Merchandiser

Role overview

Merchandising and planning

• Own Gold category and collection strategy and commercial performance across stores and markets.
• Develop assortment plans by market, store cluster and category; manage OTB, sales, inventory, intake and forecasts.
• Forecast demand using historical results, trends, seasonality, gold price movements and market needs; analyze performance across categories, products, stores and markets.

Inventory, lifecycle and pricing

• Monitor availability, weeks of cover, sell-through, ROS, inventory turns and aged stock; address overstock and out-of-stock situations.
• Manage store transfers, replenishment and stock rebalancing with Retail and Supply Chain.
• Manage product lifecycle from launch through replenishment, markdown, clearance and liquidation; develop aged-stock strategies.
• Execute gold-rate price changes, ticket updates, promotional prices and permanent markdowns; assess gold price effects on demand, sales and inventory value.

Reporting and data

• Present weekly and monthly commercial reviews with trends, gaps, risks and recommended actions.
• Maintain accurate product hierarchy, attributes, collection mapping, pricing, discount codes and lifecycle status.
• Work with IT and business teams on product data architecture, system enhancements and merchandising tools.
• Support annual and seasonal plans and identify opportunities to improve inventory productivity, assortment efficiency and sales.

Qualifications and experience

• At least 5 years of retail merchandising experience; jewellery, luxury, fashion or inventory-intensive retail experience is preferred.
• Strong experience in assortment planning, OTB, inventory management, forecasting and product lifecycle management.
• Strong commercial understanding of sales, stock, margin, sell-through, ROS, weeks of cover and inventory turn.
• Advanced MS Excel proficiency, including data analysis, forecasting and large datasets.
• Planning and allocation system experience; strong understanding of product and master-data structures is an advantage.
• Gold or jewellery merchandising experience is highly advantageous.

Capabilities

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, translating data into clear commercial actions.
• Ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced commercial environment, with attention to detail, ownership and accountability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills; proactive, commercially minded and data-driven.