Junior Retail Trading Manager

Overview We are seeking an enthusiastic, resourceful, hardworking Junior Branch Merchandiser who will grow with the company and add value to our fast-growing team. This person will deliver category specific retail sales, profit, and availability KPIs for a smaller region or category than a Branch Merchandiser. Responsible for trading stock once it hits a DC, in line with product life cycle. The key interface between demand planning and Retail teams. Manages a territory to ensure that retail space and availability is potentialised, and that retail profit is maximised. What you'll be doing Delivers category and territory specific retail sales, profit, and availability KPIs. Responsible for trading stock once it hits a DC, in line with product life cycle. Using analysis to quantify risks and opportunities and then communicating to the leadership team. Is a regional expert, knows the key needs of the region, champions those needs to the wider business, doing whatever they can to ensure the stock packages in a region are fit for purpose. Feeding knowledge and lessons learnt into future buying strategy. Launches promotional events in-store, maximising opportunities and ensuring timely allocation to meet launch dates. Responsible for regional availability, managing the balance of stock between web and retail, maintaining accurate distribution forecasts, and ensuring that stocks are sufficient to achieve performance KPIs. Strong relationship with Retail teams, communicating key information to support them in trading the regions. Visits stores frequently, understands opportunities and communicates feedback effectively. Follows through the season launch critical path, ensuring that all key actions are executed on time. Responsible for the timely and best possible launch of new stores, communicating and addressing any issues to the wider business, tailoring the range to the market and profile needs. Identifies and communicates sales/stock risk and opportunities across regions and markdowns/mark-ups required to maximise sell-through/profit. Has a strong relationship with supply chain to ensure stock is distributed as efficiently as possible. Trading the warehouse stock pot to clear stocks in line with identified product life-cycle and margin budgets, whilst balancing store needs. Leads by example, as a role model within the Branch Team. Develops, coaches, and supports team members to fulfil their potential, through regular one-to-ones, setting clear SMART objectives and delivering best practice always, creating succession plans. Identifies process opportunities for improving efficiencies and supports system developments and improvements. Close communication with Retail, Merchandising, and Supply chain. We'd love to meet someone with Allocation/replenishment tools - expert level. Previous experience of Branch Merchandising/Retail Trading. Knowledge of retail operations/supply chain process. Commerciality, energy, and passion. What’s in it for you? Competitive salary and benefits package. 50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends. In 1997, we launched Mountain Warehouse to make the outdoors accessible to everyone by offering value for money products and exemplary customer service. The outdoor industry had become very jargon-heavy and we wanted to create a brand that would cater to our mothers and our neighbour’s kids as well as seasoned professionals who understood the technology. Our expansion since then has seen the brand grow and the product evolve, but the small family business that makes EMS special has remained. Great product is at the heart of everything we do. As we expand internationally, we employ a team of dedicated diverse people to offer our valued customers the best possible experience when visiting our stores, shopping online and putting our range through its paces.

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