Assistant / Junior Merchandiser

Assistant / Junior Merchandiser

Full Time

Maternity Cover, 1 year contract

Job Description

PINCH is one of the UK's most prestigious, creative and successful furniture brands, created by Russell Pinch and Oona Bannon. Since 2004, we have been designing and distributing award-winning, contemporary furniture and lighting to a global audience. We are a company with an uncompromising idea of what makes a perfect piece of furniture, and our customers rely on us to deliver impeccable products and personal service.

We are looking for a systems-literate, detail-oriented, and energetic individual to support the Merchandising team. In this role, the Assistant Merchandiser will ensure accurate, real-time inventory tracking and align stock levels with demand. The role is crucial in providing accurate sales and inventory data to the wider team, driving operational efficiency and ensuring we are making informed commercial decisions.

The role will appeal to someone who loves to cross off their task list, collaborating and communicating well with other colleagues and external 3rd parties, can think and work efficiently, whilst respecting the need for rigour and accuracy in their output.

Key responsibilities include:

• Reporting and analysis - Provide insights into performance and key drivers on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and seasonal basis. Update the Monday Trade reports and support the Head of Operations with key performance insights. Update and analyse the weekly Sales by Line, suggesting actions and flag risks to ensure we are optimising opportunities and trading into product effectively. Identify slow-moving products and work with sales and marketing to increase performance. Support on ad-hoc sales and inventory analysis.
• Inventory management and reconciliation - Track inventory, conduct stock reconciliations weekly on the system using a stock, sales and intake calculation to ensure there is never any missing stock. Manage the clean-up of open purchase and sales orders to ensure inventory is always accurate. Report the end of month stock holding to the Finance team. Work with the Location Owners to manage the inventory of their locations and ensure accuracy maintained on the system at all times.
• Stock distribution and allocations - Monitor and optimise stock movement across all sales channels to maximise opportunities. Complete the daily allocations. Manage the Transfer Tracker ensuring stock moved between locations efficiently and is reflected in the system.
• Stock counts - Manage and participate in the monthly stock count at our 3PL warehouse. Reconcile and write a report for each stock count. Arrange and participate in the annual global stock count and then analyse and reconcile the results from each count vs the system. Report discrepancies to the Head of Operations and FD if they arise between the physical stock and system records.
• Intake management - Closely monitor intake flow into the business weekly, ensure the system is always accurate and up to date. Work with the suppliers to ensure intake is on time and in full vs their PO. Communicate a forecasted view of intake by week for the next month to our 3PL warehouse.
• Goods In - Ensure all products and components are stocked into the business in real time. Work with the Purchasing Coordinator to create Assembly Orders to ensure components are built into products on the system and then transferred into our 3PL. Ensure daily updates of stock levels, and close deliveries promptly. Work closely with our 3PL to ensure the system is updated quickly and accurately.
• Demand planning and forecasting - Update the line flows weekly and work with the Head of Operations and Purchasing team to maximise on sales potential whilst balancing a strong in stock % position of the best performing products.Ensure stock aligns with demand and sales forecasts, assisting with efficient stock allocation across channels (online, retail, wholesale, etc.). Support in ensuring both UK and US entities of the business have sufficient stock levels in key continuity lines.

What you need to be successful in this role:

• To work in line with the PINCH values.
• Very strong Excel skills.
• To continually review processes and controls, initiating improvements for best practice.
• Develop an excellent working knowledge of the ERP system, Brightpearl.
• Ability to manage and prioritise a busy workload.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Commercial awareness.
• Proficiency of retail calculations, key metrics and numerically strong.
• Adaptable and flexible to changing priorities.
• Be detail oriented, meticulous and highly motivated.
• Joined-up thinker able to work between departments seeing processes through from start to finish.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Fluent in English, both spoken and written.

Line Manager - Head of Operations

Location

Based at the PINCH Studio (SW9 6DE)

Hours

Monday to Friday 9am - 6pm