Merchandiser

Harding Retail; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cruise retail company is seeking a Merchandiser for their Lifestyle Category in Bristol. The role requires expertise in fashion merchandising, advanced planning, and analytical skills. Responsibilities include managing stock allocation, analyzing sales data, and ensuring products are available at the right time. This hybrid position offers competitive remuneration and a range of benefits, emphasizing the need for adaptability and strong customer awareness.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual company-related bonus

Pension

Health care

26 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience in Fashion merchandising, with advanced planning and analytical skills, including Excel.
• Flexible approach to work, adapting quickly to unexpected changes.
• Good judgement and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage stock allocation and onboard inventory levels.
• Analyse sales and stock performance data for informed replenishment decisions.
• Coordinate smooth flow of stock across the fleet.

Skills

Fashion merchandising experience

Advanced planning skills

Analytical skills

Excel proficiency

Customer awareness

Market awareness

Organizational skills

Job description

Overview

Here at Harding+, we are currently recruiting for a Merchandiser to join the team within our Lifestyle Category. We are looking for someone who is passionate about Fashion Merchandising and used to working within a fast paced retail environment ideally with own brand experience.

It’s a great time to join our Merchandising team, as a growing and scaling retailer with a twist, working and innovating together helps us realise our purpose to ‘make every cruise better’.

About the role:

As a Merchandiser for Harding+, you’ll play a key role in keeping our ships stocked, trading and performing at their best. Working closely with the team, you’ll drive effective stock allocation and onboard inventory levels, ensuring the right products are in the right place at the right time to maximise sales.

You’ll use data and performance insight to drive smart replenishment decisions, balancing availability, efficiency and commercial opportunity our ships.

Based in Avonmouth on a hybrid working basis – 2/3 days per week.

Compensation – competitive salary, annual company related bonus, pension, 4 x life assurance, healthcare, 26 days leave annually

What you will be doing

You’ll manage stock allocation and onboard inventory levels, ensuring products are available where and when they’re needed most. You’ll analyse sales and stock performance data to make informed replenishment decisions that drive availability, minimise risk and maximise sales. Working closely with Buyers, Shipboard Retail Managers, Area Managers, Logistics and Marketing, you’ll coordinate the smooth flow of stock across the fleet and help every ship trade at its best.

About you

• Experience in Fashion merchandising, with advanced planning and analytical skills, including Excel
• Flexible approach to work, adapting quickly and effectively to unexpected changes
• Good judgement and decision-making skills, confident in suggesting calculated risks
• Strong customer awareness and understanding
• Passionate about product, strong market and brand awareness
• Exceptionally organised, methodical, and efficient, to meet deadlines
• Must have an existing right of eligibility to work in the UK

Key Attributes – trust, collaboration, respect, passion, drive, resilience

About us

Harding+ is leading the way in innovative onboard cruise retailing, working closely with our cruise line partners and brand partners to ‘make every cruise better’. We stay at the forefront of retailing and consistently provide outstanding customer service, culminating in winning the Cruise Retailer of the Year award for 2022 and 2023.

Harding+ is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify, and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Harding+.