Junior Collection Merchandiser for Motorcycle

at  Belstaff

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Product Strategy

• Building a Motorcycle collection with product capable of achieving channel and region sales plans (in conjunction with the Collection Merchandiser and Head of Motorcycle)
• Consistently looking at category and style building blocks in order to maximise sales opportunities with both existing products and new product opportunities
• Conducting regular analysis of product opportunities, based on historical data and industry insights
• Compiling seasonal competitor and market research to build an ongoing understanding of pricing and product trends in the marketplace

Range Planning

• Creating the seasonal merchandising plan by category, number of styles/options, mix and sales targets units/value, to reflect the core brand aesthetic whilst improving adoption rate (with direction from the Collection Merchandiser and Head of Motorcycle)
• Supporting the team to keep line details populated with the most up to date information
• Coordinating sample distribution to sales Showrooms and agents
• Completing target pricing at style level and supporting the product teams to ensure target margins are met and standardised
• Defining and proposing the carryover product lists
• Producing and leveraging the end of season selling hindsight report to create a balanced range plan

Trade

• Creating DTC trade reports and summaries for further discussion in the weekly DTC meeting
• Drawing data based conclusions on performance and suggesting actions to maximise sales and mitigate any risks
• Work closely with the Collection Merchandiser, Head of Motorcycle, Head of Retail, Store Managers and Ecommerce team, to ensure regular communication on trade, stock levels and markdown / promotional roll outs

Planning

• Ensuring fabric forecasts are provided in collaboration with Production in accordance with the raw material order deadline and that figures are fed into the OTB sign off documents
• Supporting with the DTC assortment with channel leads
• Post launch of new season PO’s, ensuring that Launch tracker is maintained and circulated to relevant stakeholders, highlighting any risks to sales or planned VM and Marketing initiatives
• Working with production on inbound deliveries and sharing all updates with relevant stakeholders