JD Sports Iberia

Merchandiser

JD Sports Iberia  •  Bury, GB (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

JD Sports Fashion plc

Merchandiser

Outdoors

Responsible To: Associate Director of Merchandising Outdoor

Operating Ratio: 50/50 Current/Future
Department: Merchandising
Location: JD Sports Fashion PLC, Edinburgh House, Hollinsbrook Way, Pilsworth, Bury, BL9 8RR

To lead the team across all channels to deliver Sales, Markdown, Stock, Intake and Profit Plans. Be influential in the implementing of change to achieve company goals/objectives.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

Planning

Drive the review of the previous season and capture lessons learned

Drive the strategy for the department and present

Review the SMT plan at Buyer Group/Season annually and apply plan at Category/Season level to meet the Buyer Group/Season plan

Quarterly plan at Category/Season level with the Buyer to submit a plan on the System that reflects the best possible mix of product to deliver the KPI’s

Attend selection/pre-selection meetings with the Buyer and suppliers

Plan the pre-scheduling to meet the range plan – in conjunction with Assistant Merchandisers

the ratio’s for all buys in conjunction with merchandise teams.

Ensure that the Buy matches the plan Buy

Be responsible for the pushing of the business forward through proposing new ways of working and planning and be the driving force in implementing

Ensures Buying and Merchandising plans tie in with financial stock targets (sales, stock and intake)

Ensures supplier terms are utilised to hit company targets.

Trading

Review weekly trading performance and achieved KPI’s, identifying Issues and the course of action in preparation for the weekly trading meetings

Propose and agree actions to recover risk and maximise opportunities with the Buyer at category and line level.

Monthly – Capture all agreed actions in the monthly forecast reviews

Work up the forecast from category/Season level to Buyer Group

Meet and gain approval : Incorporating

Forecasting any sales variance to plan

Creation of OTB’s

Management of commitments – On time delivery, rebuys cancellations

Markdown proposals

Manage the range plan in Season reflecting any changes

Create and Manage/monitor sell out dates against all products

Manage Intake at category and line level

Teamwork

Work with the Buyer to deliver the plan

Guide and direct the Merchandising Team to help deliver the plan

Work closely with the multi-channel team to help deliver the plan.

Establish working relationships with Store Operations, Visuals, Marketing, Finance DC etc.

Team development right up to Merchandiser helping the business to facilitate internal promotion/strengthening of the teams.

Work with online marketing executives to optimise the website.

Key Deliverables

Attend all Systems courses to enable full utilisation of the System

Adhere to the Merchandise Calendar delivery plans and forecasts as required

Focus on Training and developing your team ‘On-The-Job’

Achieve company Sales, Margins, and stock plans.

Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed:

Experience within a similar merchandising role is essential

Worked to/within financial KPI’S within previous role is advantageous

We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.

Thank you for your time

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JD Sports Iberia

About JD Sports Iberia

In 2012, JD Sports expanded into the Spanish market, and you can now find us across all of Iberia. We combine the best of physical and digital retail to offer a compelling consumer proposition, with over 4,500 JD stores across 36 territories worldwide.

Established in 1981 with a single store in the North West of England, JD Sports is a leading sports fashion multi-channel retailer of branded sports and casual wear. We are proud to offer customers the latest products from globally recognised brands such as Nike, adidas, Puma and The North Face, with strong private labels such as Pink Soda and Supply & Demand.

We inspire our people to reach for higher levels of performance. To achieve these standards, we only recruit the best! All of our colleagues are highly skilled, self-motivated and constantly pursue perfection. The opportunity to progress arise quickly for those with the right qualities and ambition.

We encourage our people to seek ways to improve our business by challenging how we merchandise, sell and manage the business, being creative and always thinking forward by suggesting alternative solutions.

Colleagues from all levels of the organisation come together to solve problems and seize all opportunities.

Our people are at the core of JD Sports and everything we do – could you be the next colleague to join the King of Trainers?

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Alicante/Alacant, ES
Year Founded
1981
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