F&F Commercial Assistant Merchandiser
Hatfield (Hertfordshire) Sales
Job description
We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:
· An annual bonus scheme which you can achieve up to 3.5% of base salary.
· Privilegecard (including a 2nd card for a family member) after 6 months service with 10% off most purchases at Tesco.
· A retirement savings plan - 4%-7.5% contribution rate
· Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
· Buy As You Earn Scheme
· Save As You Earn Scheme
· Deals & Discounts through Tesco including Tesco Mobile & Tesco Bank
· Deals and Discounts through many other external businesses
About The Job
The Assistant Merchandiser will support the Commercial Merchandiser by reviewing the Open to Buy requirements of our Franchise Partners and aligning these with the Critical Path of the Core F&F Product Teams to ensure a optimal stock package is delivered
Main Responsibilities
· Working with the Franchise Partner Teams (FPT) to ensure that the Core F&F Teams have the most accurate and relevant information to fulfil the OTB requirements.
· Conduct regular meetings with the Core F&F Teams to ensure that OTB requirement is met in line with the contracts, understand their current trading position and working with them to minimise the impacts of this on Franchise, updating the FPT and Store Stock Planning (SSP) with all outcomes of these meetings
· Work with Key Stake Holders within the company to ensure that Franchise are aware of key trading and strategy decisions from the Core F&F Team and how this will impact the range offered to the partners.
· Using the F&F Franchise strategies, ensure that all central tools such as WSSI and Range Plans are up to date
· Support the Commercial Manager with Critical Path management through provision of data and analysis
· Summarising intake and dispatch positions by Class or/and Market and compare these to requirement, understand the variances between them both and make suggestions where possible to ensure that risks are avoided and opportunities are gained.
· Help provide SSP with support to ensure that flows and continuity product have good availability throughout the season.
Ideal Candidate
Operational skills relevant for this role:
· Microsoft Office, in particular string Excel
· Effective written and verbal communication
· Stakeholder management
· Data analysis
Experience relevant for this role:
· Merchandising
· Appreciation of range building and trade planning processes, including Critical Path management
· Proven communication skills
· Experience of Franchise is a bonus but not essential.
About the Company
F&F is an international clothing business. We're making a real impact in the market, delivering great fashion at affordable prices. You will be part of an aspirational brand within a dynamic and energetic team. The culture is ambitious, fast-paced and fashion-fuelled. We like to surprise and delight our customers who have come to expect the unexpected from us in terms of product choice, affordable prices, our ethical underpinning and ultimately fashionability. No longer an emerging brand F&F is established and ready to take its place on the high street.
We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone is welcome and truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings to enable us to serve our shoppers a little better every day. We strive to create a workforce that reflects our customers not only here in the UK, but worldwide. Our aim is to attract and welcome a diverse range applicants from all walks of life and we would love to hear from you!
Desired profile
Ideal Candidate
Operational skills relevant for this role:
· Microsoft Office, in particular string Excel
· Effective written and verbal communication
· Stakeholder management
· Data analysis
Experience relevant for this role:
· Merchandising
· Appreciation of range building and trade planning processes, including Critical Path management
· Proven communication skills
· Experience of Franchise is a bonus but not essential.