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Merchandiser, RTW

Employer
Stella McCartney
Location
United Kingdom
Closing date
2 Aug 2021

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Overview

Reporting to the Merchandising Manager, working under the lead of the Merchandising Director, the Merchandiser will be in collaboration with the Design Team and Operations/Production Department, and will play a pivotal role in the achievement of RTW (knit, jersey & denim) global categories growth goals and profit margins. Defining and executing the product strategy to develop collections in line with the overall product strategy, brand image, fashion vision, quality standards, and worldwide market needs.

Your Mission

    • Interprets market needs/trends and supplies to the identification of the various customer targets: evaluating lifestyle, attitude, behaviour and spending capacity of luxury consumers.
    • Assures the execution of competitive analysis (product mix and pricing), sales analysis (sell-in and sell-out for all Regions) and gives to the pricing strategy in line with the consumer segmentation definitions and profit goals
    • Carries out market and competitor's analysis in terms of product and pricing positioning in the different markets.
    • Preparation of the “merchandising grid”, which defines the offer structure of each collection in terms of breadth, depth and the positioning of each relevant product, using market analysis to predict trends and lead product direction
    • Supports the Design Team in the development of collections, in order to find the optimal balance between design vision and commercial goals, taking into consideration regional consumer peculiarities and local sale needs
    • Defines and proposes the carryover product list with the collaboration of Regional Buyers, by identifying potential best-selling items to be exploited in more collections and by containing relevant mark-downs
    • Monitor replenishments of continuative items
    • Management of the "Product Knowledge & Cross-selling Book" - Preparation of Training /Product Guide
    • Prepares collection presentations for Buyers Regional Management and sales team to explain direction inspiration, product and all relevant information necessary to support and promote sales, including new products and new techniques
    • Post sales campaign reporting: sell in comments
    • Responsible for coordinating raw material bulk orders, sales projections in order to achieve target deliveries.
    • Reviews all regional “open to buy”, sales plans, and order/re-order schedules in order to align local business plans to global category strategy
    • Collaborate with and collate analysis and through our various sales channels; Retail, Wholesale, Franchise & E-Commerce, to feed into recommendations for future product and carryover merchandise
    • Liaises with the Supply Chain and Operations/Production Departments in order to:
    • Development of product specifications and functionality
    • Assure product delivery priorities in line with local commercial needs and market strategy
    • Assure the necessary stock production in line with sales trend and for potential best-selling products
    • Overall Margin responsibility
    • Monitor sales feedback, through all sales channels, and ensure that corrective action is taken relating to past season’s mistakes and bottlenecks.


Your Talent

    • Commercially astute with the ability to identify business opportunities and streamline processes for profitability and efficiency.
    • Cost and margin management experience.
    • Previous experience as a product merchandiser with a global luxury or contemporary brand.
    • Comprehensive knowledge of luxury market.
    • Experience of defining merchandise plans with successful execution.
    • Experience of E-Commerce sales channel and the digital market place.
    • Experience of influencing profitability of merchandise and collections and encouraging substantial category performance growth.
    • Experience of reaching and exceeding planned profit margin through successful merchandising planning.
    • Prioritise and multi-task various and challenging demands.
    • An excellent communicator
    • Language skills including Italian and French beneficial.


Systems and Essentials

    • Microsoft Excel expert
    • Power point efficient


At Stella McCartney, we are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment in which all of our voices are heard. Where people can work to their maximum potential by offering equal opportunities for growth and fair pay. For us, it is about appreciating what is different in others and also what we have in common. We hire people who want to change things, disrupt the norm, who are naturally confident with a positive attitude. Our decisions respect all people regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, age, social or political belief, or world view.

Company

Born and raised in London and the English countryside, Stella McCartney graduated from Central St Martins in 1995. A signature style of sharp tailoring, natural confidence and sensual femininity was immediately apparent in the first collection and has become a signature of her eponymous fashion house. Stella McCartney launched her fashion label in a partnership with Kering as a 50/50 joint venture and presented her first collection in Paris in October 2001.

A lifelong vegetarian, Stella McCartney does not use any leather or fur in her designs and is committed to operating a business and maintaining a supply chain that respects the planet as well as its inhabitants. As a brand we believe that sustainability can take the form of beautiful, modern clothing and accessories. Core collections include women’s ready-to-wear, accessories, lingerie, eyewear, fragrance and kids.

The brand now operates 51 freestanding stores in locations including Manhattan, London, LA, Paris, Milan, Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing. Our collections are now distributed in over 77 countries through 600+ wholesale accounts in key cities worldwide, as well as shipping to over 100 countries online.

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