The Group At A Glance:

Established in 1981 with a single store in the North West of England, JD Sports Fashion PLC is a leading multichannel retailer of sports fashion and outdoor brands in the UK and Europe.

The Group has over 1200 stores across a number of retail fascias and is proud of the fact that it always provides its customers with the latest products from the very best brands.

The Group embraces the latest online and instore digital technology providing it with a truly multichannel, international platform for future growth.

Role Overview:

The key objective within this role is to lead the team to deliver Sales, Markdown, Stock, Intake and Profit Plans.

The Role In Question:

Junior Merchandiser

Reporting to: Senior Merchandiser

Operating Ratio: 80/20 Current / Future

Key Responsibilities

Planning

• Review Previous Seasons and produce SWOT Analysis with supporting information.
• Create category level product mix using history, SWOT and SMT Plan.
• With Senior Merchandiser formulate the space and grading plan for store distribution.
• Ensure that the WSSI is updated with the buy plan and the KPI’s are signed off with the Senior merchandiser.
• Ensure that scheduling and Ideals are in place for your area of responsibility.
• Attend key selection meetings with the Senior merchandiser and Buyer
• Build the Range plan
• Build Layout plans in conjunction with buying and VM.
• Overview the ratios for all buys in conjunction with Asst merchandiser
• Ensure that the Buy matches the plan Buy
• Establish working relationships with Supplier Base
• Manage the order books both in season and preseason to ensure that the most accurate information is always in the system.

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Trading:

• Reviews’ weekly trading performance and achieved KPI’s, identifying Issues and the course of action in preparation for the weekly trading meetings and submit to the senior merchandiser.
• Propose and agree actions to recover risk and maximise opportunities with the Senior Merchandiser and Buyer at category and line level.
• Monthly – Capture all agreed actions in the monthly forecast reviews
• Work up the forecast from category/Season level to Buyer Group
• Meet and gain approval: Incorporating
  • Forecasting any sales variance to plan
  • Creation of OTB’s
  • Management of commitments – On time delivery, rebuys cancellations
  • Markdown proposals
• Provide Retail with Rack List/Hit List through Merchandise Assistants.
• Manage the range plan in Season reflecting any changes
• Manage Linecards
• Manage Intake at category and line level.
• Visit and understand the store base on a regular basis. Create action plans to Optimise Store performance.
• Manage the store option plans to ensure each store has the optimum amount of stock and neither too full or lacking key lines.

Teamwork:

Teamwork

• Reporting to the Senior Merchandiser
• Work with the Senior Merchandiser and Buyer to deliver the plan
• Guide and direct the Merchandising Team to help deliver the plan
• With the Senior Merchandiser provide and monitor development plans for the Asst Merch / Merch Asst on a regular basis
• Communicate to the Retail Team anything that will impact on Stores performance
• Establish working relationships with Store Operations, Visuals, Marketing, Finance DC etc.