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Assistant Merchandiser
Fashion Industry Company
Greater London, , United Kingdom
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Be part of the team...
Wallis is fast paced, aspirational, exciting and fun and our culture reflects this. With passion and enthusiasm for our jobs, our product and our Brand, we are very proud of the role we all play in making Wallis so successful.
Our people show innovation, take ownership, challenge the norm and play an active part in driving our business forward.
About the role
An Assistant Merchandiser role at Wallis promises a fast paced, challenging and innovative working environment. This highly analytical role is the ideal opportunity to further develop your proven Merchandising skills. Managing intake levels, analysing sales, stock and mark-down data to optimise sales and profitability, you will play a crucial role in delivering the Wallis product to our customers.
Your genuine passion for fashion and enthusiasm for Wallis product will enhance your technical expertise and commerciality.
What you'll be doing...
You will be required to support the Merchandiser by analysing stock levels across different store types, highlighting risks and opportunities for growth, and liaising with stores helping where possible with stock package issues. You will also be involved in creating store profiles to help match stock packages to specific markets, to help maximize sales.
A part of your role will be to assist with store openings, closings and modifications in terms of stock profiling, at busy times, as well as performance reporting and ad hoc analysis for senior members of staff, for example concession density analysis.
As an Assistant Merchandiser, you will also be looking after an MAA on your department, contributing to their development and communicating any change in B&M strategy back to your team. This step up from an MAA role brings with it more autonomy, allowing you to manage specific projects, documenting and analysing information, formulating conclusions and making recommendations.
• Use knowledge of AG12/AS400/FS01 to access information e.g. Performance reports, purchase order details
• Create and amend Purchase Orders
• Check POs to prepare for approval and authorization
• Access and use information available from MIS
• Access and use WGSN
• Manage and Develop MAA
• Agree role responsibility including work plans and weekly agenda
About you
To be successful in this role you will need good administrative skills, including PC skills in Word and Excel. You will need to have the ability to manage changing priorities and work in a pressured environment. A strong numerical and analytical capacity is a must in this role, as well as being very well organized and accurate, with great attention to detail. You must be able to communicate with differently levels of seniority, identifying issues and proposing actions.
• Demonstrate a strong analytical ability and technical excellence
• Attuned to external factors affecting the retail sector and strong commercial awareness
• A motivated self-starter who is able to use their initiative and take ownership of tasks
• Good problem solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the confidence to deal with people at all levels
• Ability to juggle tasks and work to deadlines in a demanding environment
• Team player