Merchandising Manager

The Company

We’re partnering with a luxury British lifestyle brand with a distinctive identity and big plans for growth. Known for its premium products and loyal global following, the business is founder-led, fast-moving and continuing to build on its success. It’s now looking for a commercially minded Merchandising Manager to help shape the next stage of its growth.

The Role

Reporting to the COO, you’ll own the end-to-end merchandising function and play a key part in the company’s commercial decisions. You’ll bring together strategic planning and hands-on delivery, helping the business make confident decisions about stock, product mix and trading.

You’ll lead seasonal and in-season planning, own the Open-to-Buy process and work closely with Buying, E-commerce, Finance and senior leadership. From range sign-off and intake planning to trading actions, markdowns and replenishment, you’ll turn performance data into clear recommendations that support sales, margin and stock efficiency.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys building and improving how things are done. You’ll help develop scalable processes and tools, support junior team members and bring a strong commercial voice to a growing, entrepreneurial business.

Skills & Experience

• You’ll have proven merchandising experience within fashion retail, ideally in a growth or scale-up environment.
• You’ll be commercially sharp and confident using data to guide planning and trading decisions.
• You’ll have strong Excel skills and experience with merchandising or planning tools.
• You’ll be comfortable building processes and frameworks, as well as rolling up your sleeves to deliver day to day.
• You’ll be able to explain your thinking clearly and influence stakeholders, including senior leaders.
• Experience mentoring or managing junior team members would be beneficial.
• Experience with a luxury, premium or heritage fashion brand, or exposure to ERP or merchandising system implementation, would be an advantage.

Benefits

You’ll have the opportunity to take ownership of a key commercial function and make a visible contribution to the growth of an ambitious brand.

Benefits include 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, your birthday off, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, a generous staff discount, a staff shop, a Cycle to Work Scheme and an Employee Assistance Programme. Benefits also increase with length of service, including holiday and pension contributions. Fresh fruit and pastries are delivered weekly.

Sounds good?

If you’re looking for a hands-on merchandising role where you can influence commercial decisions and help a growing brand scale, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now or get in touch with Ewan for more information.