SandpiperCI Limited
Registered Address: 1-2 L’Avenue le Bas, Longueville, St Saviour, Jersey, Channel Islands, JE4 8NB
Job Title: Merchandising Assistant
Department: Sandpiper CI
Location: Office Position Type: Permanent
Reports to: Brand Manager Travel Required: Yes
Budget Responsibility: Yes Management Responsibility:
No
JOB DESCRIPTION
ROLE OVERVIEW
• Help optimise company sales and profits by ensuring that retail stores are stocked with the right products in the right quantities at the right time;
• Provide accurate data to allow effective stock management, supporting brands to manage all stock levels to sale, markdown and margin budgets, whilst maintaining in-season availability;
• Produce weekly, monthly and year-end reporting;
• Manage and maintain all internal price and stock management systems.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
M&S
• Daily floor walk to review stock and taking action accordingly to maximize commercial performance and ensure best possible availability
• Weekly reporting; Preparing, reviewing and communicating sales and stock reports, actioning any commercial changes required
• Weekly checks of stock in stores, moving stock around to ensure best commercial performance
• Weekly trade call with M&S UK
• Deliveries; reconciling deliveries, highlighting over stocks, pricing and cost issues and resolving any variances
• Ensuring accurate stock data through RFID counts
• Monthly reporting; Gross margin file, monthly period pack
• Monthly catalogues and grading; selecting grades, listing and delisting lines to ensure sales and gross margin budgets are achieved
• Ensuring accurate pricing through SAP, reviewing any price changes and ensuring kids prices are changed monthly
• Working with Store Managers to ensure the most commercial layout alongside UK sequential links, always thinking ahead
• Ordering any décor required by team in lines with budget and stock
• Reporting and actioning any RTMs, and self-supply (uniform) ensuring credits are received
• Suggesting and implementing any ad hoc promotions to drive sales and reduce stock into sale
• Supporting stores during stocktakes, reconciling variances post stocktake
• Seasonal sales; reviewing the UK sales list, removing and adding lines to ensure maximum commercial value of stock, uploading sale plans, distribution of store sale list and reporting final values to finance in line with budgets
Matalan/Crew
• Provide accurate data to teams both on Island and in the UK;
• Deliver maximum store availability, be aware of business plan sales and profit targets;
• Provide accurate stock holding reports by brand;
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of all internal reporting systems;
• Monitor report and influence weekly availability % by brand in line with agreed KPI’s;
• Produce weekly brand-specific fulfilment and allocation data;
SandpiperCI Limited
Registered Address: 1-2 L’Avenue le Bas, Longueville, St Saviour, Jersey, Channel Islands, JE4 8NB
• Produce accurate markdown IDL and terminal stock listings;
• Ensure all internal costs and selling prices are correct;
• Implement and maintain reduced price changes via local price management systems;
• Set up all agreed promotional activity internally and via UK central teams
• Ensure all reverse logistics paperwork is accurate, allowing finance to match back claims received;
• Communicate data to commercial teams as and when required;
• As necessary, work out of the role to meet customer and business needs.
KEY OUTPUTS
• Shows a positive attitude towards SandpiperCI and their brand or business area;
• Asks for help if they are unsure of anything that has been asked of them;
• Focuses on solutions, not problems;
• Delivers excellent customer service;
• Builds good relationships with colleagues;
• Challenges others constructively;
• Takes ownership of own learning and development;
• Keeps up-to-date with new processes and procedures;
• Uses feedback to develop skills and move forward;
• Is aware of business targets and works towards them.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
• Educated to degree level or equivalent;
• Effective time-management skills;
• Excellent development skills;
• Interest in fashion and homeware, keeping up to date with latest trends;
• Strong communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills;
• Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations;
• Ability to receive feedback and act on it, when necessary;
• Ability to work on own initiative and under pressure to meet tight deadlines;
• Ability and willingness to acquire job-related skills and knowledge through self-development and by learning from others;
• Sensitivity and understanding;
• Good attention to detail;
• Self-aware, optimistic and open to change;
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook;
• Good commercial acumen;
• Basic grasp of negotiation techniques;
• Minimum 1-year experience in a similar role;
Employees working within SandpiperCI must adopt these standards.
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