Assistant Merchandiser

Join us for a dazzling career within Merchandising! We have an exciting opportunity to join our H. Samuel, Watch category as Assistant Merchandiser. As an Assistant Merchandiser you'll work directly with and develop your career under a retail sector expert Merchandiser. Together you will prepare sales and stock plans to meet the targets of the business and prepare range plans for the buying team. You will also prepare new store / concept opening stock packages and review their performance and assist management with WSSI and OTB reports to review branch performance and make business critical recommendations.

Yours will be a role essential to the continued success and growth of the business!

• Reviewing and managing line performance, stock levels and ordering.
• Managing stock orders into and out of the warehouse.
• Proposing promotional activity and documentation within department budgets.
• Preparing reports and analysis for product sign offs, business reviews and to meet ad hoc requests.
• Ensuring Open to Buy authorisation documentation is accurately completed and authorised.
• Assisting with the preparation of planning sales, discount and stock at the required levels.
• Building and maintaining professional working relationships with suppliers and participate in supplier meetings as required.
• Supervising workload and assisting with the training and development of Allocator(s).
• Ensuring all tasks are carried out in line with the department critical path.

• Experience of working within a merchandising department as an Assistant Merchandiser
• A keen eye for detail
• A genuine passion for numbers and analytics, complete with an inquisitive nature
• Experience using WSSI and an Excel whizz
• A genuine desire to develop your career

• Competitive Salary
• 185 Hours Annual Leave (excluding Bank Holidays)
• Generous Staff Discount across all brands
• Life Assurance
• Pension Scheme
• Real Rewards Corporate Discount
• Recommend a Friend Scheme
• Cycle to Work
• Shine with Signet - Recognition Platform