Assistant Merchandiser

Dreams; Loudwater; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 35,000

Job description

The Role:

We’re looking for a new Assistant Merchandiser to join our Feather & Black brand based in Loudwater, Buckinghamshire. In this role, you will be supporting the commercial team by analysing sales trends, creating range plans to support the building of our amazing product ranges, delivering the correct stock levels and hitting all financial KPI’s.

Ready to skip the snooze button and get stuck in? Here’s a taste of what you’ll be doing day-to-day:

1. Input into product strategy
2. Maintain merchandising data on all range plans and critical paths
3. Provide weekly summary of key performance indicators for the Brand relating to sales, stock, profit, and promotional analysis.
4. Maintain and update all future forecasts and intake plans.
5. Work with the team to control inventory levels within budgeted levels. Ensure appropriate levels of stock are allocated to stores/DSCs.
6. Manage intake into business to hit monthly forecasts, drive sales and minimise risks.
7. Ensure product availability to reduce customer lead times as far as possible.
8. Main point of contact for central warehouses to go to for intake management.
9. Communicate forecasts and plans clearly with suppliers and be a key contact for those suppliers. Building an excellent working relationship is crucial.
10. Key contact for stores on inventory/pricing/promotional queries.
11. Provide analysis and summary of promotional activity and advise how trade plans should be adapted going forward.
12. Responsible for ensuring that retail prices are maintained accurately on the system and in line with promotional calendar and SOX requirements.
13. Conduct ad-hoc analysis of range performance when required.
14. Setup new lines as required in the system.
15. Raise purchase orders as required on a weekly basis.
16. Provide analysis and preparatory support to merchandiser for all meetings.
17. Work closely with Web and Marketing teams to ensure trade plan is communicated and accurate.
18. Support store colleagues with customer related queries.

This is the type of person we’re dreaming of:

Experience:

1. Outstanding organisational skills
2. Minimum of one year’s Assistant Merchandiser experience, ideally within Retail or graduate level education.
3. Ability to work cross functionally.
4. Strong financial Acumen and accuracy
5. Excellent Excel skills

People-first:

1. Treat others with respect

Communicator:

1. Confidence to present back to smaller teams.
2. Confidence to build relationships across all levels of the business

Motivated:

1. Self-motivated
2. Tenacious.

Team player:

1. Be a 'go to' member of the team for merchandising queries.
2. Support team with organisational and administrative tasks.
3. Works closely with buying counterparts and supports our stores, warehouses and suppliers.

In your dream role, you’ll also receive:

• Bonus: Our discretionary annual bonus scheme recognises the hard work and dedication of our superstar dreamers.
• Discounts: Amazing staff discount on Dreams products, plus hundreds of brands including restaurants, holidays, and shopping.
• Buy-in schemes: You’ll have the opportunity to buy extra holiday, private healthcare, or savings and loans.
• Parking: We know it goes without saying, but our free onsite parking gives you peace of mind when you travel.
• Wellbeing: We partner with the Retail Trust to offer a 24-hour helpline with a variety of support services, as well as hosting an out of hours GP service.
• Electric Car Scheme: Our salary sacrifice electric car scheme is a budget friendly way to cruise around in style and most importantly, lower those emissions!
• New to 2024 - enhanced maternity & paternity pay.
• On-site gym: Step into our newly refreshed, free on-site gym, where you’ll find everything you need to stay fit and energized. From cardio machines and versatile free weights to dynamic cable machines, resistance bands, and even boxing bags, we’ve got it all!
• Hybrid working: Whether you’re an early bird or night owl, we trust you to work your hours responsibly to suit you!

About Dreams:

At Dreams, we know your bed is the best place in the whole world. But for the hours between precious sleep, we’d like to make work a special place to be too. We’re the UK’s most loved bed retailer, so it’s important our people feel the love as well. There’s over 250 of us at our affectionately named 'Bedquarters' in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, where every dreamer makes a difference.

We’re super passionate about our people-first culture, which means we like to keep things simple and celebrate every success, big or small! From a payday treats trolley to charity fundraisers and all-staff lunches, we know we do it best when we do it together.

And together we’ve been making bedtimes better since 1985, with no signs of hitting the snooze button. We’re owned by the world’s largest bedding provider, Tempur Sealy, and have our very own Bed Factory right here in the UK. You’ll even get a guided tour when you join and that’s part of our mission to get you fully bed-ucated during your induction.

With 208 stores nationwide, 6 central warehouses and 12 delivery centres, we sell 14,000 mattresses, bases and headboards every single week. Now that’s a lot of Zzzs.

So if you’re bonkers about bed, silly for siestas and keen on your kip, we think Dreams could be the perfect place for you.

Dreams. Love your job.