Junior Branch Merchandiser

London, England, United Kingdom

12/12/2024

Overview

We are very excited that Mountain Warehouse has recently acquired Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) an US based outdoor retailer, as of 30th August 2024.

Founded in 1967, EMS has grown from its first store in Wellesley, Massachusetts, to a beloved New England retailer known for affordable, reliable outdoor gear. EMS has built strong partnerships with top brands like The North Face, Smartwool, and Oboz, alongside its own trusted product line.

We now share a commitment with EMS to offer high-quality, accessible outdoor gear. Together, we provide a wide range of durable clothing, footwear, and equipment for hiking, camping, and exploring nature. Prioritising functionality, reliability, and value, the combined brands aim to ensure outdoor enthusiasts are well-prepared for any adventure.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, resourceful, hardworking Junior Retail Trader/Branch Merchandiser who will grow with the company and add value to our fast growing team. This person will report into the Global Trading Manager and will be responsible for delivering regional performance objectives, in line with the seasonal and global growth strategy. Accountable for retail stock allocation/replenishment and performance KPIs, delivering stock to fulfil regional budgets, and trading the retail stores in the most profitable way.

What You'll Be Doing

• Delivers category and territory specific retail sales, profit, and availability KPIs. Responsible for trading stock once it hits a DC, in line with product life cycle. Using analysis to quantify risks and opportunity and then communicating to leadership team
• Is a regional expert, knows the key needs of region, champions those needs to the wider business, doing whatever they can to ensure the stock packages in a region are fit for purpose. Feeding knowledge and lessons learnt into future buying strategy.
• Launches promotional events in store, maximising opportunities and ensuring timely allocation to meet launch dates.
• Responsible for regional availability, managing the balance of stock between web and retail, maintaining accurate distribution forecasts, and ensuring that stocks are sufficient to achieve performance KPIs.
• Strong relationship with Retail teams, communicating key information to support them in trading the regions. Visits stores frequently, understands opportunities and communicates feedback effectively.
• Follows through the season launch critical path, ensuring that all key actions are executed on time.
• Responsible for the timely and best possible launch of new stores, communicating and addressing any issues to wider business, tailoring the range to the market and profile needs.
• Identifies and communicate sales/stock risk and opportunities across regions and markdowns/mark ups required to maximise sell through/profit.
• Has strong relationship with supply chain to ensure stock is distributed as efficiently as possible. Trading the warehouse stock pot to clear stocks in line with identified product live-cycle and margin budgets, whilst balancing store needs.
• Leads by example, as a role model within trading and the EMS team
• Develops, coaches and supports team members to fulfil their potential, through regular one to ones, setting clear SMART objectives and delivering best practice always, creating succession plans
• Identifies process opportunities for improving efficiencies and supports system developments and improvements
• Close communication with Retail, Merchandising and Supply chain
  
  

We'd love to meet someone with

• Allocation/replenishment tools - expert level
• Previous experience of Branch Merchandising/ Retail Trading
• Knowledge of retail operations/supply chain process
• Commerciality, energy and passion
  
  

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Holiday allowance
• 50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends
• Pension scheme
  
  

In 1997, we launched Mountain Warehouse to make the outdoors accessible to everyone by offering value for money product and exemplary customer service.

The outdoor industry had become very jargon heavy and we wanted to create a brand that would cater to our mothers and our neighbour’s kids as well as seasoned professionals who understood the technology.

Our expansion since then has seen the brand grow and the product evolve, but the small family business that makes EMS special has remained. Great product is at the heart of everything we do.

As we expand internationally we employ a team of dedicated diverse people to offer our valued customers the best possible experience when visiting our stores, shopping online and putting our range through its paces.

Welcome to our journey.