Merchandiser, Retail

Merchandiser (Stores) | British Lifestyle Brand | Real Growth Potential | Hybrid Working 4/1

Location:

London - South West
Salary:
Competitive + benefits (Up to £60k)
Reporting to:
Head of Merchandising

About the Role:

We're partnering with one of the UK's best-performing lifestyle brands to find a Merchandiser with a strong store focus to join their team.
This is a business with genuine British heritage and a fiercely loyal customer base, built on a simple promise: good product, at a fair and affordable price. It's growing exponentially across every channel, part of a wider group of brands, and now operates over 100 stores and counting - with no signs of slowing down. Off the back of consistently strong, profitable performance, this is a business investing in its future, not just managing the present.
This role is store-focused at its core, so we're looking for someone who genuinely understands what makes stores work - grading, allocation, and getting the right product to the right store at the right time.

The Role:

As Merchandiser, you'll take ownership of store performance within your category, ensuring stock is allocated and distributed in a way that maximises sales and availability across the estate. Key responsibilities will include:

* Managing store grading, ensuring the store base is accurately segmented to reflect trading potential and local customer demand

* Owning allocation strategy, ensuring the right product reaches the right stores at the right time, in the right quantities

* Building and maintaining sales, stock and intake plans across the store estate

* Analysing store-level trade weekly, identifying under- and over-performing locations and recommending clear, commercial action

* Partnering with Buying and Retail teams to ensure range and space plans reflect store grading and local demand

* Managing markdown and stock transfer strategy to protect availability and margin across the estate

* Building strong relationships with Retail Operations and store teams to understand on-the-ground trading dynamics

About You:

* Proven experience as a Merchandiser with strong exposure to store grading and allocation, ideally within a multi-store retailer of a similar scale (100+ stores)

* Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate store-level data into clear, commercially sound decisions

* A genuine understanding of how store estates trade differently by location, format and customer base

* Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage a large, varied store base

* Confident communicator, able to work closely with Retail teams and represent store performance clearly to the wider business

* Strong Excel skills; experience with allocation/planning systems is advantageous
What's On

Offer:

* The opportunity to join one of the UK's best-performing lifestyle brands, with a loyal customer base and genuine British heritage

* A business that's growing exponentially across all channels, part of a wider, ambitious group

* Strong, profitable performance and continued investment in the team

* The chance to play a key role in a growing estate of 100+ stores and counting
Interested? Get in touch to find out more or apply today
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