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About the Role
Own the product portfolio across Sanderson Design Group’s six brands, shaping range plans, budgets, and commercial strategy to drive sustainable sales performance. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure collections are customer-right, delivered on budget, and built to perform.
Responsibilities
- Define, agree, and deliver product budgets, collection direction, and product road maps.
- Own the three-year product plan and ensure brand range architecture reflects performance history and growth opportunities.
- Balance commercial ambition with focus by maximizing sales potential while reducing SKU count.
- Plan, source, buy, and supply new products designed to outperform historical sales and profit, in line with budget.
- Oversee brand range plans to achieve Group KPI targets for sales revenue, margin, and markdown.
- Own intake margin for new product ranges by brand and use analysis to sharpen future decisions.
- Act as the key contact for Finance on ROI, budgets, and forecasting across collections and brands.
- Produce analysis to support brand and collection reviews and enable successful range planning and product sign-off.
- Represent Merchandising at product and stage-gate sign-off meetings and brand/collection reviews.
- Chair stage-gate meetings, holding departments accountable for launch plans and timelines.
- Shape design briefs with clear direction on market needs and sales goals tied to the ROI plan.
- Collaborate on production forecasts for new collections and align marketing calendars with launches and stock levels.
- Maintain current brand positioning, market research, and competitor analysis, presenting findings as needed.
- Keep product status coding accurate and up-to-date.
- Champion efficient, low-waste working methods, reviewing processes and automating routine activity.
- Ensure data accuracy across systems, using it to identify bottlenecks and drive improvement.
- Develop and support the Product Planning team.
- Undertake ad hoc projects and deputize as needed.
Requirements
- Significant merchandising experience, ideally at Senior Merchandiser, Buyer, or Planner level.
- Solid track record in range planning, forecasting, and managing Open-to-Buy (OTB).
- Advanced Excel skills and ability to quickly learn new systems.
- Logical, analytical, and commercially minded approach.
- Ability to turn data into decisions and understand financial drivers.
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
- Strategic thinking combined with day-to-day management capabilities.
- Clear, confident communication and influencing skills at all levels.
- Resilience under pressure and deadlines.
- Comfort managing change and ambiguity.
- Genuine attention to detail.
- Customer-first mindset, understanding retailers and end consumers.
Skills
- Product Strategy
- Range Planning
- Budget Management
- Commercial Strategy
- Sales Performance Analysis
- Forecasting
- Open-to-Buy (OTB)
- Excel
- Data Analysis
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Process Improvement
- Communication
- Influencing
- Strategic Planning
- Customer Focus
Location
- Chiswick
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- 12-month fixed-term contract
Experience Level
- Senior Merchandiser
- Buyer
- Planner
Education Level
- Degree-level educated or equivalent experience
About the Company
- Sanderson Design Group plc is a luxury interior design house with over 165 years of history.
- Home to six iconic brands: Sanderson, Morris & Co., Harlequin, Zoffany, Clarke & Clarke, and Scion.
- Portfolio spans fabric, wallpaper, and paint, with manufacturing capabilities.
- Purpose is to ‘bring the beautiful into people’s homes and lives’.
- Owner of one of Europe’s largest design archives with over 75,000 historical documents and artworks.
- Has a growing international licensing programme supporting strategic global expansion.
Equal Opportunity
- Committed to providing equal opportunities to all.
- Welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.