Assistant Merchandiser – Clothing & Footwear

Assistant Merchandiser – Clothing & Footwear

Trafford Park

Salary - Competitive + Benefits

Permanent Role

About the Opportunity

At Studio, our purpose is to make more affordable and more possible for our customers, our Studio.co.uk website and app. offer our customers great value clothing and footwear, home and garden, sports and leisure, electricals, and gift items they need… and flexible ways to pay for them.

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

Studio is part of Frasers Group, a collection of the world’s most iconic brands that includes Sports Direct, House of Fraser, Frasers, FLANNELS, GAME, Jack Wills, Sofa.com, Evans Cycles, USC, and Everlast. Together, we are changing the face of retail and have significant growth plans to fulfil.

Whilst our customers are at the heart of everything we do, our colleagues are at the heart of everything we are. Colleagues enjoy a diverse and inclusive workplace which actively supports continuous learning and development, health and wellbeing, communication, and, of course, our local communities!

If you’re #Amazing, #Savvy, #Inclusive, #Trusted and Customer-Focussed, we’d like to hear from you – there’s room for you in #OurStudio.

As we evolve our structure to better serve our customers, we are looking to recruit an experienced Assistant Merchandiser to proactively support and enable the Clothing & Footwear category teams to deliver against the agreed demand and commercial targets within their categories – putting the customer at the heart of everything As Assistant Merchandiser you will be:

As an Assistant Merchandiser at Studio, you will be:

• Implementing the merchandising element of the critical path that delivers the category strategy.
• Producing accurate merchandising information to enable robust decisions to be made, using category management tools to maximise trading opportunities and drive the performance of the range.
• Raising accurate purchase orders for products within the category range so that demand can be met
• Working collaboratively and proactively with internal colleagues and external stakeholders to maximise availability.

Who are we looking for?

This is a great opportunity for an ambitious individual, keen to join a business going through significant transformation.

Within the trading Function; each Assistant Merchandiser has specific accountability for a delegated range of products within the category range. It is anticipated that the Assistant Merchandiser will gain a basic knowledge of merchandising and a good understanding of their delegated product area. They should also have the following:

• Teamworking and good communication skills
• Experience of working with external suppliers
• Good influencing skills
• Sound commercial and numerical skills including detailed analysis
• Data savvy
• Ability to understand data and run and present reports
• Good stake-holder management skills
• Ability to influence peer groups

Why Studio Retail Limited?

We have many experienced colleagues who’ll tell you they love working at Studio because of the people and the opportunities to develop. It’s a fast-paced environment and the offices have a friendly and informal feel to them, no suits required to do a great job here!

As part of the Frasers group, Studio has strong foundations and can offer a breadth of opportunity for continued development and career growth.

Our newly refurbished offices are based in the heart of Salford Quays with excellent public transport and motorway links, and we’re easily commutable from Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Preston and all point in between. Our offices work with flexible start and finish times.

We offer a great benefits package including flexible working hours, generous holiday allowance, great pension options and a generous staff discount, we’d love to hear from you if you think we could be the right company for you.

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