Product Merchandiser – Berghaus EMEA

at  Pentland Brands

29 August 2024
Job ID: 2045
Permanent - Full Time
Regional Merchandising
Sunderland
We’re Pentland Brands; a dynamic, global family business, and proud owners and licensees of many iconic active and footwear brands. With a community of over 1,300 team members worldwide, we embrace diversity and inclusion, and champion growth and development. Our success is built on teamwork, courage, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

WHAT’S THE MISSION FOR THIS ROLE?

Acting as a support to the Head of Product Merchandising with close links to the EMEA commercial teams & Berghaus brand & product teams you will build, brief, forecast and deliver successful ranges for our Berghaus EMEA Strategic Customers. You will be working cross functionally to make sure we have the right product, right time in context of our customer and consumer needs. Always looking at the world through a data driven lens to ensure we are clear on expectation, drive productivity and support our ambitious market plans for the Berghaus brand in the European region.

AS OUR PRODUCT MERCHANDISER YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

Building & briefing Berghaus Exclusives & SMU line plans for our strategic customers:
Lead the co-creation of successful line plans and product briefs
Partner with our commercial team to deliver co-creation sessions, pre-lines & sell-in meetings
Creating future-focussed, multi-season product plans aligned to the Berghaus global product strategy:
Build product flow plans maximising right product, right time, right place for our strategic customers
Embedding a data driven approach, delivering playback analysis & a robust lesson learned process for all key functions which shapes the forward plan.
Owning key merchandising KPI metrics including sales revenue, gross margin, SCO efficiency and product adoption & execution measures.

WHAT DO I BRING TO THE ROLE

You might be our next superstar if you have the following skills and experience:
High numeracy levels with a keen eye for detail
Effective communication and excellent collaborator, confident leading cross-functional teams and dealing with colleagues & customers at all levels including management
Previous experience within Product Management / Product Merchandising / Project Management functions
Commercially aware to maximise sales and profit opportunities
Use of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Experience of working in a sports / outdoor apparel business an advantage
Line management experience an advantage, but not essential
We want you to live our company principles, bringing a strong consumer focus, while always looking for ways to improve and grow in your role. Take ownership of your work and be proactive in solving problems whilst communicating openly and treating everyone with respect and kindness. And, of course, let your creativity shine by bringing your unique style and individuality to the Pentland Brands Team.