Working with the Merchandising team to provide crucial administrative support, the Merchandising Admin Assistant will manage tock intake whilst ensuring stock is in the right place to optimise demand. Using initiative to create and run analyses to make product buying and trading decisions, the Merchandising Admin Assistant will work collaboratively with multiple teams across Buying, Operations, E-commerce and retail teams., Intake & Stock:

Owns Intake process and responsible for ensuring stock arrives within agreed window.
Manages the delivery schedule and communicates changes to the wider product team.
Works alongside Operations & Logistics team to monitor Intake into the warehouse.
Allocates stock to our stores, and actions stock recalls working with retail team.
Manages product pre-order on the site, working alongside customer care.
Produces & interprets the weekly trade reports, sharing findings with wider commercial team.
Produces reporting for seasonal lessons learned, collaborating with buying team.
Responsible for ensuring stock is in the right place to optimise demand, using trade reports to make decisions.
Supports the wider team with seasonal ad-hoc analysis, using initiative to create relevant reports.
Maintenance of Merchandising teams working documents and processes, including system maintenance.
Works alongside retail team to ensure Shopify reporting is accurate.
Collaborates with E-commerce team to trade product on site, providing analysis and data to inform decisions.
Supports Junior Merchandiser to run markdowns and promotions.
Manage new season product launches on the site and with our retail teams in store.
Manage new season sizing ratios, working with production.
Responsible for maintaining delivery information in the Range plan.
Key point of contact for retail team, communicating any changes to product and pricing.
Maintains accuracy of product information across in house and 3PL systems, carrying out regular checks., We are an ambitious, supportive, passionate team who love what we do. We are Founder-led, and we lead by example - never compromising on our quality. We strive to uphold a values based working culture with five key principle across the business:
Be Humbitious: Be ambitious for yourself and The Fold in a humble way - don't be a diva.
Wrap it up with a bow on it: Be a completer finisher, be able to trust others to take on a job completely and fully, and earn that same trust yourself.
Be Empowered: Take on responsibility, share your views confidently but kindly, feel ownership, take pride in results,
Fold Gold Standard: Quality and professionalism, don't just 'let it go', pride ourselves on attention to detail and excellence in everything we do, deliver results.
Embrace, pace, progress and adventure: Know that to fully embrace our ambition and our challenges, this will mean stepping out of your comfort zone - get comfortable being uncomfortable., PLEASE NOTE: When attaching your CV or work examples it is very important that you name your files to include your name and not just "cv.doc" or "curriculum vitae.docx" or "my_illustration.jpg". Instead use a format like this "joe_bloggs_cv.docx"

A great team player with a positive, can-do attitude, who is committed to learning more and investing in their Merchandising career
Highly organised, with great multitasking skills
Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail
Strong analytical skills with a strong knowledge of using Excel.
Collaborative approach and ability to build relationships across various departments
Show excellent ability to communicate effectively and work well in a fun and busy environment.
Enthusiastic and flexible in response to an ever-evolving business and ad-hoc requests and tasks
Be capable of decision making and able to use initiative
Want to bring whole self to the business to be a problem solver, team player and a supportive attitude to the team

About: The Fold is an award-winning womenswear brand with a mission to empower women to realise their ambitions. The brand creates beautiful, high quality collections for women to feel their confident best. The Fold has a wide reaching international audience and has dressed some of the world's most influential female leaders and innovators.

25 days of holidays (including bank holidays)
Buy additional holidays
Employee Assistance Programme
Pension scheme
Enhanced maternity pay
Yearly gift voucher of £1,250
A friends and family discount policy with 50% off full retail price
Bike to work scheme, save on the cost of bikes and equipment
Eye Care.
Summer Friday hours
Fully stocked snack cupboards, fruits and coffee & tea
Regular Social Events - including summer and Christmas parties
Volunteering

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