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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.
Client Details
A great opportunity for a Assistant Merchandiser to join a leading business in the Bradford area. They are known for Sustainability. It is at the core of everything this business does, with products responsibly-sourced.
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 accounts
Profile
- Excellent Excel, numeric and analytical abilities to identify commercial insights relevant to our audience.
- Previous experience of working in a retail or supply chain background
- A good understand of the product and retail sales lifecycle
- A confident communicator, able to communicate data and outcomes simply, able to create basic presentations to demonstrate the outcome of analysis.
- To build strong relationships internally and externally, working collaboratively to achieve shared objectives.
- Wider commercial thinking to engage and influence key stakeholders across the business and ensure profit growth is core to all decisions made.
Job Offer
- Competitive salary
- Hybrid working - A mixture of office based and working from home,
- 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
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