‘WE ARE WE WEAR’ Building confidence in women, one body at a time Every woman deserves to feel confident in their lingerie and swimwear. That’s why We Are We Wear is dedicated to creating quality swimwear & intimates with everybody in mind.
With sizes ranging from XS to 3XL – and appropriate enhancements made to ensure comfort across the board – join us in saying goodbye to unrealistic beauty standards and hello to We Are We Wear.
This is a junior position & expecting to have 2-4 years experience within retail merchandising. We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills, good problem solving skills. Someone who is extremely organised & highly analytical to work under pressure & meet deadlines .Experience with dealing with offshore factories that deal with large production lines is ideally required.
The job roles main responsibilities will include the following:
-Manage key supply chain processes, suppliers & inventory management
-Develop & maintain a portfolio of high-performance suppliers.
-Plan & implement global logistics strategy, ensuring targets are met.
-Drive & managing cost negotiations with suppliers
-Raising initial Po’s
-Logistics management & merchandising planning
-Stock controller
-Continuously looking for ways to improve lead times
-Track & monitor deliveries per wholesale account
-Anticipate potential supply chain issues & expedite it.
-Responsible for driving the effective use of systems & maintenance & accuracy
-Capacity booking negotiation with suppliers.
-Be able to manage an assistant/small team
-Planning demand and providing accurate forecasts for stock requirements from key suppliers.
-Ensuring minimal stock wastage.
-Support in the shaping and execution of the purchasing strategy.
-Working closely with our warehouse & distribution centres
-Work closely with the director to understand payment issues related to accounts.
-Assist with overheads budgeting & financial planning.
-Processing orders from wholesale accounts.
Person specification
-A Junior with 2-4 years experience within retail merchandising.
-Ability to work in a team, whilst demonstrating innovative and flexibility
-Ability to react to change.
-Excellent communication skills both externally and at all levels internally, both written and verbal (good telephone manner)
-Understanding of working for a smaller business, requires a hands-on attitude.
-Ability to work well under pressure & priorities tasks
-Strong organisation & administration skills.
-Enthusiastic, confident and self-motivated.
-Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an eye for detail and accuracy.
-Willing to adapt and take on new challenges; and driven to continually improve.
-Proficient in analysing numbers and providing accurate feedback.
-Strong Excel skills, VLOOKUP’s and Pivots are a mus
