Branch Merchandiser

Branch Merchandiser

About us

DCK is one of the world's leading fashion jewellery companies, working with many well-known retailers and high street fashion brands including River Island, M&S, Matalan, Next and Tesco.

We are pleased to have a fantastic opportunity available for a Branch Merchandiser to join our successful Merchandising team at DCK in our Billericay office.

You will;

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Partner with Buying, Design and Hosts to define and deliver the brand strategy, ensuring initiatives are aligned to the critical path and commercial objectives.

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Own and manage the critical path, ensuring key milestones are delivered on time with clear communication to the Senior Merchandiser.

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Drive branch-level performance through space optimisation, allocations and assortment decisions, identifying opportunities across stores, sub-brands and categories.

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Continuously review P&L performance, using data and analytics to identify risks and opportunities and propose clear, actionable solutions.

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Create and deliver robust assortment, option and range plans, balancing newness, consolidation and sell-through, with a focus on sales and profit density.

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Plan and manage seasonal OTB, option counts and phasing, ensuring alignment to strategy and timely communication to Buying.

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Set and manage stock targets (total and branch), ensuring alignment to sales plans, terminal stock targets and Host strategy.

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Drive in-season performance through accurate forecasting, WSSI management and proactive reforecasting of sales, stock, intake and markdown.

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Review OTB/OTC and react to trading performance, maintaining control of stock levels and identifying actions to protect profit.

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Work closely with Buying to highlight margin risks and agree actions to maintain profitability.

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Leverage host insights (footfall, customer behaviour, business changes) to inform decisions and optimise performance.

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Use data and analytics to drive decisions across ranging, pricing, space, stores and VM, leading recommendations for Buying and key stakeholders.

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Maximise space and option productivity across branches, clearly highlighting risks and opportunities with defined actions.

Team & leadership

Support the team with clear priorities and consistent ways of working.

Foster a culture of transparency, accountability and continuous improvement.

Coach and support team members through regular feedback and 1-2-1s, developing capability for future progression.

Lead by example, demonstrating behaviours aligned to DCK values and helping the team understand the wider business context.