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You will work under the guidance of the Category Lead to deliver your agreed KPIs, including sales, profit, stock, SKUs, availability, margin and risk management.\nYou will maximise opportunities as they arise and lead the in-season trading to potentialise the outcome for both customers and your category.\nYou will task manage Merchandising Assistant/s relevant to your product category, ensuring they have clear guidelines to fulfil their role.\nYou will analyse commercial inputs to develop, with the Buyer, the best range of products supported by an effective and comprehensive range planning and pricing architecture to deliver market-leading assortments.\n\nIn addition to your contractual pay, any time worked between 22:00 - 06:00 will attract Night Premium at a rate of £4.75 per hour. This will also apply to existing Partners who have enrolled onto Enhanced Hours Premium arrangements.\n\nSalary - £34,000 to £ 51,500.00\n\nHowever, we are looking for candidates up to £45K, depending on experience\n\nContract type - This role is a Permanent contract\n\nWorking pattern/flexible working - The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home-based upon your personal needs, whilst balancing the needs of the business. The Merchandisingteam aim for aminimum of around 3 daysa week in the office\n\nLocation - This role is based at our Pimlico Head Office campus.\n\nKey responsibilities\nYou will be accountable for accurately planning and forecasting sales, stock, profit and SKUs for your category with support from your Category Lead, L6 Merchandiser and Trade Planning team.\n\nYou will be accountable for the commercial and customer success of a product range through range planning and agile in-season trading, using analysis and reporting from Product Operations.\n\nThrough the Merchandising Assistants you will manage the flow of stock for your office, controlling inventory levels and open to buy. You are accountable for maximising availability across channels whilst minimising inventory holding costs and other supply chain costs.\n\nYou will work at pace and with agility within a collaborative environment with your Buyer, Category Lead, Head of Merchandising, Supply Chain, Trade Planning, and Trading Operations team. Externally you will hold a strong relationship with your supplier and Brands.\n\nWith support from your your Category Lead you will be accountable for forecasting assortment Sales, Stock and Margin KPIs, deciding Open To Buy parameters that meet commercial and customer targets\n\nIn collaboration with Buying, you will need to make season trading and volume decisions along with the commercial terms and product lifecycle with the suppliers.\n\nYou will Task Manage relevant Merchandising Assistant partner/s in your team.\n\nEssential skills/experience you’ll need \nExperience in Forecasting & Planning, WSSI management, influencing & stakeholder management\n\nProven Experience in Technology Merchandising\n\nExperience in BTA preparation, margin modelling and flow planning\n\nAbility to demonstrate experience in merchandising practices, including assortment planning and stock management\n\nStrong Analytical and Numerical Skills\n\nAdvanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel or similar analytical tools\n\nProficiency in reporting tools such as Business Intelligence, Tableau\n\nCommunication and Presentation Skills\n\nUnderstanding of Retail Operations and Supply Chain Management\n\nProactive Approach to Learning and Development\n\nInternal use only:\n\nClosing Date:\nOctober 13, 2026Pay:\n£34,000.00 - £51,100.00 AnnualContract Type:\nPermanentHours of Work:\n35Job Level:\nPartnership Level 8Where You'll Be Working:\nLondon Central Office, 1 Drummond Gate, London, , SW1V 2QQABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP\nWe’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.\nWe’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.\nAs Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.\nWe all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.\nAs Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.\nImportant points to note:\nIt’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.\nWe also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.\nWe want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. 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