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Description
We are seeking an enthusiastic, resourceful, hardworking Retail Trader who will grow with the company and add value to our fast growing team. This person will report into the Head of Retail Trader and will Deliver category specific retail sales, profit, and availability KPIs. Responsible for trading stock once it hits a DC, inline with product life cycle.
Application Deadline: 30 September 2025
Department: Merchandising
Location: London
Description
We are seeking an enthusiastic, resourceful, hardworking Retail Trader who will grow with the company and add value to our fast growing team. This person will report into the Head of Retail Trader and will Deliver category specific retail sales, profit, and availability KPIs. Responsible for trading stock once it hits a DC, inline with product life cycle.
The key interface between Demand Planning and Retail teams. Manages a territory to ensure that retail space and availability is potentialised, and that retail profit is maximised
Key Responsibilities
* Feeds into Retail Demand Planning process, making sure retail feedback on product opportunities and department ranging needs are being met
* Regularly looking for ways to improve the processes and systems we use for allocations, suggesting improvements where necessary
* Planning weekly volumes from the DC into stores, feeding into the supply chain meetings
* Manages the flow of stock at both peak season and new season launch, taking manual control of the picking if necessary
* Profiles all branches in the region every 6 months, ensuring the range we send is appropriate for the market
* Responsible for management of the allocators, ensuring option depths are being set correctly.
* Manages the allocation strategy for the region, including when we launch new season stock and when we switch off replenishment
* Plans and executes the opening of new stores, ensuring to follow up and review performance post opening
* Seizes market opportunities, communicates to retail and demand planning where there are ways for a region or category to make more money
* Front foot communication to retail at all times, ensuring the market are clear what the business priorities are and what we are doing to trade the region
* Ensures retail requests are dealt with and responded to in a timely manner
* Trades the retail stock pot- the trading manager is responsible for stock once it hits our DC, selling through to optimise profit within agreed life cycles.
* Identifies reactive promotion needs, either for a region or a department to deal with pockets of stock.
* Ensures stock levels for upcoming promotions are correct and managed once the promotion ends
* Works with the Online merchandising team to trade stock between channels
* Pushes retail on products that aren't moving and suggests branch to branch transfers if necessary
* Works with Demand Planning team if DC stocks are insufficient for store needs
* The key point of contact in head office for Retail for product/stock related issues
* Ensures optimal availability for territory launches and events
We Would Like To Meet Someone Who Is
* Systems/planning tools - expert level
* Knowledge of all B&M systems and processes
* Knowledge of retail operations/supply chain process
* Commerciality, energy and passion
Benefits
* Competitive salary and benefits package
* Hybrid working, 3 days in London based office & 2 working from home
* Holiday allowance
* 50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends
* Pension scheme
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Finance and Sales
* Industries
Retail
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