Merchandiser - Product, Purchasing & Supply Chain

Salary: £35,000 per annum

Location: Edmonton, North London - On-site

Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9:00am-5:30pm Friday: 9:00am-4:30pm (Summer) / 9:00am-3:30pm (Winter)

Job Type: Full-time

Our client is an established UK B2B fabric wholesaler with a long-standing reputation within the textile industry and an exciting period of growth ahead.

We are looking for a highly organised, analytical and commercially aware Merchandiser to take ownership of the operational rhythm behind the Product & Purchasing function.

This is a hands-on role combining replenishment, purchasing, stock analysis, product data and inbound supply
. You will connect sales, stock, purchasing, suppliers, inbound logistics and Finance, ensuring the right information reaches the right people at the right time.

A key part of the role will be managing replenishment - understanding how products are performing, identifying what needs to be reordered and ensuring purchasing decisions are made early enough to maintain availability without creating unnecessary stock.

• Own the day-to-day replenishment process across established product ranges.

• Monitor sales, stock levels, stock cover, incoming quantities and supplier lead times.

• Identify products approaching reorder points and take action before stock becomes critical.

• Analyse whether existing products should be repeated, reduced, increased or discontinued.

• Build proposed repeat orders based on sales history, demand, current stock, incoming stock and lead times.

• Maintain a clear replenishment calendar across suppliers and product categories.

• Highlight potential stock-outs, excessive stock holdings and changes in demand.

• Present clear buying recommendations to the Head of Product where commercial decisions are required.

• Prepare and maintain accurate purchase orders and supporting information.

• Issue routine and replenishment orders directly to suppliers where agreed.

• Escalate larger, unusual or strategically important orders to the Head of Product.

• Track purchase orders from placement through production and shipment.

• Maintain accurate expected production and delivery dates.

• Proactively chase delays and highlight exceptions before they become problems.

• Own the operational process for creating new products within company systems.

• Ensure product codes, descriptions, costs, compositions, widths, supplier references and other required information are accurate.

• Maintain high standards of product and purchasing data.

• Ensure supplier and product changes are accurately reflected across relevant systems.

• Support the Head of Product in converting new ranges from development into commercially ready products.

• Maintain visibility of incoming purchase orders and shipments.

• Coordinate information required for inbound shipments, ensuring quantities, values and timings are accurate.

• Track deliveries from supplier through to receipt into the warehouse.

• Work closely with the internal goods-in function to ensure inbound products are processed correctly.

• Investigate discrepancies between purchase orders, supplier documentation, shipments and received quantities.

• Maintain accurate landed-cost information and ensure relevant freight and duty costs are captured.

• Flag delays and recommend priorities where shipment or container capacity is constrained.

• Work closely with Finance and the inbound team to ensure supplier invoices correspond with purchase orders and shipment values.

• Investigate discrepancies in quantities, pricing and supplier charges.

• Ensure purchasing information provided to Finance is complete and accurate.

• Support accurate landed-cost calculations to maintain reliable product margins and costing information.

• Maintain day-to-day communication with suppliers regarding orders, production status, quantities and delivery dates.

• Escalate commercial negotiations, product issues and supplier claims to the Head of Product.

• Produce regular analysis of stock performance and replenishment requirements.

• Identify fast-moving, slow-moving and underperforming products.

• Highlight changing sales patterns to the Head of Product.

• Provide analysis to support buying and shipment priorities.

• Continually improve the information used to make purchasing decisions.

• Work closely with Product, Sales, Warehouse, Inbound and Finance teams.

• Maintain a reliable flow of product and…