The posting
Stylish, grounded, uplifting – these values live through everything we do at Boden. Without the collaboration, honesty and friendship between our teams, we wouldn’t be where we are today. We curate a world of beauty that’s ethical, inclusive – and importantly – good fun. We inspire you to live your best life. We are Boden.
Overview
Help plan and deliver profitable, customer focused ranges within a prominent womenswear category. Additionally provide the recommendations for the right stock at the right time with the correct range. Also help support, coach and mentor your team, which includes an Assistant Merchandiser and Merchandising Admin Assistant.
Location: 4 days per week at our North Acton office, 1 working from home.
How We Lead At Boden
- Being a manager at Boden is about giving people clarity, backing them properly, and helping them do their best work.
- You make things make sense. You take big ideas and turn them into clear priorities, so people know what they’re doing and (most importantly) why it matters.
- Your communication is clear and open – you listen and you don’t overcomplicate things.
- You take responsibility. When big decisions need to be made, you make them. When things change, you adapt. And when things don’t go to plan, you own it and move things forward.
- You stay close to what matters – our customer, our brand and our goals – using that to guide decisions and keep teams aligned.
- Most importantly, you build a team people actually want to be a part of – where people feel trusted, supported and able to grow.
What You Will Do
- Create and develop the product planning strategy for the department.
- Collate and analyse data to identify trends, opportunities, and risks to plan the range architecture.
- Review size analysis and analyse market trends across product.
- Ensure range appeal across all markets through attribute and pricing architecture.
- Optimise/Plan/Build range size and newness phasing always considering "think customer first".
- Confidently present financial KPI's, Demand phasing and OTB spend.
- Collaboratively present buy quantities supported with ROS and hind sighting validation.
- With Buying counterpart, sign off/plan/review buy quantities and fabric production forecasts.
- Collate, analyse, and update planning packs with historical data including Sales, Intake and ROS.
- Lead and present weekly trade, optimising sales with agility and identify any risk & opportunities.
- Identify daily/weekly/monthly sales, stock and BTA risks and opportunities.
- WSSI management including monthly reforecasting.
- Markdown management including markdown proposals.
- Terminal Stock management; seek best routes to clear internal & external.
- Work cross functionally within product to ensure processes are aligned and efficient.
- Actively use and champion tools and systems provided by business and support training of new starters.
What We Are Looking For
- Experience working at a Junior Merchandiser or as a Senior Assistant Merchandiser ready for a new challenge.
- Passionate about a career in merchandising.
- Experience in proactively managing workload, prioritising, and delegating.
- Lead by example to all direct line reports and junior members across Merchandising.
- Coach and mentor direct line reports and provide support to other junior members across the Merchandising teams.
- Manage/expectations communicate upwards.
- Manage underperformance within the framework of the business performance review process.
- Advanced Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
- Highly analytical with attention to detail.
- Experience of working cross functionally.
- Strong Customer and Brand focus.
- Clear communication, problem-solving and time management skills.
- Ability to multitask, work independently and cross functionally.
Our Behaviours
- At Boden, how we work matters just as much as what we deliver.
- We keep things simple. We say what we mean, keep each other in the loop, and follow through on what we’ve said we’ll do.
- We care about doing a good job – and we care about each other.
- We’re always kind, often honest, and we will push for high standards without making it heavy.
- We know what we’re good at, we lean on each other when needed, and we show up as a team – taking ownership and getting things done together.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary & targeted annual bonus scheme
- Generous Boden clothing allowance
- 30% discount on all current clothing ranges
- 25 days holiday annual, plus Bank Holidays
- Online portal with an array of discounts on retail & entertainment
- Virtual GP Service for you and your household
- Free onsite parking and subsidised café
We want Boden to be the place everyone wants to work. Friendly, open, understanding and supportive. A best-of-British company with diverse teams, equal opportunities, and fair working and recruitment practices. We believe in hiring the best person for the job whoever they are, helping them thrive in it and celebrating their individuality.
We would like to encourage people from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply for our roles. If you need any reasonable adjustments or additional support during your application process, please do not hesitate to let us know.
