Job Description
Job Title: Senior Merchandiser
Company: Thomas Pink Shirtmaker Limited
Brands: Thomas Pink
Role Purpos
eThe Senior Merchandiser will play a pivotal role in driving the commercial success of the brand through strategic range planning, trading analysis, and inventory management across Retail, E-commerce, and Wholesale channels. Working closely with the Product, Design, and Buying teams, this role will ensure the product assortment reflects market trends, customer demand, and business objectives while delivering sustainable growth and profitability
.
Key Responsibiliti
es
Range Planning & Commercial Strat
* egyDrive seasonal range planning across all product categories, ensuring assortments align with brand direction, customer demand, and commercial objectiv
* es.Utilise market trends, competitor analysis, customer insights, and historical best sellers to inform range architecture and assortment decisio
* ns.Develop clear category frameworks, option counts, and pricing strategies to ensure balanced and commercially effective collectio
* ns.Build and maintain strong price architecture across categories, ensuring clear good/better/best positioning, margin optimisation, and alignment to customer expectations and market competitivene
* ss.Partner closely with Product, Design, and Buying teams to shape commercially balanced collections with clear pricing, category depth, and lifecycle planni
* ng.Build category strategies that optimise sales, margin, and inventory productivity across all channe
* ls.Support product sign-off processes with robust commercial analysis and recommendatio
ns.
Trading, Promotional Strategy & Performance Manage
* mentLead daily, weekly, and monthly trade reviews across Retail, E-commerce, and Wholesale chann
* els.Monitor and analyse key trade metrics including sales, sell-through, margin, stock cover, intake, markdown, and inventory productiv
* ity.Develop and execute promotional and markdown strategies in partnership with Retail, Digital, and Marketing teams to drive sales performance while protecting brand equity and profitabil
* ity.Analyse promotional effectiveness and customer response to optimise future trading and campaign activ
* ity.Identify risks and opportunities within the business and implement actionable trading strategies to maximise performa
* nce.Provide regular reporting and insights to senior leadership, highlighting reporting category performance, sell-through, KPI performance, emerging trends, and key commercial opportunities across all chann
* els.Drive in-season trading actions including replenishment, markdown optimisation, and stock rebalanc
ing.
Inventory & Buying Manag
* ementOversee the end-to-end buy process for Stores, E-commerce, and Wholesale partners, ensuring buys are commercially aligned and channel appropr
* iate.Manage inventory levels to ensure optimum stock availability while minimising risk and excess stock expo
* sure.Collaborate with Planning and Supply Chain teams to support effective intake management and forecas
* ting.Maintain ownership of WSSI and OTB processes, ensuring alignment to sales plans and financial tar
* gets.Support strategic allocation decisions to maximise full-price sell-through and customer availabi
lity.
Skills & Expe
* rienceProven experience within Merchandising, preferably in premium or luxury fa
* shion.Strong commercial acumen with advanced analytical and trading capabil
* ities.Experience managing multi-channel merchandising across Retail, E-commerce, and Whol
* esale.Strong understanding of inventory management, forecasting, WSSI, and OTB pla
* nning.Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration s
* kills.Strong understanding of range planning, pricing architecture, and category manag
* ement.Highly proficient in Excel and merchandising/planning sy
* stems.Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence at all l
* evels.Customer-focused mindset with a strong understanding of market and fashion
trends