Assistant Retail Merchandiser

Your Journey

At Sweaty Betty, we’re more than just a global activewear and lifestyle brand for women.

We’re also a community that believes fitness is a flip-the-switch trigger for becoming the woman you want to be. Leggings and sports bras won’t change the world on their own. But with a grab-my-hand, let’s-go-for-it-now spirit, the women who wear them can.

If you want to join us on the next chapter of our adventure, you’re in the right place. This is an exciting opportunity for an ASSISTANT BRANCH MERCHANDISER to join us on our mission to empower women through fitness and beyond by managing stock between web and stores.

You will have a pro-active attitude and a ‘can do’ approach to challenges. You will be happy to get stuck in at all levels and will be involved in a variety of tasks within the team, including allocations. You will have strong Excel skills and help to implement new processes and reporting.

Your passion for retail will be infectious and you will have a proven track record of working in branch merchandising, and working on allocation & replenishment systems.

SB Values:

∙ We Really Care ∙ First, Best, Bravest ∙ Our Strength is in Each Other ∙ Stand Up, Speak Up, Shout Out

What You’ll Be Doing

Stock analysis & optimisation:

• Managing stock between web and stores to optimise ST
• Supporting Senior Branch Merchandiser on analysis at store, market and channel level.
• Monitoring & proposing stock movements within the business including consolidations and recalls.
• Managing any stock adjustments as required

Allocation & Replenishment Strategy:

• Supporting allocator with allocations and overseeing the phasing of collections to ensure product is allocated on time
• Highlighting opportunities and risks where we can adapt replenishment parameters to potentialize stock – proposing actions to Senior Branch Merch
• Driving the setting and maintaining of replen parameters
• Working with Senior branch merchandiser to set initial allocation plans, and highlight any concerns on initial allocations

Communication with Stores & Wider Business:

• Carrying out store visits & build strong relationships with area & store managers.
• Supporting with communications to retail team and answering any stock queries
• Reporting on Top turnover and Focus stores, and help to identify opportunities
• Support with channel analysis
• Build a strong relationship with the ecommerce team as it is one pool of stock
• Building a strong relationship with MAAs to keep in touch with intake and any key delivery delays

New Store Openings:

• Supporting the Senior Branch Merch to ensure that stock packages agreed are allocated in time for openings, and to highlight any risks to stock
• Ensuring New stores are set up in replen system

WH liaison & throughput forecasting:

• Ensuring WH receives relevant communication with regards to goods recalling from stores, pick quantities & new store openings, new story launches.

Must Haves

• Strong experience in allocations & replenishment / branch merch (min 18 months)
• An analytical and questioning mentality with excellent numerical and IT skills particularly Excel.
• Detail oriented, highly organised, able to prioritise heavy workloads and thrive in a busy environment.
• Commercial thinker who can react to changes in trade performance
• A self-starter who embraces change with the ability to implement best practise & new procedures.
• Proactive and positive approach to problem solving.
• A dynamic team player with great interpersonal skills

The Extras

• Generous clothing allowance
• 60% off all Sweaty Betty merchandise
• 25 days holiday, plus 8 flexible bank holidays
• Sample sales
• 10 days work from anywhere policy
• Company bonus scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health Cash Plan benefit with Medicash available to all Sweaty Betty UK Employees (Following successfully passing probation)
• Enhanced Family Leave policy
• Discounts at the best Studio Classes
• SB Flexible Working: we currently work flexibly between the office and home
   

Our D&I Commitment

Our mission is to empower all women. This means doing more and working harder to make the long-lasting changes necessary to become an inclusive, diverse and actively anti-racist company. We care about our people, our community, our world.  And we want to stand up for what we believe in. 

We want to give our people a platform to use their voice. And actively listen and learn from what they have to say. This involves focusing on learning, development and progression across the business. Training our leaders, managers and teams about their rights under our equality, diversity and inclusion policy. And being clear on the responsibilities we hold to each other and our community. It also means being committed to equal employment opportunities. Ensuring we consider ALL applicants for jobs. And work harder to make our job advertising more inclusive. 

Ultimately, we’re working to create a culture and team that represents our customers, our community and our mission of empowerment. We want to celebrate our diversity and the power it gives our team and our business. 

We know we’re on a journey. And far from perfect. But we want to be a part of the solution to the problem. It might not be comfortable or straightforward. But if we weren’t up for doing the hard work and breaking the mould, we wouldn’t be Sweaty Betty.  We are committed to working across our business and with our Internal Diversity & Inclusion Collective to be champions, allies and inclusive, always. Because when we say All, we mean it.