Merchandising Manager

Ashworth and Parker Limited; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Recognised as one of the fastest growing Companies in the UK, it’s a really exciting time to be joining END. If you’re positive, passionate and dedicated and want to be part of our future success this could be the role for you.

MERCHANDISING MANAGER - FULL TIME, LONDON

Over the last 20 years, END. has evolved into a technology led retailer that provides luxury and contemporary apparel and exclusive sneaker drops to a global audience. One of the most influential, forward-thinking and inspirational fashion companies in the world, we have fresh products hitting our website daily and our service never stops.

END. prides itself on delivering a first-class customer experience, which has underpinned our success. With over 2 million customers we deliver to over 80 countries around the world and our online business is complemented by our industry leading retail stores in Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester, London and Milan.

Working in our busy, fast paced team at our Head Offices in London, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the business uses the best data and analysis to inform buying & trading decisions, maximises sales and profit opportunities and contributes to overall business strategy and growth.

We are building out a merchandising team to support our next phase of growth. Your remit will include team development and proactive improvement of the merchandising function, including establishing and managing best in class merchandising systems and processes.

You will also need to work closely with our buying, supply chain, retail and online teams to ensure a seamless delivery of product into each channel.

You will be a visible leader and a team player, working with a variety of stakeholders across the wider organisation and forming strong working partnerships especially with the buying team. You will add gravitas, have innovative ideas and bring experience, energy and enthusiasm into the mix. You will provide strategic vision and focus but with an eye on the detail. You will be an ambassador and role model for the brand.

What you'll be doing:

Key responsibilities

1. Work in conjunction with the Director of Merchandising and other stakeholders to influence the development of strategic plans and support trading decisions.
2. Ensure accurate data is used, available and analysed to make the best commercial decisions and work with various End. stakeholders (especially IT) to improve the underlying data integrity.
3. Support key stakeholders (incl. finance, supply chain, retail, digital) with timely provision of inventory and trading information. Work with IT to automate and manage key trading reports.
4. Support the Director of Merchandising and other key stakeholders in co-ordinating business roll ups for key KPI’s and documents eg business OTB, WSSI.
5. Own the strategy for the Womenswear & Lifestyle segments of the business, guiding the team to achieve growth plans and profitable departments.
6. Ensure effective stock distribution and customer-focused market knowledge.
7. Build and maintain knowledge capability of underlying B&M data, systems and processes.
8. Provide training and support to merchandising community on B&M systems and processes.

What you'll be able to demonstrate:
Skills and experience

1. Market and customer focus with high awareness of competitors. Knowledge of both online brands marketplaces and physical retail stores is a positive.
2. A trading mentality with the ability and appetite to work in a fast paced, commercial environment.
3. Have a breadth of functional experience learned in a fast-paced, complex multi-channel environment.
4. Strategic thinking and ability to initiate new business directions.
5. Able to build and maintain robust but constructive relationships with buying, supply chain and other internal colleagues.
6. Have an inquisitive and entrepreneurial mind-set, with the ability to handle complexity and ambiguity.
7. Problem-solving skills to identify root causes and propose solutions.
8. Excellent organisational and project management skills, with the ability to influence and present proposals persuasively.
9. Strong leadership with clear business goals and performance management.

What we can offer you

1. Generous staff discount and staff sales
2. 33 days holiday (Including bank holidays)
3. Birthday day off
4. Competitive holidays
5. Access to Employee Assistance Programme
6. Registered access to Healthcare Benefits provider
7. Company pension scheme
8. Opportunities for professional development and career progression

Our core values underpin everything we do as a business. We always put our customers first, are passionate and dedicated and strive for excellence. To achieve this, we are positive and collaborative and keep it simple.

If you have what it takes to be part of our future success, we want to hear from you.

Type of employment: Permanent, full-time