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About the Role
This internship plays an important part in ensuring the smooth and timely flow of stock through the business, from Purchase Order management to delivery, stock processing, and the coordination of key launches across Store and E-Shop. The role requires close collaboration with various teams and external suppliers.
Responsibilities
- Proactively upload, maintain, and manage Purchase Orders through the DSM retail system (RetailPro).
- Review deliveries weekly, ensuring stock arrives within agreed timelines and meets DSM compliance requirements.
- Liaise with the Warehouse to ensure efficient stock processing and prompt resolution of discrepancies or delays.
- Support the Stock Control team with stock processing and checking as needed.
- Attend and contribute to weekly meetings, providing updates on deliveries, launches, brand initiatives, and reporting.
- Analyze sales and stock reports, highlighting trends, issues, and opportunities.
- Deputize for Merchandisers when required, including preparing and presenting information.
- Support the Buying team during market periods and with seasonal buying activity.
- Manage the invoice workflow, ensuring thorough checking and investigation of discrepancies.
- Act as a point of contact for Warehouse and Store queries regarding stock, deliveries, and Purchase Orders.
- Support the coordination and delivery of key product and brand launches across Store and E-Shop.
Requirements
- Relevant Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
- Strong commercial awareness with a genuine interest in fashion and product.
- Previous experience within luxury fashion, retail, buying, or merchandising is highly desirable, but not essential.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret sales and stock reports.
- Good working knowledge of Excel, including pivot tables, formulas, and formatting.
- Comfortable working with calculations including margin, variances, and percentages.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the confidence to work effectively across different teams and functions.
- Confident presenting information and communicating to groups.
- Proactive, driven, and comfortable taking ownership of tasks.
- Highly motivated, committed, and dependable.
- Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment.
Skills
- Excel (pivot tables, formulas, formatting)
- Sales and stock report analysis
- Invoice management
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Presentation
Location
- Dover Street Market International
Work Type
- Internship
- 12 months
Experience Level
- Intern
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
Benefits
- 20 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, increasing with service up to 5 additional days.
- Up to 60% employee discount.
- 50% discount on all Rose Bakery food and drink.
- Access to Retail Trust, our Employee Assistance Programme.
- 24/7 access to our VirtualGP service.
- Cyclescheme and Eyecare Vouchers.
About the Company
- Dover Street Market International is a diverse portfolio of suppliers and brands.
Equal Opportunity
- We celebrate the diversity of our workforce, which makes us unique, creative, and connected.
- As an equal opportunity employer, we ensure fair treatment for all candidates and employees.
- We welcome people from all walks of life and strive to make everyone feel they belong.
- We regularly review our recruitment and onboarding processes to be as inclusive as possible.
- We respect everyone’s stories and celebrate our differences.