ThatsPersonal.com - Senior Manager - Merchandising

Merchandiser need to have drive, resilience and self-motivation along with numerical skills. A large part of the job is analysing the figures derived by other team members. Strategic thinking should sure compliment analytical skills. He/She needs to make decisions about how the products should be sold in, how much stock should be placed on orders and whether a product should be restocked. He/She needs to understand the numbers and then forecast and make recommendations accordingly.

Typical responsibilities of the job include:

- Working closely with buyers and other team members to plan product ranges

- Maintaining a good reputation with Brand partners (Intl and Local) + Eco System

- Managing budgets

- Affinity for working with numbers and analysis

- Predicting sales and profits

- Negotiating quantities and delivery time-scales

- Supervising the Pre-Shipment and Post shipment activities with complete charge

- The ability to use database and spreadsheet software

- Handling supply/production problems as they arise

- Setting stock promotions/price reductions as appropriate

- Making financial presentations to senior managers

- Assessing sales performance of different ranges

Key skills for merchandiser

- Commercial awareness

- Confidence

- Able to cope with pressure

- Exposure to Import buying and government licensing tasks

- Team working skills

- Communication skills

- Interpersonal skills

- Leadership skills

- Strong numerical and analytical skills

- IT skills

- Decision-making skills

- Organisational skills