Merchandising / Buying

Teamsports Merchandiser

Manchester, United Kingdom

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Your Talent

  • Relevant wholesale or retail experience in product management, merchandising, and / or sales.
  • Good knowledge of the Teamsports market and product.
  • The ability to build and maintain relationships. 
  • Demonstrate a passion and desire to work as one successful team. 
  • Strong business orientation, analytical aptitude, and retail maths knowledge.
  • Strong collaboration skills required to work cross functionally.  
  • The ability to work well in a fast-paced changing environment.  
  • Be able to utilise data and insights to help with the team making informative decisions and drive optimal processes. 
  • 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. 
  • Strong presentation skills with the ability to relay strategic plans to a large audience.  
  • 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 that the start for this postion will not be until January 2025.

Your Mission

  • Provide a compelling market relevant range of Teamsport apparel & 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 Merch Review, Line Freeze and ESAM Meetings, demonstrating resilience to secure critical UKI needs.
  • Support Sales by fully 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, including internal systems, restrictions, embargos, relevant trackers, master sheets, pricelists etc….  
  • Be an expert in your respective category delivering 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.

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

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