Assistant Merchandiser, Womenswear

What’s the role about?

As our Assistant Merchandiser, you’ll play a key role in supporting the planning and trading of product categories to deliver sales, stock and margin targets. Working closely with the Merchandiser and wider cross-functional teams, you’ll help ensure ranges are commercially balanced, well-managed and aligned to business objectives.

From range planning through to in-season trading and stock management, you’ll be instrumental in driving performance, maintaining accurate systems and identifying opportunities to maximise sales across channels.

Who you are

• Previous experience in a merchandising or assistant merchandising role within a retail head office environment.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Commercially aware, with the ability to interpret data and translate it into clear actions.
• Confident working with systems, reporting tools and Excel to manage data and analysis.
• A strong communicator, able to build effective relationships with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Proactive and solutions-focused, with a willingness to take ownership and support team development.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting the range planning process by preparing buy packs, historical analysis, lessons learnt, and size profiling to inform decision-making.
• Maintaining merchandising systems in line with the critical path, ensuring accuracy across product data and purchase orders.
• Liaising with suppliers to track deliveries and ensure timelines are met in line with critical path requirements.
• Assisting with weekly trade preparation, analysing performance and identifying opportunities to drive sales and improve stock efficiency.
• Managing category WSSI’s, ensuring stock, markdown and future commitments are accurately reflected and aligned to targets.
• Taking ownership of stock management activities including markdown set up, intake reviews and forecasting to optimise stock levels.
• Producing regular sales, intake and stock forecasts, as well as managing reporting tools such as IAQ, attribute analysis and system alignment.
• Supporting people development by coaching and guiding Trainee Merchandisers, while building strong cross-functional relationships across Buying, Merchandising and wider teams.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and company bonus.
• Up to 65% employee discount.
• Access to exclusive sample sales.
• Aviva DigiCare+ wellbeing services.
• Medicash health support plan.
• Workplace pension contributions.
• Enhanced parental leave policies.
• Electric Vehicle scheme via Octopus Energy.
• Cycle to Work programme.
• Season ticket travel loan.
• Plus further workplace benefits.

If you want to start your story at Reiss as our Assistant Merchandiser, don’t miss out - apply now!

#WeAreReiss

We recognise the importance and power of diversity within our business and, as such, we ensure that our people processes are fair, transparent and promote equality of opportunity for all candidates.

It is our pledge that candidates will not be discriminated against on the grounds of gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, marital status, age, race, colour, ethnic background, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion, religious or similar belief. Every individual will be treated with respect.

We know that some people won’t apply for a role unless they feel they meet all of the requirements listed. We want you to know that finding people who will add to our inspirational culture and have a learning mindset is incredibly important to us. Even if you feel you don’t tick all the boxes, we’d still like to hear from you.