Supply Chain Merchandiser

Supply Chain / Import Merchandiser
12 months FTC
GBP30,000 per annum with benefits
Monday–Friday, 37.5 hours per week
A truly exciting 12 month Fixed Term Contract opportunity for a Supply Chain Merchandiser to join a market leading retailer of their own brand apparel in Sheffield.
This is a crucial role to the business where you ll be responsible for your own Brands, ensuring all aspects of the production process is adhered to. You will act as the key liaison between the design and technical teams, order samples for the Sales Team and ensure material is available to maintain agreed customer service levels. You ll also work with international suppliers and ensure critical path management.
We have an extensive job description we can provide, but some key areas of the role include:
Build and maintaining strong relationships with key suppliers, design team, international sites, sales teams, warehouse teams and demand planners to ascertain and communicate material needs, shipment shortages/issues, production priorities and core availabilityIssue seasonal forecasts to suppliers and negotiate costs/surcharges and delivery datesMonitor and report supplier performance including negotiating compensation where necessaryPlace and manage seasonal and core purchase orders for the group through to receipt in the UK and USA distribution centresCollate and update work in progress reports on a weekly basisAddress queries and surcharges from factories in a timely manner, placing production priorities with factories based on availability/required datesCollate main material garment usages from factoriesAdvise ship modes for purchase orders based on customer requirementsOrder and monitor Salesman Sample production to ensure arrival in line with critical datesManage brand packaging including, sourcing, cost negotiation, monitor deliveries and stock levelsCalculate standard costs for all fashion ranges and review and update core standard costs seasonallyAttend Weekly critical path meetings with design team and ensure all CP milestones are being met in order to achieve on time delivery, escalating exceptions in the weekly critical path exception meetingMaintain the ERP system with accurate data
The Supply Chain Merchandiser position requires you to have the following attributes:
Experience in similar Import Merchandiser / Supply Chain Merchandiser / Buyer / Supply Chain Analyst / Material Planner role of at least 1 yearExperience in retail / wholesale / fashion or import is highly desirableExcellent communication skills with proven experience of building strong internal relationships with material suppliers and relevant internal teamsUK experience with full right to work in the UK with no restrictionsStrong Excel and confident ERP experience is essential This role is 5 days per week on site in Sheffield and requires someone to commit for a MINIMUM of 12 months. This is not a permanent position – please only apply if you are available for interim work and committed to take on a 12 month contract at the GBP30,000 salary.
If this all sounds like something you d be interested in, we look forward to receiving your application!