Merchandising Assistant
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, Surrey, Guildford
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 26 Aug 2022
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Merchandising
Job Details
Working with the B&M (Buying & Merchandising) team, support weekly trading preparation, seasonal planning, stock purchasing, and intake.
Sets up and maintains administration systems to document and manage the processes accurately. Takes lead responsibility for the purchase order (PO) cycle with the supply base, reporting back via the Delivery Schedule.
Client Details
My client is the go-to brand for quality products within the home furniture space. The well-known company is looking for a Merchandising assistant to join them at their Guildford Head Offices, hybrid work option available.
Description
- Assists in the preparation of the weekly trading pack: including Sales and Margin; Stock; Out of Stock (OOS); Back order and Availability analysis. In addition, maintains daily full price: markdown SKU listing.
- Undertakes end season quarterly Lessons Learnt analysis, providing summaries to accompany analysis, to clearly present accurate and timely findings. Also, assists in the preparation of quarterly strategy, mid-term and sign-off analysis.
- Supports the team in raising POs in response to business requirements, ensuring accuracy in buy volumes, carton quantities, CBM, and cost prices. Maintains accurate records, distributes POs to suppliers, resolves queries and obtains shipping documents in a timely manner.
- Sustains a continual dialogue with the supplier base, ensuring suppliers provide order and component trackers on a weekly basis. Maintains the weekly delivery schedule. Flags delivery issues and ensures a conclusion is reached to all issues. Finally, manages the process to close POs once receipted.
- Reviews department forward covers on a weekly basis, making recommendations to ensure OOS and over-stocks are minimised, and availability targets are met.
Profile
- Some experience of a retail organization within a store or head office.
- Experience working in an eCommerce retail business would be beneficial.
- A relevant degree or business-related qualification is ideal, but not essential.
Job Offer
Competitive salary + Discretionary company bonus + enhanced pension plans.
Flexible hybrid work option available.
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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