Responsibilities

• Merchandising: Develop and implement merchandising strategies and tactics to maximise sales, profitability, and customer engagement, whilst optimising inventory status.
• Analyse sales data, customer behaviour, and market trends to influence product assortment, buying and inventory planning.
• Manage inventory levels and product availability to ensure the product / right place / right time, with the allocation team.
• Oversee visual merchandising standards and ensure stores present a consistent, high-quality brand experience.
• Create clear direction for the merchandising of bespoke locations such as tourist and partner-operated stores.
• Ownership of the UK & Ireland floor set plans and their excellent execution.
• Attend all relevant milestone meetings such as buy reviews, representing and providing specific UK market input, producing commercial summaries for the Operations Director and Senior Managing Director.
• Monitor product performance and provide recommendations to the leadership team on corrective actions.
• Partner with product development on local cohort product development, with ownership of the line lists and buys for all EU location specific product.
• Weekly / monthly reporting and analysis on all relevant sales and inventory reports, with contribution in all relevant commercial / trade meetings.

Requirements

• Degree (or equivalent experience) in Marketing, Business, Retail, or a related field.
• Relevant experience in retail, FMCG, or consumer-facing environment.
• 3 years of commercial experience in a generalist retail role.

Preferred

• An innovative thinker who is undaunted by failure.
• Objective approach to problems and obstacles with the confidence to solve them in rapidly changing circumstances.
• Able to add value across functions with partners at multiple levels.
• Models personal and professional integrity, with a powerful, motivational work ethic.
• Ambitious and success oriented.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Highly organized and planful, flexible and adaptable.
• Strong commercial awareness with a customer-focused mindset.
• Intellectually curious regarding competitor activity and market trends to identify opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvement through data-led decision making.