About the Company
Russell & Bromley is the destination luxury fashion footwear & accessories brand for the everyday. A leading force in British fashion with over 40 stores operating across the UK and Ireland.
Combining European craftsmanship with a British glint in the eye, Russell & Bromley offers iconic style and on-trend design that empowers people to feel exceptional every day. Founded in Lewes in 1880, borne from a love story between Albion Russell’s daughter, Elizabeth, and George Bromley – today the business remains family-owned, operated, and proudly independent.
The Russell & Bromley business is entering an exciting period of growth with Vision 2030, an ambitious five-year roadmap to fuel our future success, under the leadership of CEO Andrew Bromley. Strategic actions that include a commitment to brand and product transformation, continued growth of our UK & IRE retail footprint, and accelerated international expansion. An exciting opportunity to join at a huge inflection point for the business, coinciding with the launch of our first seasonal collection with new Creative Director, Daniel Beardsworth-Shaw and the relocation of our Global HQ to Kingly St. W1 in the heart of Soho, now home to our in-house design, creative, and product studios. Do you want to be part of our next chapter?
About the Role
We’re looking for a Collection Merchandiser to join our Head Office in Central London. You will be responsible for helping define the collection architecture of the season based on the overall strategic goals of the brand, factoring in key elements such as past season performance, trends in the market and strategically identified opportunities to diversify and grow sales. Based on this seasonal plan you will guide and shape the collection from the very beginning of the season, following through to how that product lives in the market. Collection merchandising drives the commercial and strategic objectives of the brand by working collaboratively with the relevant teams to deliver the collection.
Key Responsibilities
* Work with the Head of Collection Strategy to create the seasonal Collection Plan (product assortment, price positioning overview and working range grid) at the opening of the season
* Work with Trade Merchandising to define clear pricing architecture and margin targets across categories
* Meet regularly with design and product development throughout the season to feedback on assortment, price positioning and margin, working collaboratively to define a working product assortment
* Help identify key styles for both image and volume driving and contribute to defining store grading and delivery phasing
* Support on creating education packs for retail training
* Support on Retail training
* Work closely with all channels to report customer feedback
* Build product assortment proposals for SMU (store specific assortments, collabs etc, special projects)
* Support on creating and owning the end of season final ‘range plan’
About You
* Minimum 7 years’ experience within Buying/Merchandising
* Experience in Collection/Product Merchandising would be preferred
* A degree in a relevant field ideally a business or fashion degree
* Broad knowledge of the fashion landscape, with a focus on footwear & accessory competitor brands
* Strategic thinking and the ability to form action-based conclusions from data
* Clear communication and interpersonal skills
* Excellent PC skills (excel and PowerPoint)
* Good organisational skills and ability to work to deadlines
To apply for this role please submit a cover letter along with a CV.
At Russell & Bromley we are an equal opportunities employer and we value diversity and inclusion in our team. We encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and identities. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the hiring process please let us know by email.
Due to the high volume of applications, we regret that we will only be able to contact successful candidates within two weeks.