Senior Import/Wholesale Merchandiser
Manchester
A fantastic opportunity has become available for a Senior Merchandiser to join a well-established client based in Manchester. This is a senior role looking after the company’s biggest accounts.
Working with key accounts and reporting to the Production Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Costing brand specific product ranges with suppliers (based in Bangladesh, Pakistan & China).
- Margin calculations maintaining the company directive.
- Raising detailed POs to suppliers.
- Maintaining & updating critical paths specific to the orders.
- Liaising with suppliers on submissions dates (lab dips, fit samples, labelling/trims, pre-production samples, production samples).
- Liaising with customers regarding delivery updates & sampling requests (submissions/photo samples).
- Arranging shipments with our nominated forwarder ensuring delivery is kept on time.
- Booking goods in with the end customer’s warehouse upon arrival.
- Informing the accounts team of details needed for invoicing.
- Analysing sales reports from your key account to identify any potential for re-sales or missing categories to boost trade. Reporting findings back to the MDs & design team.
- Attending buying meetings
Skills required:
- Excellent time management
- Microsoft product experience (excel, word etc).
- Confidence in speaking with retailers and suppliers on both email & phone.
- A good understanding of the wholesale side order process from initial costing to delivery.
- Knowledge of shipping would be an advantage.
- Extensive experience in a similar role.
Benefits:
- Excellent transport links to site.
- Work from home Fridays
- Auto enrolment into the workplace pension scheme after probation period (optional opt in/out available).
- Close knit team working together in an open plan environment giving insight into all aspects of the business.
- Growing company increasing turnover greatly year on year.
Working hours are:
Mon - Thurs 8.30am-4.30pm (office based)
Fri - 9am-3pm (working from home)