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Junior Merchandiser

  • Sector:

    Admin & Secretarial

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    Up to £22000 per annum

  • Contact:

    Sonia

  • Contact email:

    watford.branch@brookstreet.co.uk

  • Job ref:

    WAT/152359_1583413791

  • Published:

    about 4 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    4/04/2020

  • Startdate:

    asap

Job Description

My client is seeking an additional merchandiser to join their team. It`s an exciting time to join the company as they have grown considerably in the last few years and are still set to grow!

My client is looking for an experienced merchandiser with at least a years background in that role.

You will be working for an independent family owned local business based in St Albans. They offer quality products and a traditional service as well as a multi channel offering.They supply into 500 schools across the UK.

You will be joining an experienced and growing team in a busy and varied role where your forecasting skills will be key.

Day to day duties and key responsibilities include:

Dealing with all back order and replenishment requests accurately and promptly to ensure the required levels of stock are available for transfer in good time

Understand seasonal trends to forecast accurately whilst taking into account supplier lead times and potential upcoming sales events

Limiting potential stock issues and phasing accurately to avoid over/ under stocks

To have the ability to react to changes in demand and logistics

Raising manual orders where required

Monitoring new schools sales closely and logically top up ordering to meet predicted demand

Understanding the sales trends to manually fine-tune automated forecasts

Maintaining good relationships with suppliers, branches, colleagues and other internal departments

Maintain up to date knowledge of suppliers prices, promotions, and products and making sure the system is up to date

Providing up to date information for customer services, branch management and deal with all queries and complaints in a professional manner

Ensure returns are carried out within the required time frame and all the necessary paperwork is completed

Confirm orders will arrive within our agreed supplier lead time and chase up any orders which have exceeded their delivery date and update the system accordingly

What my client is looking for:

Some experience gained within a Merchandising role

Numerate with some forecasting skills and experience

Able to plan forward and rationalise previous performance

You will be working to tight deadlines and work well under pressure

Resilient and able to work in a team environment

Analytical and computer literate (a thorough understanding of Excel is a necessity as majority of work is spreadsheet based)

In return for working hard they can offer the following:

Salary: £22

Rapidly expanding company

Family run business

Fantastic training and progression opportunities as the company continues to grow

Hours: Monday to Friday 9 -5.30

So not to miss out please send your CV
Alternatively call Sonia on 01923 235015

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