Kurt Geiger | About Us
We are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in-house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.
We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism
Responsibilities:
- Producing weekly trading reports to summarise, analyse & identify key drivers with the view to propose any necessary trading action.
- Review and reforecast continuity lines on a regular basis
- Assist the Merchandiser on continual trade, identifying lines for promotion, repeats and risk assessment
- Establish and maintain strong supplier relationships, through regular meetings and contact
- Manage intake into the warehouse in conjunction with the buying team, warehouse and suppliers
- Working closely with MAAs to manage intake, allocation of stock and other admin tasks
- Identify, cost and propose markdown activity with the Merchandiser for monthly presentations to Head of Merchandising.
- Responsible for trading key category areas.
- Produce weekly trading reports for Monday meetings at category level
- Ability to make trade decisions on the strength or weakness of sales using merchandising tools & monitor, update team weekly
- Work closely with brands to place in season repeats and to address slower turning stock.
- Cost markdown proposal for mid and end of season sales
- Produce all colour, price, sizing and ad hoc analysis on the range regularly working to tight and demanding deadlines
- Establishing and maintaining relationships across the business
- Work closely with the buying/design team
Requirements
The Person:
- Passionate about Merchandising in a fashion environment
- Previous experience as an Assistant Merchandiser required
- Enjoys working with numbers and a strong team player
Benefits
- Competitive basic salary
- Pension and life assurance
- Enviable discounts
If you're successful, you will work for a business which recognises that amazing people are the key to driving our business forward and fulfil our vision of being the world's leading multi-channel retailer of luxury branded shoes and accessories. We are a fast-paced business where no two days are the same, so you will need to be adaptable; but we will reward your hard-work, commitment and loyalty with a fantastic benefits package and very real opportunities for progression.
We Are One
For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness | For Freedom | Against Racism
