Asst Merchandiser Advanced Home

What you'll do

As the Assistant Merchandiser Advanced on Kitchen's in our Homewear team you will take full ownership for budgeting, promotional and clearance markdown, in-season trading and exit decisions and intake and volume plan. You will be responsible in delivering excellent customer cookware and dinnerware ranges from planning through to execution. We are looking for someone who is organised and commercially minded with the confidence to manage stakeholder relationships, influence decisions and present insights to senior leaders. You will be need to balance multiple priorities while ensuring every detail is delivered right first time. 

It is a great opportunity for someone with strong potential who is ready to take the next step in their merchandising career and work towards a Junior Merchandiser position in the future. Someone who is excited to own the range. influence stakeholders. deliver results.

Your key accountabilities will include

• Manage ongoing stock planning 
• Provide reporting on supplier performance against KPIs
• Manage promotional and clearance markdown 
• Manage in-season and exit trading 
• Coordinate stock allocation to stores 

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Working to at least Assistant Merchandiser level at a major retailer
• Passionate about M&S and the womenswear product range - confident initiating trading actions.
• Technical knowledge of the end to end buy to store process
• Experience of using the relevant IT support systems
• Strong numerical, analytical and interpretive skills
• Ability to initiate and build strong relationships with Design, Buying and Technology
•  Strong communication and influencing skill

Everyone's welcome

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That's why were revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Theres never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.

We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.

If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.

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