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Junior Designer - Skirts and Soft Bottoms
Arcadia Group
Greater London, , United Kingdom
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Junior Designer - Skirts and Soft Bottoms - Dorothy Perkins
A Bit About
As an established womenswear brand, Dorothy Perkins is now one of the biggest fashion retailers in the country, trading in approximately 750 stores worldwide. Their range of clothing and accessories is updated weekly in store and daily online so there’s always something new to discover.
Burton – ‘A man thinking brand’. Established in 1903 by Montague Burton, Burton Menswear London is a staple on the British High Street. Burton’s aim is to be the most inspiring, best value fashion brand for their customer. Burton’s core customer is 25-35 in age and mind-set. He has an interest in fashion but wants it to be ‘easy’ – easy to wear, masculine and good quality, but a good price also. Using multiple channels to research and purchase, he seeks regular newness of product and outfit ideas. However; over 30% of Burton’s customers are women!
The Role
• Deliver an optimised, balanced range for the profile to meet and exceed sales and MD targets for the profile
• Potentialise sales and profit opportunities by profile - Understanding store turnovers, size and commercial grading
• Liaise with the Planning Department on store openings/modernisations/closures and space changes
• Influence the B&M teams to deliver the Brand profile strategy
• Feedback market intelligence and analysis to B&M teams
• Work with retail to identify existing and new opportunities
• Review branch performance & identify sales opportunities & risks and feed into the planning team where applicable
• Move the business forward through trialling/proposing new ideas
• Use data and market knowledge to sign off collection plans
• Regular visits to profile stores to gather market intelligence and competitor analysis
• Manage specific projects documenting and analysing information and formulating conclusions and recommendations
• Responsibility for profile store tiering , liaising with planning team
• Challenge Planning processes & suggest strategic direction
• Maintain Branch lists (correct linear, update new/ mod)
• Communicate Tiering & Planning objectives to retail
Must Haves
• Strong commercial skills with an in-depth understanding of the High Street
• Experience of working in a fast paced merchandising/planning role
• Able to talk knowledgeably about seasonal trends and comfortable discussing product
• Collaborative approach – works in partnership with peers in key functions
• Excellent communication and influencing skills – able to build effective relationship at all levels and gain buy-in at Senior Management level
• Ability to think ‘big picture’
• Strong analytical skills – forecasting, planning
• Excellent problem solving skills – solution focused
• High attention to detail
• Confident decision maker
• Flexibility to manage several activities simultaneously
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to work on own initiative and be proactive
• Drive for results
• Commercial focus
• Ability to manage change positively
The Exciting Part
• Generous holiday with holiday trading
• 25% staff discount
• Early finish summer hours
• Access to sample sales
• Regular team and company social events
• Pension scheme
• Company bonus scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan
We regret, due to volume, only suitable applicants will be contacted.
You’ll find every Arcadia brand shares the same values. We all start with letting people be themselves. We are informal while professional, and we are all about mixing fun with commercial nous. Throughout your career with us we will help you develop, and give you the chance to influence our future. It's not only our products but our people who drive our success. Our people are at the heart of everything we do.