Merchandiser, Business

As a Merchandiser at BDA, you will be responsible for independently developing, sourcing, and curating compelling and profitable product assortments for our clients while negotiating and developing strategic supplier relationships.

• Define seasonal product strategies that identify future opportunities and trends.
• Translate current trends into creative, market‑ready products.
• Assess decoration methods to determine impact on product appearance, functionality, quality, and commercial viability.
• Adapt designs to meet regional and customer group preferences.
• Negotiate, build, and source strategic and profitable product assortments.
• Drive sales through selection of product, pricing, and return on investment.
• Use current and historical data to evaluate effectiveness, creating actionable insights that inform line architecture.
• Demonstrate analytical and critical thinking and apply insights to business decisions.
• Understand assigned clients' brands and identify products that represent and target their end customer.
• Run weekly merchandise status calls with clients and internal WIP meetings.
• Ensure successful product line presentations to clients.
• Use data and influencing skills to gain partnership from internal partners and clients on assortment strategies, ensuring profitability.
• Share assortment productivity with accounts and internal partners.
• Articulate and sell concepts to business teams.
• Oversee day‑to‑day activities for product launches and refreshes.
• Maintain compliance, quality, and operational metrics such as product margin and alliances.
• Negotiate buying terms with suppliers (price, quantity, quality, delivery, etc.).
• Oversee execution of assortment launches.
• Create and update a product status smartsheet for internal and external tracking.
• Create SKUs for online stores and prepare product images.
• Assort styles and silhouettes based on past selling history, sales goals, and seasonal trends.
• Select color standards within seasonal color stories.
• Request graphic development and review with the design team.
• Review tech packs for accuracy with the design team.
• Review lab dips with the designer.
• Determine cost targets, MSRP, and quantities based on past SKUs and comparable items.
• Send development samples or lab dips to the client.
• Review TOP samples for accuracy and add to the sample library.

BDA's ideal Merchandiser is ambitious, detail‑oriented, comfortable working in cross‑functional teams, and passionate about the retail and e‑commerce industry. They are organized, have strong time‑management skills, and initiate and implement merchandise strategies.

• Experience initiating, recommending, and implementing merchandise strategies.
• Strong understanding and application of market intelligence.
• Understanding of retail and the service environment.
• Experience analyzing, interpreting, and applying consumer data.
• Track record building profitable assortment plans.
• Skilled in cross‑functional influence.
• Experience working with accounts or retail stores to deliver profitable and relevant assortments.
• Effective communication with cross‑divisional leadership.
• Consensus‑building skills – ability to persuade co‑workers of benefits of positive changes.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of work and experience.
• Minimum 3‑5 years of retail buying, product development, merchandising, and/or planning experience.
• Fluency in MS Office suite, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Oracle experience a plus.
• Experience working with UK and European suppliers is a plus.
• Proficiency in French, German, or another European language would be a plus.

Base salary range: £30,000 to £36,000. Compensation is determined by factors such as skills, education, experience, internal equity, and pay fairness, with starting salaries typically set within this range to allow room for growth over time.