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About the Role
This 12-month maternity cover contract offers an experienced Merchandiser / Stock Planner the opportunity to join a well-established business specializing in home fragrance, home accessories, beauty, and gifting. The role involves ensuring product availability through stock planning, forecasting, order management, and stock control across multiple retail accounts, collaborating with commercial, product development, and supply teams.
Responsibilities
- Manage stock planning, forecasting, and stock availability across multiple retail accounts.
- Analyze sales performance, stock levels, and run-rates to support accurate forecasting and purchasing decisions.
- Build and maintain seasonal budgets, sales forecasts, and trading plans.
- Manage purchase orders, stock commitments, and delivery schedules to ensure timely product arrival.
- Identify potential stock shortages, excess inventory, and opportunities to improve stock efficiency.
- Liaise with overseas suppliers and factories to monitor production schedules and deliveries.
- Monitor costings, margins, and pricing to support commercial performance.
- Manage minimum order quantities, componentry, and stock liabilities.
- Produce and analyze sales, stock, intake, and margin reports.
- Collaborate with product development, design, and commercial teams to meet critical paths and customer requirements.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in merchandising, merchandise planning, stock planning, or a closely related role.
- Experience gained within either a retail or supplier-side business.
- Strong stock planning, forecasting, and inventory management experience.
- Excellent Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and trading models.
- Confidence in analyzing sales, stock, margins, and trading performance.
- Experience managing purchase orders, supplier relationships, and delivery schedules.
- An understanding of product costings, landed costs, and FOB pricing.
- Experience using an ERP or stock management system.
- Strong organizational skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Experience working with overseas factories, particularly in China or Vietnam, is advantageous but not essential.
Skills
- Stock planning
- Forecasting
- Inventory management
- Excel (pivot tables, lookups, trading models)
- Sales analysis
- Margin analysis
- Purchase order management
- Supplier relationship management
- Delivery schedule management
- Costing analysis
- ERP system usage
- Stock management system usage
Location
- UK
Work Type
- 12-month contract
Experience Level
- At least 3 years
About the Company
- A well-established and highly respected business specializing in home fragrance, home accessories, beauty, and gifting.
- Has an impressive heritage and partnerships with some of the UK's best-known retailers.
- Develops and supplies a beautiful range of products designed for the home, working with international manufacturers and leading UK retail partners.
Equal Opportunity
- The Growth Foundation Talent is deeply committed to building a diverse & inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.