Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world.
JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.
We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Lead and support team providing guidance and direction.
• Analytical, data driven and highly numerate.
• Keen eye for detail and ability to accurately enter and check data.
• Strategic approach and more long-term thinking.
• Independent decision maker able to provide justification for all decisions made.
• Critical thinker to support with delivering the best commercial decision and effective solution.
• Confident communicator able to build and maintain relationships at all levels.
• Able to take ownership of work and use initiative to deliver on key responsibilities.
• Strong teamwork skills, being able to work collaboratively to reach a common goal, sharing information and supporting colleagues.
• Positive, flexible, and responsive to business needs.
• Curious with a continuous learning mindset.
• Strong knowledge of Excel.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

The Merchandiser plays a key role within the Merchandising function, providing vital support to the Merchandising team to achieve optimum efficiency and to deliver the department plan on customer, sales, and profit.
The Merchandiser takes responsibility for ensuring the right stock and intake is available for our customers, continually looking for opportunities to maximise the potential of both product and stores, whilst working collaboratively within the Merchandising team and key areas of the business. The Merchandiser is also responsible for leading and managing a team.

ROLE OBJECTIVES AND KPIS:

To support the Merchandising team to effectively deliver departmental goals and KPIs – sales, profit, and stock - across all channels (stores and digital), maximising commercial opportunities.