Accessories Merchandiser
Full-Time
Kingston-Upon-Thames
Crew Clothing Company was founded in
Salcombe in 1993. Today Crew is a great British brand, and our success lies
in our authentic passion for producing great looking, well made clothes.
We now have more than 70 stores and a thriving website, and the business
continues to grow.
Our people are at the heart of our
company. With a passion for exceptional service, and a love for our
product, our team is dedicated to offering the best customer experience –
nothing is too much trouble.
Purpose of the role:
Manage all aspects of the accessories merchandising
function. Maximise profit and cash sales through efficient stock management,
potentialising sales and minimising markdown. Plan and trade entire accessories range ensuring that profits are
potentialised, within agreed company objectives, under the guidance of the Head
of Merchandising. Ensure that there is a coherent communication strategy for
both performance and product issues relating to the rest of the Business.
Responsibilities:
Planning
* To review historical performance and determine future product
strategy, working closely with the Product team.
* To present in commercial sign off and trade meetings to senior
management.
* To provide regular performance reviews across all Business
channels.
* To review Competitor activity to challenge future product strategy.
* To plan internet and retail requirements, to propose ranging. To
ensure that planning is reflected to best meet commercial needs.
* To plan new season buy in line with both range, category and
segment planning across all Business channels.
* To determine optimum stock targets, bearing in mind buffer stocks,
retail requirements and lead times.
* To plan pricing strategy, working closely with the Product Team to
secure overall margin targets.
* To provide regular intake planning details to enable operations to
plan resources effectively.
* To manage WSSI to plan and trade department in line with KPI
budgets.
Trading
* To ensure that the Monday management pack is reconciled
effectively, including validation of stock and sales forecasting.
* To establish an ordering critical path, reflecting catalogue
schedules and core seasonal issues.
* To fully potentialise peak trading periods and develop well rounded
plans to protect critical trading issues such as August shut down, Xmas
and the sale periods.
* To ensure that orders are placed in line with system forecasts and
ordering cycles, to validate all forecasts and keep M plan in line.
* To plan promotional activity to keep obsolete stocks in line and
potentialise sales.
* To understand and trade the MTO side of the business.
Commercial Awareness
* To undertake regular store visits - ideally store visits should be
undertaken at least every month.
* To produce appropriate business reports after each visit and follow
up action plans.
* To undertake competitor visits on a regular basis, feedback any
relevant points and put into place any required action plans.
* To understand, prioritise and work to the critical dates and
deadlines in both the planning and trading process.
* To consistently deliver excellent standards of customer service.
Merchandising
Systems
* To develop an excellent working knowledge of all Merchandising
systems including Wssi tool
* To identify and propose improved working practices and updates to
systems.
* To action detailed integrity checks as necessary to ensure the
efficient running of the department
* To ensure the team maximise use of the Sales Reactive Allocation
System and use to maximise retail sales and profit.
Management,
training and development of team and self
* To take responsibility for own personal development and to foster
good working relationships across the Business.
* To continually review processes and controls, initiating
improvements in best practise as necessary.
* To assist in the development and training of the merchandising
team.
* To manage the team on a day to day basis