Buying and Merchandising Trading Assistant

Full Job Description

We are supporting a fashion retailer in their search for a Buying and Merchandising Trading Assistant to join their Cambridgeshire Head Office.

The brand is going from strength to strength and have successfully carved themselves a niche in the market. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious Merchandising Admin Assistant to grow in their career.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing intake into the warehouse, ensuring collections are received in time for launches
• Liaise directly with international factories and freight forwarders, negotiating costs
• Setting up stock on back office systems
• Actioning Monday trade reporting, covering line cards, covers by size, sell throughs
• Manage website visual merchandising across the brands 3 main territories
• Forecasting sales and stock level to achieve sale plans and margin/profit for the department
• Monitoring the department performance and identifying opportunities and highlighting risks
• Working closely with the Buying team, assisting with admin and adhoc tasks
• Assist with range planning, line card management and WSSI

The successful candidate will:

• Currently be a Merchandise Admin Assistant
• Be confident in Excel
• Have experience working in a fashion brand
• Be a quick learner and able to work within a dynamic team, adapting to the daily needs of the team
• Be commercially minded, with excellent analytic skills and high attention to detail

The role is hybrid, with a minimum of one day working from the brands Cambridgeshire Head Office.

***Only successful candidates will be contacted***