JOB PURPOSE

Burberry is looking for a talented assistant to join the Womenswear team. Collaborating closely across the Collection Merchandising team and with cross-functional peers in Sourcing, Retail Merchandising team, Product Development and Design, the Merchandising team initiate and own the end to end process of managing a product range. Operating in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment, we are recruiting an Assistant Merchandiser to join the Women’s team to support the development of the strategic plan for the product category.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own data accuracy in PLM, BOARD, NU ORDER, EDIT systems ensuring all information are up to date
• Conduct competitive analysis including trends and pricing analysis to drive pricing architecture guidance for the collection
• Prepare analysis sales reports on a style, fabric and colour selling level using excel to inform future design development
• Assist in building seasonal range-plans, product & pricing strategies and prepare all market documents
• Organise and coordinate collection notes and buying guides
• Assist in the global brand buy process with the regional teams
• Coordinate and support all administration duties relating to market training for the Merchandising team
• Monitor CADs creation and visual line list updates due to high amount of information in and used by all divisions
• Have a close relationship with showroom to support on sample management
• Deliver any ad hoc administration and assistant duties to ensure smooth running of the team
• Assist on the collection presentation slides and product knowledge pack
• Keep track of deadlines in calendar and monitor shared to do list