In The Style is a leading pure-play online women's fashion retailer. We're all about championing female empowerment, body confidence and real beauty.
Through our collaborator model and in-house garment design, we create unique collections for all occasions. We have a fantastic opportunity for a Wholesale Merchandiser to join our Wholesale team.
This role is based in Manchester with a requirement to be in the office regularly.
The Role
Main Responsibilities include :
- Merchandising point of contact for key accounts such as ASOS, Very & Lipsy.
- Management of range plans across key accounts & of the critical path from order placement through to delivery to the customer.
- Working closely with Account Managers arranging all delivery details of potential orders.
- Manage compliance & packaging requirements from customer with suppliers through to processing of the goods with warehouse.
- Managing a team of Assistant Merchandiser and Trainee Merchandisers to aid development and ensuring we have a positive working environment.
- Updating wholesale partners with critical path on intake & highlighting any potential risks.
- Support in weekly calls with partners on critical path & customer queries with Account Manager.
- Coordination of dispatches to customers in the UK and overseas.
- Internal liaison with Logistics and warehouse functions.
- Managing the process of re-orders and stock-orders.
- Liaising with suppliers and customers on a daily basis.
- Overseeing bookings & order confirmations on customer portals.
- Oversee the completion of buys with sales team & work through unconfirmed buys with wider team efficiently.
- Trade analysis of customers sales with Account Manager.
- Complete weekly trade updates across intake, despatch & commitment.
- Provide end of season selling analysis to present information back to the business & partners in conjunction with the sales team.
- Support team to ensure monthly targets are achieved, with regular reviews of delivery schedules & a forward view of upcoming trade months.
- Support Account Manager with reforecasting during selling season to ensure enough stock is booked to reach target and any in season trading opportunities are maximised.
- Continually review improved ways of working for the department.
- Optimise profit and reduce costs and risk to business.
- Work with the team to solve any day to day challenges, including stepping to get deliveries confirmed where partners push back on intakes.
- Manage day to day queries / problems that arise within the department.
- Liaising with other areas of the business i.e. Finance, Garment Tech, Design & Buying, Warehouse, Retail department, Marketing & Creative.
Requirements :
Positive can-do attitude.Motivated, resourceful and able to problem solve & make commercial decisions.Highly organised, confident multi-tasker with an exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.Excellent communication skills.Demonstrate good commercial understanding.Ability to manage workload and prioritise when required.Previous Wholesale & Merchandiser experience.First-hand experience of working within a Key Account structure.Proficiency across the entire Microsoft Office suite.Good management skills.Strong Excel skills.Team player who is responsible and reliable.J-18808-Ljbffr