Matalan Careers – Assistant Merchandiser in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Overview

Position Title:Assistant Merchandiser

Company:Matalan

Location:Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Job Description:

As an Assistant Merchandiser, you’ll review sales, stock and markdown levels and identify commercial opportunities for the Menswear market, supporting the team to optimise sales and profitability.By assisting the Merchandiser in the preparation of seasonal budgets and range plans, you’ll help to ensure an exciting and relevant product offer is bought and will plan for Open to Buy requirements to react to fast fashion trends and opportunities.You’ll coach and guide the Trainees within your team, working closely with them to ensure timely and effective intake management, and sharing your knowledge and experience to develop them in their own careers.

Responsibilities:

• Work with business sponsors to facilitate understanding of the change and the scope
• Use this info to translate the change into a tangible engagement story
• Create, maintain and report on your Business Change plans – being accountable for the plan from creation to delivery
• Use your specialist insight to influence situations you feel have room for improvement, have a voice and challenge back where necessary to achieve the best outcome for Matalan
• Create a clear picture of the impact for change to the business/ function with recommendations to mitigate
• Work cross functionally to bring to life any end to end impacts, influencing where need to ensure the change will be delivered and sustained
• Gather business requirements
• Map ‘As is’ ‘ To be’ states, working with process experts to bring the current and the new to life, piecing it all together and providing a route of how we move from one state to the next

Requirements:

• Proven experience of working as a high achieving Trainee Assistant or Assistant Merchandiser within a fashion and/or retail environment
• Excellent commercial awareness
• High standard of numerical ability
• Exceptional data interpretation and analytical skills
• High, consistent attention to detail, always striving to deliver good quality work to key deadlines
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels across the business
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with customers and stakeholders
• Excellent presentation and organisational skills