Senior Merchandiser

Senior Merchandiser

Activewear | High-Performing Brand | Leadership Opportunity | Outstanding Culture | £50k - £60k

The strongest-performing brands in the group.

We're delighted to be partnering with a highly successful retail brand to recruit a Senior Merchandiser. This is a pivotal appointment within a business that has built a strong reputation for consistent growth, exceptional people and an outstanding culture.

Part of a wider portfolio of successful brands, this business continues to outperform its peers through its customer-first approach, commercial mindset and investment in its people. It's also a business where people genuinely enjoy coming to work, reflected in its exceptionally low staff turnover.

If you're looking for a role where you'll have the opportunity to influence strategy, develop a team and make a visible commercial impact, this could be the perfect next step.

The Opportunity

As Senior Merchandiser, you'll take ownership of a key activewear category, leading both the strategic and day-to-day merchandising function.

Working closely with Buying and the wider leadership team, you'll ensure the category delivers against ambitious growth plans while developing and inspiring your team to perform at their best.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading, coaching and developing a merchandising team to achieve both commercial and personal objectives.

• Owning the WSSI, ensuring robust planning, forecasting and in-season management.

• Managing Open-to-Buy (OTB) to maximise stock investment and profitability.

• Driving in-season trading decisions through detailed analysis of sales, stock and margin performance.

• Identifying risks and opportunities, implementing actions to maximise sales and profit.

• Building strong partnerships with Buying, Supply Chain and Finance to deliver commercial objectives.

• Presenting trading performance and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.

• Continuously reviewing and improving merchandising processes to support future growth.

About You

You'll be an experienced Merchandiser or Senior Merchandiser with a passion for product, people and trading.

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Previous experience leading and developing merchandising teams.

• Strong commercial trading experience within a retail environment.

• Advanced knowledge of WSSI, Open-to-Buy (OTB) and inventory planning.

• Excellent analytical skills with the confidence to make commercially driven decisions.

• The ability to build strong relationships and influence stakeholders across the business.

• A collaborative leadership style and a genuine passion for developing others.

Why Join?

• Join one of the highest-performing brands within a successful retail group.

• Be part of a business with consistent year-on-year growth.

• Outstanding culture with genuinely low staff turnover.

• Work alongside talented, collaborative people who are passionate about what they do.

• A genuine opportunity to influence the direction of a growing activewear category.

• Excellent career development within a successful retail group.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious merchandising leader who enjoys combining strategic thinking with hands-on trading and wants to join a business where they'll be empowered to make a real difference.

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