Junior Merchandiser Job Description
Junior merchandiser
provides application support of the business processes and systems for E-Commerce, CRM and supporting applications with Store / Corporate.
Junior Merchandiser Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Advanced Excel skills (Vlookup, Pivot Table, IF), and high level proficiency with other Microsoft Office programs
Exprience in the following Systems - MS Office (Strong in Excel and Access) / Demand & Supply Planning Manugistics, SAP, JDA, Oracle or similar
Be responsible for all online site merchandising
Work closely with the E-commerce Product Manager with the day-to-day reporting and analysis of E-commerce product reports
Collaborate with E-commerce Manager to lead all content generated for the website including all E-letters, Homepages and any other online outreach campaigns
To work with the Buying team to establish a balanced range of merchandise suited to the customer profile of the company
Be able to proactively manage factory performance to meet required order specifications and delivery timelines
Be responsible for placing orders with suppliers within customer requirements
Be able to manage key performance indicators to achieve targets including on time delivery performance, order confirmation, etc
Provide superior service to internal customers, ensuring regular updates and clear, consistent communication
Junior Merchandiser Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Education for Junior Merchandiser
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the junior merchandiser job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Fashion, Marketing, Business, Economics, Merchandising, Business/Administration, Finance, Education, Design, Arts
Skills for Junior Merchandiser
Desired skills for junior merchandiser include:
Merchandising & planning systems
Accounting process and ability to reconcile information
Excel
Production agriculture
Google Analytics
Allowing you to take ownership and pride in the achievements of your store LE CHÂTEAU’s corporate results
Aspects of LE CHÂTEAU’s business development decisions
Corporate strategies & financial information
Influence over product
Market and trends and store performance
Desired experience for junior merchandiser includes:
Have the ability to quickly become an expert on internal systems, ensure that information is up to date, accurate and reflects the actual situation at all times, in order to successfully support the business
Other projects and tasks as required to support a fast paced, growing business
Demonstrate full awareness of Brands & Seasonal trends and their relevance to the
Take direction from and partner with the VM Coordinator to deliver balanced and commercial Customer emails, Editorial and other projects as required
Ensure that a VM schedule is followed and executed on – products, Brands and are edits regularly reviewed and assessed
Bring inspiring ideas and motivation into an energetic and collaborative team
Junior Merchandiser Examples
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Junior Merchandiser Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a junior merchandiser. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for junior merchandiser
- Provide support in the rearranging, remerchandising and replenishing of new stock
- Work with Global visual to implement the global guidelines
- Coordinate store displays in line with brand guidelines and strategy
- Work with Global visual and Sales in order to achieve commercial goals
- Maintain visual standards within retail stores and wholesale shops
- Coordinate visual directives and visual displays for Wholesale accounts in partnership with the UK Wholesale team
- Travel as needed to surrounding store locations for merchandising
- Accountable for trading the Superdry eBay stores, both in the UK and internationally, and achievement of the sales targets for this channel
- Selecting stock coming out of both the retail and wholesale businesses, together with high quality factory seconds, and putting together stock packages to sell on eBay
- Creating proposals for deals, including product pricing
Qualifications for junior merchandiser
- Happy to work early mornings and late nights when required
- Collaborative, flexible approach to work
- This role will require extensive travel
- Communicating information on our deals packages to key partners within the business, ensuring full stock availability
- Conducting detailed analysis of sales performance, understanding what is selling well and what isn’t, stock levels, stock deficits, sales mixes Utilising this information to drive future trading decisions
- Producing management reports and trade packs based on this data analysis and communicating the data to stakeholders across the business
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of junior merchandiser. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for junior merchandiser
- Using the Volo system to upload stock to eBay, ensuring that the correct stock inventory is online at all times
- Using eBay analytics tools and taking full advantage of all available eBay functionality to drive the most efficient and effective use of the site
- Managing the look and feel of the eBay store fronts, working closely with eBay and also our own Digital Design team to ensure that the layout, banners, content and imagery are optimised to make the site as customer-friendly, appealing and effective as possible, in order to drive sales
- Ensuring that all product is photographed and photos prepared ready for inclusion on the site
- Identifying, scoping, launching and managing ongoing and ad-hoc projects to continually improve all aspects of the Superdry eBay store, ensuring that both the front and back end, and the processes by which the eBay channel is operated, are delivering maximum performance and efficiency
- Working closely with other departments to ensure that other processes that impact the eBay channel are working as effectively as possible, including Logistics (stock warehousing, distribution and delivery)
- Directly line managing two people, an Online Marketing Assistant based in Cheltenham and a Photo Studio Team Leader based at the distribution centre in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire
- Opportunities at the store level
- Builds analyses that will help complement or validate qualitative feedback received by the stores in order to make specific inventory management decisions or influence the buying team for specific products/commodities
- Maintains excellent communication with corporate Merchandising, with the International Franchise Manager, Planning and Allocation
Qualifications for junior merchandiser
- Work closely with the Sales Operations team on various Sell-In tools such as catalogues, price lists, seasonal workbooks
- Review specifications & verify accuracy and make recommendations regarding common features, construction, and raw materials
- Check the daily display of every shop according to Company’s instructions
- Execute all interior changeovers and installations for store
- For each installation, responsible for procuring/compiling creative and aesthetic elements for floor, including any decorative prop elements, furniture, fabric, etc
- Change windows in time and ensure the correctness and the good impression
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a junior merchandiser. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for junior merchandiser
- Proactively manage factory performance to meet required order specifications and delivery timelines
- Provide excellent service to internal customers, ensuring regular updates and clear consistent communication
- Be involved in a range of projects and tasks as required to support a fast paced, growing business
- Ownership for your portfolio of stores to deliver their planned sales and profitability through effective planning and trading
- Managing WSSIs, planning budgets and sales forecasting
- Working on a selection of stores in the UK and Europe to ensure each store receives the correct stock package for their market
- Managing and collating the Monday trade pack
- Producing analysis and suggestions to the Merchandiser to determine allocation and replenishment strategies
- Create sizing and ROS analysis to determine IAQs by store and provide feedback to Merchandising for future buys
- Produce initial allocation plans and monitor the execution of these
Qualifications for junior merchandiser
- Confident decision maker and professional demeanor
- Strategic planner, well organized, proactive and strong time management skills
- Support Merchandiser in managing and developing the merchandising and allocation team
- Develop and manage cross functional relationships communicating strategies as necessary
- Visit stores and gather feedback to build suitable ranges in store
- Build relationships with the retail team and support with various issues eg capacity, pricing, stock levels
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Our company is looking to fill the role of junior merchandiser. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for junior merchandiser
- Producing analysis to determine grading and IAQs seasonally
- Ensuring stock is in store to support directive
- Managing consolidations to ensure stock is in the right place at the right time to drive the highest full price sell through and maximise gross margin
- End of Month and Season analysis providing lessons learnt to the company
- Range planning from department level down to category and sub category
- Managing sales and stock, to maximise profits and minimise terminal stock including WSSI, Net Margin Phasing and directing OTB
- Preparing, monitoring and reviewing departmental analysis in line with company strategy
- Managing availability from supplier to stores, franchisees and customers
- Line managing up to 3 people
- Responsible for planning future ranges, considering past, present and future trends
Qualifications for junior merchandiser
- Management of the supply base with regular reviews with supplier, agents, vendors or factories of their performance against agreed key performance indicators
- Performance management and ongoing coaching of Assistant Merchandisers and Merchandise Admin assistants
- Forecast and reforecast at category, subcategory or SKU in line with trading performance for current and future seasons
- Several years’ experience in merchandising, preferably in an ecommerce apparel company
- Strong understanding of production cycle, buying seasons and how merchandising affects all aspects of the business
- Commercial awareness - You will understand the marketplace and the consumer and be aware of competitior activity and it's impact on the business
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of junior merchandiser. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for junior merchandiser
- Managing department WSSI’s
- Bring the current online merchandising offering in line with relevant brand positioning
- To be personable with good interpersonal skills
- To manage your workload on a day to day basis, focussing on what is important rather than just urgent
- Strong prioritisation skills when faced with multiple tasks and duties
- A professional attitude, building relationships with internal & external customers
- To be Degree educated or similar qualification in a technical discipline
- Industry experience in an FMCG / Retail environment
- Knowledge and experience planning and trading your own department, including forecasting and OTB management responsibilities
- A degree level qualification or equivalent
Qualifications for junior merchandiser
- 2+ years prior experience in similar position in a multinational Luxury company
- University Degree in Economics or related studies, MBA is a plus
- Proficient in MS Office, BO database systems
- Goal Oriented and pro-active
- Team player with communication skills
- Expert Assistant Merchandiser level achieved in online/store environment