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Assistant Merchandiser
Let's Take it On
Womenswear Non-Clothing
£32,240 to £44,720 DOE
Enderby
Let’s talk quality… When it comes to UK retail, it’s hard to find a company with a bigger focus on quality. We sell thousands of items an hour and our repeat customer base comes back to us time and time again for our renowned quality products. For anyone in the Womenswear Non-Clothing field - this is the place to learn. To grow. And to thrive.
- Do you love trends and talking to people all over the world?
- Would you like the opportunity to travel globally with your job?
- Are you passionate about analysis, trading, managing stock, and relationship development?
We are looking for amazing people who can interpret data and use this talent to work with our Buyers and Designers to build and trade trend driven product ranges for our customers!
Your Role
- Helping Merchandisers formulate proposals for range structure by collating and analysing best seller, attribute and market information together with new trend and design direction
- Presenting in formal selection and trade meetings
- Appraising previous season, departmental and supplier base performance to propose new objectives and strategy for future seasons
- Building successful working relationships with suppliers
- Planning and reviewing capacity, production, and fabric reservations
- Accurately maintaining merchandise systems so supplier contracts are confirmed on time, and sizing, forecast sales, returns rate, component lead times, trigger dates and intake phasing are all correct
- Guiding trainees through their development programme, and managing their daily tasks and activities
- Controlling spend by managing trigger dates, reviewing open to buy, backing fabric and capacity, reviewing ranking to optimise sales, and always keeping one eye on critical cut date
- Monitoring in-season performance and taking action to maximise profitability and improve sales
About You
- Great communication skills at presenting information
- Solid technical merchandising skills
- Open minded to new ways of working and solving problems
- Enjoy product / trend side of the role
So if you’re customer-focused, self-motivated, driven and organised, have a keen eye for detail and know how important strong communication is to successful teamwork, this is the place the for you – and your career!!
Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.
ABOUT US You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global! ABOUT SOME OF OUR BENEFITS
- 25% off a huge selection of Next, Lipsy & Victoria's Secret products
- Company performance based bonus
- Sharesave scheme
- On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Early VIP access to sale stock
- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
- Access a 24/7 digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Free on-site parking
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email [email protected] (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.
