The Merchandising team at Rapha is key to managing stock and sales in the business, working with all teams across Rapha and building a range which is forward thinking and commercial. The purpose of the role is to support the merchandising team in the smooth running of operations through accurate data maintenance and organisation. This includes responsibilities for SKUs, stock, pricing and attributes.
The ideal candidate should be eager to learn more about Merchandising and progress in this area. Experience in a similar role, or from a retail background is desired but not essential. This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to be involved with a fast growing and diverse business and be a key member of a team supporting the running of all trading and buying activities.
The role
- Accurately raising all purchase orders and completing tasks on time and to deadlines. Liaising with the Production team on changes and following the correct process.
- Supporting the department in maintaining accurate style information in the buy plans and with the design and development teams’ product tracker information.
- Responsible for maintaining and checking pricing data and uploading prices and discounts onto systems (Microsoft Navison).
- Updating and monitoring the stock reports, intake trackers and line prints. Raising any issues or discrepancies with relevant people.
- Coordinating product launches across departments including Production, Marketing, eCommerce and Clubhouses.
- Responsible for ensuring stock is ready in the warehouse for the next steps.
- Creating ad hoc analysis and reports when requested and giving recommendations.
- Organising and prioritising own workload to ensure deadlines are met. Following tasks and deadlines on the buying critical path.
About you
Candidates may possess the following skills. We're open to a wide variety of backgrounds and skill sets which may fulfil the requirements in a similar way.
- Interest in starting or further developing a career in Merchandising
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excel knowledge, ideally with some previous experience and keen to learn new systems
- Proactive and pragmatic attitude to complete tasks
- Goes the extra mile to maintain high standards in everything we do
- Remains calm under pressure
- Has high attention to detail and is committed to accuracy
- Resilient to a fast paced environment
- Takes responsibility for own tasks and follows them through to completion
- Approachable and cooperative with others and is a team player
Working at Rapha
We are continuously looking into ways to invest in our employees and build a better working culture and environment. Here are just some of the internal benefits we offer.
- Flexible working hours
- Support ad-hoc remote working during the week - Minimum 3 days in office
- Free barista coffee and social drinks in the office
- Monthly department social events and quarterly office social away days
- We offer a flexible riding benefit to allow you to go out riding on a Wednesday morning with colleagues or learn to cycle to cycling through our Getting Started Scheme.
- We offer all our employees a 50% apparel discount and a discount for family and friends
- An annual clothing allowance
- Free membership to the Rapha Cycling Club
- Company Pension Scheme
