We are looking for an Assistant Merchandiser to join the team for Nutmeg based from our head office in Coalville (Leicestershire) to assist the merchandiser in the planning, purchasing, intake and distribution of merchandise to maximise sales and margin for the department. Developing effective working relationships with both suppliers and internal colleagues. Ultimately this will lead you to taking full responsibility and ownership for merchandising a designated area within the department you are working in.

What will I do as an Assistant Merchandiser at Nutmeg?     

• Develop positive working relationships with all suppliers, ensuring fully conversant with all orders passing through the system working closely with the buying team

• Continually communicate with suppliers about the status of orders to help to ensure the critical path is kept up to date and accurate, highlighting any issues to the Merchandiser/Senior Merchandiser

• Assist in the department strategy, demonstrating an understanding of the merchandising figures to actively contribute and make suggestions

• Accurately and comprehensively prepare any reports requested for weekly trading and any other meetings ensuring they are completed comprehensively and to any deadlines set

• Demonstrates an understanding of the principles of buying, production and supply chain

• Assists in the building of range plans and ensures all updates are complete in a timely manner and inputted correctly 

• Achievement of all KPI targets for Clothing against a balanced scorecard of customers, sales and profit, colleagues and operations

• Achieve sales and margin for Nutmeg to agreed finance plan.

• Deliver stock packages for graded stores through critical path management and ensure stock targets are worked within through use of prioritising stock intake

• Ensure maximum availability on Never out of stock lines

• Accurately and promptly raise any orders requested, utilising internal systems, ensure any orders for the department that are raised by junior team members are done so in a timely and accurate manner

• Awareness of the departments weekly and seasonal sales figures, stock figures and targets

• Reviews weekly sales performance and stock volumes and identify any opportunities and highlight any issues

• Clear understanding of how to serve Customer needs and requirements

• Ability to champion the customer and retail a customer focus through daily routines

• Sound commercial awareness

• The ability to create environments where sharing ideas, issues and concerns is the norm

• Ability to champion pace, change and simplicity

• Ability to gain feedback from colleague and customers

• Analytical thinking – manage multiple data sources and make the appropriate recommendations for sales, markdown and stock intake

• Systems expertise ensuring speed and use of accuracy.

• Attention to detail

• Communication & Influencing

• Commercial business qualification or relevant retail/merchandise experience

• A passion for retailing & detailed analytical experience