Established in Somerset in 1971, Mulberry has grown to be the largest maker of luxury leather goods in the United Kingdom. With a contemporary take on British heritage and a focus on responsible craft, our ambition is to create progressive luxury.
Sustainability has been part of the Mulberry ethos since the brand's inception, in recognition of our purpose-driven approach, in 2024 we proudly achieved B Corp Certification.
Today, we are a global brand, but our values remain the same; we are committed to improving our impact on people and the planet. If these are values you share, we would love you to join our team.
The Role:
The Junior Merchandiser’s role is to ensure that the Buying and Merchandising KPI’s are delivered through management of the day-to-day activities, making decisions on trading opportunities to maximise profit and provide the business with analysis of departmental, range and product performance upon which inform business decisions can be made on product ranges. This is a global role with scope across EMEA, APAC and US markets.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Main duties include working closely with international buying teams to achieve set budgets. From buying, forecasting and trading through to markdown at end of season.
Area Management:
- Runs weekly global reporting in preparation for Trade Meetings and any ad-hoc requests
- Coordinates the flow of information within business (communicates information from HQ to international markets and vice versa)
- Builds strong relationships with local GM, Buying teams and Visual Merchandisers to improve market performances
- Provides comprehensive analysis of historical performance, as an input to the strategic plans
- Assists with core and seasonal buys for international markets ensuring HQ strategy is reflected globally
- Compiles sign off documents for 4 buys a year
- Drive sell-through and product performance KPIs.
- Conduct regular competitor reviews, understanding their offers and activities
- Work with Visual Merchandising team on monthly drop plans; ensure store layouts are the right balance of sale trends and brand image.
- Work collaboratively with the wider business, including Marketing, Training, Product Management, Digital and Retail Operations to drive business
Stock and Sales Management:
- Oversee and manage the weekly flow of sales and stock data
- Prepare and manage weekly shipments based on KPI’s, new launches and local activities.
- Prepare and provide the despatch forecast for your territory to share with central warehouse.
- Work closely with Group Planning to ensure stock is maintained at an optimum level through re-buys and re-phasing of intake.
- Monitor and control intake; ensure commitment is accurate and in line with business expectation.
- Ensure that the decision-making tools (Line forecast, retail forecast) reflect the most accurate trading position on Sales, Stock, Intake and Margin.
- Prepare monthly forecast reports, considering actual in-season performances.
- Prepare ad hoc reports of current performance; providing analysis, pro-active interpretation, communicating and recommended actions.
- Build key relationships with Customer Services, Commercial and Warehouse to optimise the flow of products within the business (deliveries, returns, recalls) to meet business objectives.
- Build and maintain seasonal reports such as sell through, PGR, budgets and communicate with relevant teams.
- Responsible for completion of markdown planning, reporting and analysis.
- Accountable for achieving seasonal Global Full Price sell through targets.
Buy:
- Assist in planning the OTB and buying activity that takes place four times a year.
- Provide comprehensive analysis of historical performance to develop strategic plans.
- Assisting with International buys to ensure they are in line with HQ strategy
- Responsible for organising final sign off documents for the buy.
Culture:
- Understand and demonstrate the Mulberry employee values and behaviours: Be Bold, Be Imaginative, Be Open, Be Responsible.
- Support Mulberry to deliver an inclusive culture, through behaving in a way that is open-minded and respectful towards others, and understanding that your views, opinions, and experiences may not always be shared by your colleagues.
- Act as an ambassador for Mulberry and communicate positively about the brand.
Sustainability:
- As a certified B Corp business, it is important to incorporate environmentally responsible practices into your work wherever possible. Support the businesses ‘Five C’s’ strategy in addressing and improving Climate, Cultivation, Craft, Culture and Circularity. Promote a greener, more sustainable future.
- Support to foster an environment where diversity is embraced and all individuals feel valued, respected and included. Promote equity, empathy and understanding and demonstrate this commitment within your internal and external communities.
Skills & Experience Required:
- Previous experience at Junior Merchandiser or Senior Assistant Merchandiser level.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel.
- Effective use of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Outlook.
- Experience working with Power BI, NuOrder, Business Objects is a bonus.
Mulberry is an equal opportunities employer and we are passionate about hiring and developing the best talent. All hiring decisions are made only on the basis of qualifications, skills or experience and as they relate to the particular role. If you need us to make any adjustments to our application or interview processes to enable you to be at your best, please email us at talent@mulberry.com.