We have an exciting opportunity at Jimmy Choo for a Merchandising Assistant to join the Shoes Merchandising team based at the Head Office in London, in a permanent position reporting to the Merchandising Manager.
Key responsibilities and duties
Support during the development and selling of the collection
- Support the Merchandising team in updating key development documents and tools such as sample launch file and collection grid
- Support the team during the set up and maintenance of the collection overviews and internal documents for selling
- Set up and maintenance of the collection offer in the Product Management System (PLM) as well as in JOOR
- Coordinate timely receipt of first set of samples in London, ensure samples are carefully unpacked, tracked and displayed in the showroom
- Coordinate and monitor sample shipments between showrooms
Elaboration of Market studies
- Analysis of competition in terms of prices, offer, structure of collection, materials etc.
- Trend analysis
- Ad-hoc analysis as requested by the Merchandising team
In depth analysis of sell-in and sell-out results
- Detailed sales analysis by product type, function, region etc, identifying best & worst sellers and highlighting potential opportunities within the collection
- Supporting with weekly sell-out reporting
Skills, experience and qualifications
- Graduate Calibre (or equivalent)
- Experience in working for a fashion brand
- Advanced Excel skills, Product Management Software skills
- Commercial and analytical (good interpreter of information and story teller)
- Excellent communication skills, detail conscious, problem solver, planner, organised thinker able to work under pressure, deadline and delivery driven
