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About the Role

This role supports a growing menswear fashion brand on a fractional basis, leading merchandise strategy, range planning, and trading performance. It requires an established fashion merchandiser who can work independently and make a measurable impact within a flexible engagement.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of the merchandising strategy for the menswear product range.
• Lead seasonal range planning, category architecture and option planning across relevant product categories.
• Build and manage the merchandise financial plan, including sales, margin, intake, stock and markdown targets.
• Analyse historical performance, market trends, customer insights and competitor activity to inform product and trading decisions.
• Partner with buying and design teams to create balanced, commercially relevant and differentiated ranges.
• Set product-level targets for sales, margin, intake, pricing and stock cover.
• Provide clear recommendations on rebuys, replenishment, cancellations, markdowns, promotions and stock transfers.
• Work with supply chain and operations teams to improve availability, delivery timing and inventory efficiency.
• Support launch calendars and ensure product drops are commercially planned and effectively sequenced.
• Develop concise trading reports, sales forecasts and executive-level recommendations.
• Identify merchandising risks and opportunities, taking decisive action in a fast-moving streetwear environment.
• Share best practice and strengthen merchandising processes, tools and reporting frameworks.

Requirements

• Significant experience in senior merchandising, fashion merchandising, apparel merchandising or streetwear merchandising.
• Strong understanding of streetwear, contemporary fashion, youth culture and changing consumer behaviour.
• Proven experience managing merchandise planning and trading performance across multiple product categories.
• Commercially focused, with a strong understanding of sales, gross margin, sell-through, intake, stock turn and markdown management.
• Confident interpreting data and translating analysis into clear, practical commercial actions.
• Experience working with seasonal collections, product drops, limited releases or fast-paced trading calendars.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Highly organised, analytical and comfortable working autonomously in a fractional or consultancy capacity.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to make complex information accessible.
• Strong Excel skills and experience using merchandising, planning, ERP or business intelligence systems.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach and the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively.

Skills

• Merchandising
• Fashion Merchandising
• Apparel Merchandising
• Streetwear Merchandising
• Merchandise Planning
• Trading Performance Management
• Range Planning
• Category Architecture
• Option Planning
• Financial Planning
• Sales Analysis
• Margin Analysis
• Intake Management
• Stock Management
• Markdown Management
• Market Trend Analysis
• Customer Insight Analysis
• Competitor Analysis
• Product Development
• Supply Chain Management
• Operations Management
• Launch Calendar Management
• Trading Reports
• Sales Forecasting
• Risk Identification
• Opportunity Identification
• Process Improvement
• Tool Implementation
• Reporting Framework Development
• Stakeholder Management
• Cross-functional Team Influence
• Data Interpretation
• Commercial Action Translation
• Excel Proficiency
• Merchandising Systems
• Planning Systems
• ERP Systems
• Business Intelligence Systems
• Direct-to-consumer (DTC)
• E-commerce
• Wholesale
• Multi-channel Retail
• International Markets
• Multi-currency Planning
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Fashion Product Development
• Business Growth Support
• Range Transformation
• Merchandising Function Development

Work Type

• Fractional
• Flexible

Experience Level

• Senior

About the Company

• Growing menswear fashion brand.