Tagged Resources is seeking a Senior Merchandiser with advanced merchandising expertise, strong leadership skills, and a strategic mindset focused on profitability and sustainable growth.

The Senior Merchandiser will be responsible for delivering strong commercial results through strategic planning, trading insight and team leadership.  This will include budget and inventory management, and the seamless integration of the buying, planning, and marketing teams.

The role of Senior Merchandiser:

• Lead the seasonal trading strategy, ensuring sales, margin and stock targets are achieved.
• Own WSSI, forecasting and budgeting across your department.
• Analyse weekly performance to identify trends, risks and opportunities, delivering clear recommendations.
• Oversee allocation, replenishment and stock flow across all sales channels.
• Manage relationships with key marketplace contacts.
• Partner with Buying on range building, price architecture and product lifecycle management.
• Drive markdown and promotional strategy with a focus on margin optimisation.
• Produce effective trading reports and present insights to senior leadership.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of Retail Assistant Merchandisers.

What Tagged Resources is looking for:

• Strong experience in a merchandising role with a focus on trading
• Proven success in improving margin and profit
• Excellent analytical and numerical ability; confident with WSSI, forecasting and advanced Excel.
• Commercial and data-driven
• Confident making quick, high-impact decisions
• Strong background in pricing, planning, and trading- ideally in fashion or marketplaces
• Great communicator with strong influencing skills
• Experience leading and developing teams
• Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Fashion experience is a plus

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Please be aware the duties listed above are an interpretation of the role and do not form any part of your employment contract. Please ask the interviewer any questions about the role that you wish to clarify.

Tagged Resources Limited acts as an employment agency. We have 25 years of Recruitment and Industry experience, working with Retail and Supply Chain markets and have various positions available. If this vacancy does not suit your experience and you are looking for a suitable role, please look at our website or follow us on social networking sites.  All are updated daily.