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Trade Planning Merchandiser

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  • Work closely with the Director of Trading, planning and merchandising to shape a Trade Plan that attracts and retains customers, turning strategic objectives into clear and authoritative promotions, activities and events across all channels
  • Ensure the Trade Plan aligns with the Company and Divisional strategies, designed to achieve annual sales and profit targets
  • Agree and monitor each Trade Plan period’s performance KPIs against agreed sales, profit and customer targets, taking learnings to inform subsequent plans
  • Chair the weekly Trade Planning Execution Meeting
  • Attend and support the Director of Trading, planning and merchandising in chairing the weekly Trade Planning Group Meeting, where the trade plan is set and agreed with cross-functional stakeholders
  • Use a broad range of internal/external data and insight, continually evaluate trading plans to ensure they are operationally achievable and deliver annual sales, profit and customer targets over an 18-month horizon
  • Manage cross-functionally with colleagues across Buying, Merchandising, Marketing, Retail Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Partnerships, Insights, Loyalty and Online, to create and execute Trade Plans, right first time
  • Manage the Trade Activity Retro process, ensuring reviews of outcomes and their drivers are conducted within 4 weeks of a trade driving activity finishing
  • Present review findings to the Trade Planning Group
  • Collaborate with cross-functional colleagues to ensure Critical Path dates are achieved in the planning and execution of trading activity
  • Escalate and manage accordingly any re-prioritisation or recovery steps to keep teams on track for delivery
  • Manages and develops the Trade Planning Assistant
  • Use your commercial acumen to make recommendations and trade-offs of proposed trade plan activity, working closely with the Director of Trading & Merchandising, Heads of Merchandising and the Commercial Finance Business Partner
  • Forecast the target sales, profit and customer performance of each trade plan activity

Requirements:

  • Proven previous experience within a Trade Planning function, ideally within a fashion and/or homeware omnichannel retailer
  • Ability to work cross-functional with commercial and product functions, with the ability to influence at a senior level
  • Knowledge of Marketing and Merchandising strategies foster collaboration to drive optimum commercial outputs
What we offer:
  • 20% staff discount, which increases with length of service
  • Thrive Recognition Scheme
  • Wellbeing support provided by the Retail Trust
  • Life Assurance
  • Retail Rewards platform offering discounts for other retailers
  • Pension Scheme
  • Access to a wide range of career development

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Job Posted:
December 26, 2025

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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