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Merchandiser

Bradford Permanent View Job Description
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.
  • Free Parking ; Close to transport links
  • Hybrid Working

About Our Client

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.

Job 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

The Successful Applicant

  • 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.

What's on 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



Merchandiser

Contact
Lyndsey Sheridan
Quote job ref
JN-042025-6709970
Phone number
+44 161 829 0372

Job summary

Job function
Retail
Subsector
Merchandise & Supply Chain
Sector
Retail
Location
Bradford
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Lyndsey Sheridan
Consultant phone
+44 161 829 0372
Job reference
JN-042025-6709970