Assistant Merchandiser

Job Title: Assistant Merchandiser
Salary: Negotiable depending on experience
Location: Rochdale
Our client is currently looking to recruit an experienced assistant merchandiser to join the team due to continued growth. An excellent opportunity to join a thriving organisation that prides itself on retaining the family feel and valuing their employees. This is a critical role supporting the wider merchandising team ensuring all reporting, critical path is kept up to date to ensure a smooth process is followed.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Weekly update of store orders and till sales, provide internal updates on sales from previous weeks to aid forecasting and decision making.
* Data Input into forecasting system where required; min stocks, missed sales, and maintain system with accurate information.
* Downloading, processing and re-uploading stock availability reports and producing comments relating to out of stocks <1.5 weeks cover.
* Processing invoices received from suppliers; follow up short shipments where applicable.
* Ensuring internal systems are up to date once invoices received.
* Checking critical paths from applicable suppliers; movements queried where required and relayed back to merchandisers.
* Monthly checks in place to ensure our open order records mirror that of suppliers.
* Ensuring system is up to date with live docking and booked container dates.
* Generating weekly report from detail held in Power BI to show service level for each category and support merchandiser with a report on variances from projections.
* Updating the service predictor as per requirements of merchandiser.
* Generating purchase orders for all categories where required and sending to suppliers.
* Ad hoc reports to be set up and/or maintained as per instruction given from merchandisers; these would include but are not limited to P&L report, sales/colour ranking, EOS stock declarations, rolling changes.
* Checking allocation orders from Dunelm and inputting into system accordingly once reviewed.
* Checking new launch visibility online and work with internal teams and customer to correct where required.
* Liaising with freight forwarders; air freight and sea freight. Reporting requirements where applicable.
* New launch reports set up and maintained where required.
* There may be a requirement to forecast a small number of skus depending on dept needs.
Supplier/Customer Management
* Place orders with the mill in a timely manner, adhering to lead times given, to ensure that customer delivery requirements are met. Orders placed by either sea or air freight depending on delivery time scales.
* Regular communication with the supply base including on site/ teams meetings where required to maintain expected levels of service.
* Management of the suppliers to ensure that all deliveries arrive at the specified time, being fully aware of any delays or stock shortages. Liaise with customer as and when required