Our Role We are looking for a Junior Merchandiser FTC (6 months) to join our Merchandising team. With responsibility for a specific product area, to plan and trade each range ensuring that profits are maximized, within agreed company objectives, under the guidance of a Senior Merchandiser / Merchandiser. You will be responsible to ensure that there is a coherent communication strategy for both performance and product issues relating to the rest of the business. What you'll be doing • Planning • To review historical performance and determine future product strategy, working closely with the Buyer to deliver a balanced range with a robust sales, markdown, margin and stock plans. • Takes a global approach to strategy planning, considering the brand and the • Manages fully the complexities of the WSSI and categories for planning the season and forecasting risk and opportunity ensuring all channels are fully • Create space and range plan that incorporates key KPI’s and to deliver a balanced range through the grades. • To plan new season buy in line with both range, category and department planning across all Business channels. • To review competitor activity with the Buyer to challenge future product • To plan intake across the season to create a balanced range. Ensure appropriate stock levels and newness within stock • To plan pricing strategy, working closely with the Buyer to secure overall margin • To provide regular performance reviews across all Business • Trading • Responsible for the planning of the department and delivering a range that is balanced across the grades and channels with phasing that potentializes every week and channel to deliver the department profit plan. • Report on weekly trade each Monday, identifying trading opportunities or risks against plans. • Responsible for proposing and managing markdown plans to drive department sales and achieve terminal targets. • Ensures the allocation strategy fulfils the department and business needs. Flexibly adapts trading decisions to the required business • Retail • To be responsible for the product strategy relating to retail, notably retail ranging, grading and density planning. • To be responsible for specific stores as notified. To ensure the retail ranging and trading strategy is regularly reviewed and corrective action • To ensure that regular branch visits are undertaken across the whole team and appropriate reports issued subsequently. To produce appropriate business reports after each visit and follow up action • Supplier and product maintenance • To hold regular supplier reviews, to maintain thorough supplier • To ensure regular communication, to maintain an effective Business partnership with all Suppliers and to improve KPI’s with suppliers. • To undertake regular Supplier visits and attend buying trips as • To ensure processes and checks in place to ensure all product records, purchase orders and system maintenance are kept in • Commercial Awareness • Multi channel merchandiser responsible for retail, direct, wholesale and B2B and ensure all are potentialized. • To undertake competitor visits on a regular basis, feedback any relevant points and put into place any required action • To understand, prioritise and work to the critical dates and deadlines in both the planning and trading process. • To consistently deliver excellent standards of customer • Merchandising Systems • To develop an excellent working knowledge of all Merchandising • To identify and propose improved working practices and updates to • To action detailed integrity checks as necessary to ensure the efficient running of the department • Management and development of team • To take responsibility for own personal development and to foster good working relationships across the Business. • To continually review processes and controls, initiating improvements in best practice as • To assist in the development and training of the merchandising • To manage the team on a day to day The Skills & Experience That You’ll Need • Systems knowledge • Excellent numerical and analytical ability • Experience in a Head Office Merchandising environment as a Junior Merchandiser or Senior Assistant Merchandiser. What we’ll offer you At The White Company, we value our employees for always going the extra mile for every one of our customers; we reward this with great benefits and competitive salaries. • Discount -Up to 50% discount and access to regular Sample Sales • Holiday - 25 days rising to 28 with length of service • Holiday Buy – opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday • Pension Scheme - enrolled in our Group Personal Pension schemes upon joining the business. • Bonus - In addition to our competitive salaries, all our employees are entitled to join a discretionary bonus scheme (based on policy eligibility) • Perkplace Benefits Platform – offering a variety of discounts across well-being and lifestyle • Wagestream Money Management app - access to Wagestream gives you power over your pay and supports financial wellbeing • Continued Development – We offer structured support from our own in-house Learning and Development Hub • Salary Sacrifice scheme for Electric vehicles (dependent on grade and meeting policy eligibility) • Continued Development - Inclusion on our Leadership Development Programme (eligibility for contracts of 6 months plus Grade D & E roles only) • Continued Development – We offer structured support from our own in-house Learning and Development Hub • Private Healthcare with additional Babylon Digital Healthcare (based on contract duration) • Life Assurance Additional Benefits • Fruit basket daily • Tea and coffee provided • Working from Home - option to work from home on Mondays and Fridays • Social - Christmas party/social events throughout the year • Seasonal Sample Sales • Volunteer Day - with a charity of your choice • Great Location - Close to transport links - over ground Shepherds Bush station /underground White City & Wood Lane stations. Westfield shopping centre with shops restaurants/bars/cinema and gyms Our Equality Diversity and Inclusion statement of commitment At The White Company we are committed to creating an inclusive culture that welcomes and celebrates a diversity of backgrounds and identities. We are working together to ensure our environment is one where people can bring their authentic selves to work, where their contribution is valued, ability enhanced, and perspective appreciated. Where difference is respected, encouraged, and celebrated. Where you can feel you belong. We are committed to an active Equality Diversity and Inclusion Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process. We'd love you to join us on our journey. Our Sustainability statement of commitment We are committed to building a sustainable legacy that will enable a brighter future for people and our planet.’ We believe this should be reflected in everything we do.