Production Merchandiser
3 days ago
Canvey Island
Role Purpose: To work with the production merchandising team and wider business to plan, deliver and trade product ranges, tailored to the target customer, establishing and maintaining a clear brand positioning that sets to achieve and exceed sales plans and expectation. Managing the critical path and product life cycle, working effectively and efficiently, to ensure a smooth and consistent running of the brands. Responsibilities: • Manage UK and Far East suppliers to deliver a smooth flow of product into the business/customers., • Demonstrate strong negotiation skills to achieve and maintain target margin., • Demonstrate technical knowledge and an understanding of supplier capabilities. Able to source original samples with suppliers based on their production strengths., • Building relationships with accounts/brands – gain insights from brands (trading reactions, holding stock etc)., • Product & Packaging Development – Improving on speed to market., • Attend and present in department meetings where appropriate to gain exposure to management teams., • Manage project trackers, being directly accountable for accuracy., • Undertake competition shops to ensure aware of competitors ranges and to look for NPD. Collate and present market trends, competitor strategy, emerging product areas., • Takes an active role in coaching and training junior team members., • Aware of and embodies the Laurelle DNA, and can influence this across their team and the wider business. Helps to create a positive working environment for all colleagues., • Demonstrate the ability to develop good cross-functional relationships at Laurelle; with design, logistics, accounts, warehouse and sales teams., • Develop product which is inline with the customer profile, brand identity and requirements. Following product development through from initial concept to completion & delivery., • Prepare information required for internal and external meetings & development trips. Take responsibility and accountability for making sure all information is accurate & follow up with implementation and tracking of relevant actions., • Liaising with all necessary departments to ensure clear and accurate sharing of information., • Work with own initiative and as part of the wider team., • Oversees the management of the below or undertakes themselves:, • Update spreadsheets and databases with the critical order information., • Updating the critical path and chasing daily to ensure orders run to schedule, anticipating and managing risks., • Manage shipment schedules for your product., • Monitor the delivery dates and bookings for deliveries to customers., • Responsible for managing the raising and maintaining of purchase orders and sales orders on Sage & MANU., • Creating and updating the business and necessary departments on internal production requirements., • Monitoring of sales and production planning on core lines and chasing for repeats., • Action and maintaining the PIFF for all products on customer portals or on our own drive., • Ensuring customer contracts are completed when orders are agreed. Skills, qualifications and experience: • Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent, in academic or fashion subject and or relevant experience., • Competent numerical skills for negotiation and trading., • Fully understand the impact of all range decisions on margin % and value for the business., • Good working ability with relevant IT systems (Microsoft Office)., • Strong and developed understanding of the retail market, fashion trends and brand positioning, both UK and internationally., • Strong interpersonal skills, a good assertive influencer with the ability to communicate and present, competently and clearly., • Strong organisational and task management skills, with the ability to manage own workload and oversee the work of others.
