The Fold is looking for a Merchandising Admin Assistant to join the team in London.

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.

Responsibilities of the Merchandising Admin Assistant

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.

Reporting & Trading:

• 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.

Product Range:

• 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.

About You:

• 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

Benefits and perks of working with The Fold: 

• 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

 
Our Culture:

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.

Application

To apply for this role, please send your CV and cover letter outlining your suitability and interest to careers@thefoldlondon.com.

Due to the number of applications we receive, we can only reply to those that are successful to the next stage.

Diversity and Inclusion:

We promote a diverse and inclusive workplace which harnesses the benefits of the diversity of our team and strives to represent the communities in which we live and work. Our vision is to establish an environment that attracts individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and talents, empowering them to contribute their best and authentic selves. We welcome and encourage applications from those who share our commitment to fostering this inclusive and authentic work culture.