Merchandising Intern

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

POSITION OVERVIEW

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• POSITION SCOPE
• Operation/Financial
• Update reports on a weekly, monthly, and ad hoc basis .
• Attends and prepares for weekly trade meetings , over time being able to formulate and deliver a trade message independently.
• Provides accurate data to support analysis such as size as: size or colour performance.
• Owns the departments line cards, which are style level forecasting documents in excel. Forecasting sales units and the inventory. To ensur e it is never out of stock.
• Systematically updates seasonal recodes which are the styles we carry from one season to the next.
• Owns department stock delivery schedule and communicates updates including early deliveries or delays.
• Assists with seasonal markdowns & communication to stores.
• Track and monitor Distribution Center (DC) available inventory for the product group, maximizing sales to stock ratios and turn.
• Execute the release of initial product distributions and in season replenishment to stores.
• Monitor and ensure full size availability of best sellers, Continuity lines and seasonal products in stores in order to maximize sell through .
• Commercial Awareness
• Participate in regular store visits, collating store reports prior and assisting in creating follow up presentations.
• To undertake competitor visits on a regular basis and feedback any relevant points.
• Training and development
• To adopt a positive and proactive approach to their own training and development as well as that of their peers .
• Proactively promotes improvements to working practices and systems.
• Participates in company initiatives as appropriate.
• Communications & Partnerships
• Creates and maintains strong working relationship s within cross-functional teams : Buying, Allocations, RLE (our website team) and the retail store teams.
• Liaises with Assortment Planning and Buying partners to review and assist in the formation of the seasonal lessons learnt. Influencing future Buy s , using analysis and historical data to ensure commercial decisions are made.
• Communicate initial release and replenishment strategies within cross functional team.
• Participate in cross functional meetings, contributing input on distribution strategies.

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

• SKILLS
• Commercial and Analytical.
• Attention to detail.
• Able to work on own initiative and be pro-active.
• Able to demonstrates logical analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Able to organize, prioritise tasks and manages time well in order to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrates good listening, written and oral communication skills, effectively and clearly communicates.
• Able to build and maintain productive relationships within team environment.
• Microsoft application skills, particularly Excel. Show ability or aptitude in retail mathematics and able to learn technical applications quickly. Able to demonstrate resilience and remain positive during challenging period

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Requirements

• SKILLS
• Commercial and Analytical.
• Attention to detail.
• Able to work on own initiative and be pro-active.
• Able to demonstrates logical analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Able to organize, prioritise tasks and manages time well in order to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrates good listening, written and oral communication skills, effectively and clearly communicates.
• Able to build and maintain productive relationships within team environment.
• Microsoft application skills, particularly Excel. Show ability or aptitude in retail mathematics and able to learn technical applications quickly. Able to demonstrate resilience and remain positive during challenging period