Merchandising Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, Wiltshire
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 17 Feb 2022
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Merchandising
Job Details
This highly successful business is looking for a Merchandising Manager to work in our horticulture team, based in the Wiltshire Head Office.
You will be highly numerate with a strong analytical skillset, demonstrable problem solving and creative thinking abilities as well as strong communication skills.
Client Details
An exciting opportunity to join a well-established and rapidly growing business.
This is an award-winning online kitchen and gardening business, which offers carefully tried and tested plants, seeds, bulbs and gardening kit as well as lovely things for your home!
Description
- Leading a team of 6 merchandisers to build strong ranges, achieve strong availability and accurate forecasting
- Liaising with the nursery and office team to ensure a smooth dispatch season
- Managing stock levels through accurate forecasting and promotional activity
- Working with Head of Merchandising to suggest, source and confirm additional stock to maintain availability
- Ensuring data integrity in both planning spreadsheets and stock keeping systems
- Building strong and productive relationships with suppliers
Profile
- A minimum of five years' experience in a senior merchandising role or currently at merchandising manager level, ideally with a strong forecasting background
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Be highly analytical
- Commercially aware and proactive
- Able to produce high quality work independently
- Horticultural knowledge would be of benefit, but not essential
Job Offer
Great head office environment and business owner to work alongside, flexibility to work from home 2 days a week and competitive base salary.
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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