Supply Chain Merchandiser

Supply Chain / Import Merchandiser

12 months FTC

£30,000 per annum with benefits

Monday-Friday, 37.5 hours per week

A truly exciting 12 month Fixed Term Contract opportunity for a Supply Chain Merchandiser to join a market leading retailer of their own brand apparel in Sheffield.

This is a crucial role to the business where you’ll be responsible for your own Brands, ensuring all aspects of the production process is adhered to. You will act as the key liaison between the design and technical teams, order samples for the Sales Team and ensure material is available to maintain agreed customer service levels. You’ll also work with international suppliers and ensure critical path management.

We have an extensive job description we can provide, but some key areas of the role include:

• Build and maintaining strong relationships with key suppliers, design team, international sites, sales teams, warehouse teams and demand planners to ascertain and communicate material needs, shipment shortages/issues, production priorities and core availability
• Issue seasonal forecasts to suppliers and negotiate costs/surcharges and delivery dates
• Monitor and report supplier performance including negotiating compensation where necessary
• Place and manage seasonal and core purchase orders for the group through to receipt in the UK and USA distribution centres
• Collate and update work in progress reports on a weekly basis
• Address queries and surcharges from factories in a timely manner, placing production priorities with factories based on availability/required dates
• Collate main material garment usages from factories
• Advise ship modes for purchase orders based on customer requirements
• Order and monitor Salesman Sample production to ensure arrival in line with critical dates
• Manage brand packaging including, sourcing, cost negotiation, monitor deliveries and stock levels
• Calculate standard costs for all fashion ranges and review and update core standard costs seasonally
• Attend Weekly critical path meetings with design team and ensure all CP milestones are being met in order to achieve on time delivery, escalating exceptions in the weekly critical path exception meeting
• Maintain the ERP system with accurate data

The Supply Chain Merchandiser position requires you to have the following attributes:

• Experience in similar Import Merchandiser / Supply Chain Merchandiser / Buyer / Supply Chain Analyst / Material Planner role of at least 1 year
• Experience in retail / wholesale / fashion or import is highly desirable
• Excellent communication skills with proven experience of building strong internal relationships with material suppliers and relevant internal teams
• UK experience with full right to work in the UK with no restrictions
• Strong Excel and confident ERP experience is essential

This role is 5 days per week on site in Sheffield and requires someone to commit for a MINIMUM of 12 months. This is not a permanent position - please only apply if you are available for interim work and committed to take on a 12 month contract at the £30,000 salary.

If this all sounds like something you’d be interested in, we look forward to receiving your application!