Description

Browns Fashion
Disruptive, unexpected and revolutionary in our own way... Browns changed the course of retail and fashion history forever when it opened in 1970. Born in London but celebrated globally, we're the one-stop shop for the best luxury fashion including established designers and emerging talent; renowned for our influence in fashion and style, and our innovative approach to retail and high-level service. Powered by Farfetch, we continue to disrupt the retail landscape to deliver a global luxury shopping experience of the future, championing creativity and originality. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Together we are here to make a difference and to spread kindness. We welcome differences, empower individuality and celebrate diverse skills and perspectives, creating an inclusive environment for everyone.
Merchandising
We support the business to maximise commercial opportunities through effective management of Browns inventory, driving sales and profit through strategic trade actions, seasonal planning and markdown management. We support all channels to deliver the best results across our stores, brownsfashion.com and Farfetch.
The Role
The Assistant Merchandiser provides day to day operational and strategic support to the Merchandiser, and working alongside the buying team will review and react to performance using key trade levers in order to help achieve the department targets.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
You will analyse trade performance to identify best and worst sellers, and taking action in order to maximise sales opportunities
You will monitor intake into the business, working with buying and the upstream team to identify opportunities or risk and take relevant action
You will support the Merchandiser and Buying team during seasonal strategy planning, reviewing lessons learnt for your department and presenting to senior management
You will provide brand analysis and insights during market to support buying decisions
You will help build brand relationships by providing data and analysis for key brands
You will support store rotations and management of stock movement to ensure our stores amaze customers and meets commercial needs of the business, working closely retail and buying.
You will support the merchandiser during end of season markdown, collating feedback from brands and wider market to inform our MD strategy.
WHO YOU ARE
You are a strategic thinker with an emphasis on operational excellence.
You are commercially minded and able to identify opportunities and risks across the business.
You are solution focused and can combine analytical capabilities and creative thinking to create practical insights and solutions.
You are collaborative, working cross functionally to support the business day to day and on ad hoc projects