Join Our Team as a Branch Merchandiser!
Welcome to our vibrant Head Office, located in the heart of Piccadilly! Our stunning flagship store occupies the 5th and 6th floors, surrounded by a wealth of restaurants, bars, cultural sites, and shopping. Plus, we're just a short stroll from Green Park Tube Station and numerous bus stops, making it easy to explore all that London has to offer.
Role Purpose
Are you ready to make a significant impact? As a Branch Merchandiser, you will drive branch performance through innovative space planning and merchandising. Your expertise will lead planograms and space planning activities, delivering insightful analyses of store space and sales to ensure our ranges are perfectly sized, commercially focused, and consistently executed.
Key Responsibilities
* Planogram Mastery: Own the development, maintenance, and accuracy of planograms using Scorpion, JDA, or similar space planning systems.
* Space Optimization: Lead all space planning activities, ensuring store space is optimized through thorough analysis of sales, rate of sale, store profiles, and space productivity.
* Seasonal Planning: Ensure all new ranges, seasonal changes, and promotions are fully space planned and commercially justified.
* NPD Support: Assist with new product development launches, seasonal planning, and promotional execution from a space perspective.
* Performance Analysis: Analyze sales and space performance to right-size categories, fixtures, and ranges.
* Space Review: Review sales versus space to identify over-spaced and under-spaced areas, recommending reallocation as needed.
* Impact Tracking: Track and evaluate the impact of space and range changes, adjusting plans in line with trading patterns.
* Insightful Reporting: Produce clear, insight-led reports to support commercial decision-making.
* Implementation Oversight: Oversee the effective implementation of planograms in-store, ensuring layouts are practical, compliant, and maximize space productivity.
* Branch Visits: Conduct regular visits to review merchandising standards, planogram compliance, stock holding, and space effectiveness.
* Feedback Provision: Provide clear, actionable, and commercially focused feedback to branches and head office teams.
* Support Store Initiatives: Assist with store openings, refits, and floor moves, ensuring space is planned and delivered to meet trading needs.
* Collaboration: Work closely with Buying & Merchandising, VM, and Marketing teams to align space, stock, and sales strategies.
Key Skills & Experience
* Experience: Proven experience in Branch Merchandising, Space Planning, or a similar role.
* Software Proficiency: Strong experience using space planning software such as Scorpion, JDA, or equivalent.
* Analytical Skills: Strong commercial and analytical capability, with experience in store and space performance analysis.
* Data Translation: Ability to translate data and store insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
Essential Qualities
* High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
* Ability to analyze sales performance and make data-led decisions.
* Advanced Excel skills.
* Commercially driven and results-focused.
* Ability to interpret reports and present findings clearly.
Why Work For Us?
* Competitive salary.
* A generous store and restaurant discount of up to 40%.
* 25 days of holidays (excluding bank holidays) plus an extra day off for your birthday!
* A fantastic subsidized staff restaurant featuring Fortnum’s ingredients.
* A range of opportunities for personal and professional development.
* Excellent pension scheme.
We are dedicated to nurturing your career and talent, embracing diversity in all its forms. Our inclusive environment respects and celebrates differences, ensuring everyone feels valued.
Join us and be part of a team that has been recognized for outstanding contributions across various fields, including Retail, Technology, Global Hospitality & Tourism, Visual Merchandising & Display, Customer Service, and Local Community Awards!