Merchandising Admin Assistant/ Category Planner

My Client is a very successful retailer with multiple locations across the world.They sell a wide variety of major brands within fashion, beauty, luxury, and food and drink.They are now looking for a Category Planner- this is an ideal opportunity to join their category planning team.If you are a Merchandising Admin Assistant/ Assistant Category Planner/ Supply Chain Coordinator - this is the ideal role to step up into.The role is a hybrid of buying and merchandising and would suit candidates from either background.If this exciting role is for you, please apply via the link below or contact Akshi Kular on for more information.Main Responsibilities are: Assist the Category Manager in preparing and implementing the Commercial Plan for the relevant assigned Category Implementation of promotions programme to deliver sales and profit targets Managing the Category assortments Maintain a strong relationship with local operational teams and external suppliers to drive sales and performance Collate sales and promotional information for trade and product meetings Experience in collating and producing category reports/ trades packs and ad-hoc analysis for the category Manage promotional activities and manage implementation of agreed Promotions with the local operations Collate sales and promotional information for trade and product meeting Review poor performing stock, maintain tracker and follow up with Logistics and Finance Assist the team with research about product and market trendsYOU MUST BE;An experienced category planner, MAA/AM or BAA (at any level), with experience of planning for a retail business.If this exciting role is for you, please apply via the link below or contact Akshi Kular on for more information.Mandeville is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.