Location: Manchester
Type: Permanent
Industry: FMCG
Job Ref: TGN5139
The Company:
We are seeking a highly organised and enthusiastic Merchandiser to join our Brands Team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in managing our in-house brands and customer contract orders. This position involves a variety of tasks, including raising internal purchase orders, managing critical paths, and coordinating with various departments to ensure seamless operations.
Benefits:
- Hybrid working
- Flexi working hours
- Birthday day off
- Cycle to work scheme
- Pension scheme
- Bonus structure
- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- Relaxed and inclusive working culture
- Regular social events
The Role:
- Raise internal purchase orders for both in-house brand stock ranges and customer contract orders on our database.
- Keep purchase orders up to date with any date, price, and style changes, and ensure factories have these details.
- Order packaging and barcode stickers from nominated label suppliers (care labels, brand labels, price labelling).
- Dispatch labels to our suppliers in the Far East.
- Assist the team in managing critical paths by chasing in-lab dips, print strike-offs, bulk fabric, and sample submissions (sealer samples, pre-produc2on samples, production samples, press samples).
- Approve and check barcode layouts and packing lists prior to goods shipping.
- Coordinate with our photography team to ensure they have garments for photoshoots and that images are up to date for the sales team and website.
- Receive and log in new development samples on our database.
- Maintain our fabric library.
Skill Required:
- Highly organized and competent in managing multiple tasks.
- Accurate and detail-oriented in all aspects of work.
- Enthusiastic and eager to learn new processes and systems.
- Excellent team player with strong communication and coordination skills.
- Experience in merchandising or a related field is preferred.
- Proficiency in using database systems and familiarity with the fashion industry is a plus.