Sportstyle Junior Merchandiser

• Relevant work experience or educational background in product, merchandising or sales.
• A passion for sport, lifestyle, and fashion product
• The ability to build and maintain relationships. 
• Demonstrate a passion and desire to work as one successful team. 
• Good analytical skills
• The ability to work well in a fast-paced changing environment.  
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.   
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Have a desire to own projects and exceed expectations, with the ability to find solutions. 
• Fully proficient across Microsoft packages including Power Bi, Teams, PowerPoint, and Excel. 
• Skills to present in 1:1 and group situations
• Proactive, inquisitive nature, tenacious and solution mindset.
• This role requires occasional UK and overseas travel. 

This job posting will close on 11th October 2024. Please note the start date for this role will not be until January 2025.

• Provide administrative support to the Sportstyle Merchandising Team in the creation of the footwear and apparel ranges.
• Ownership of providing a compelling market relevant range of Sportstyle accessories to maximise the available opportunities in line with company strategy
• Drive and execute area product assortments according to retailer & consumer needs for your relevant categories whilst achieving seasonal KPI’s.   
• Follow and track the global critical path process to ensure key seasonal deadlines are met. 
• Provide regional & global BU with quality detailed product briefs for inline and SMU products, referencing relevant competitor products
• Play an active role at key milestone meetings, demonstrating resilience to secure critical UKI needs.
• Support Sales by participating in account preview & pre line meetings where relevant, collating feedback for the wider team and ensuring this is delivered to relevant levels of the business in a presentable format.  
• Ownership of full product set up for accessories and supporting Sportstyle merch colleagues for footwear and apparel, including internal systems, restrictions, embargos, relevant trackers, master sheets, pricelists etc….  
• Develop your knowledge of the sportstyle accessories market so you can deliver market insights, trends, pricing, retail, and consumer needs to the regional & global teams at key milestones in the season.
• Regular store visits and wrap-up reports to keep yourself and the wider business up to date with retailer and competitor activity  
• Analyse historical PO and sales data alongside seasonal target guidance to provide accurate forecasts and maximise SKU efficiency
• Place sample orders having reviewed seasonal needs to maximise efficiency, avoiding unnecessary costs.
• Merchandising showrooms at the start of each season and packing them down in preparation for the next one.
• Liaising daily cross functionally with the wider Merchandising Team, Retail, Sales, and Marketing to execute account and brand plans, and keeping them aware of all relevant updates.  
• Work with sales to identify opportunities that exist outside of the normal seasonal timings.
• Build seasonal account specific sell in documents using the latest digital tools, ensuring these are kept up to date throughout the season.  
• Contribute to being part of a strong and harmonious Merch Team that has excellent collaborative working relationships with all other local, regional, and global functions and personnel.