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As an ambitious, exclusively online home brand, MFI is dedicated to helping our customers create beautiful, inspiring spaces right across the home-from cozy bedrooms to stylish dining rooms.\nAre you an analytical thinker with a passion for e-commerce, numbers, and home interiors? MFI is growing fast, and our Product Team is looking for a sharp, organised, and proactive Junior Merchandiser to help drive our stock planning, intake management, and trading performance.\nThe Role\nIn this role, you’ll be a core engine driving our stock availability and range performance. Working closely alongside our Buyers, Merchandiser, and commercial partners, you will turn data into direction-ensuring our digital shelves are fully stocked, our intake flows smoothly, and our customers can always find the pieces they love.\nWhat You’ll Be Doing\nStock & Intake Support: Assist with regular WSSI updates, tracking intake schedules, and ensuring purchase orders align with demand plans and Open-to-Buy targets.\n\nTrade Reporting & Analysis: Compile daily and weekly inventory and sales reports to help analyse sell-through rates, weeks of cover, and category performance for commercial trading reviews.\n\nPurchase Order Lifecycle: Raise and maintain accurate purchase orders, tracking delivery schedules with domestic and international partners to ensure stock lands on time.\n\nCommercial Collaboration: Serve as a key link between Buyers, Commercial Finance, and central teams to flag intake movements, delivery timelines, and stock availability updates.\n\nRange & System Maintenance: Maintain accurate product management and inventory data, updating site availability dates, handling stock allocations, and supporting drop-ship range expansion.\n\nTrade Optimisation: Monitor market trends and customer buying patterns, supporting the team with markdown proposals, promotional stock builds, and clearance strategies.\n\nWhat We’re Looking For\nAnalytical Mindset: Comfortable working with figures, analysing sales trends, and using data to solve stock and commercial challenges.\n\nSpreadsheet Proficiency: Strong skills in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, and data management formulas).\n\nDetail & Accuracy: High attention to detail, with the ability to manage high-volume tasks and tight intake deadlines accurately.\n\nClear Communication: Confident liaising with internal stakeholders and external suppliers with equal professionalism.\n\nProduct & Retail Passion: A genuine interest in interior design, homewares, and e-commerce retail trends.\n\nRelevant Experience: Practical experience in a junior merchandising, merchandising admin assistant (MAA), or commercial stock planning role.\n\nWhy Join MFI?\nThis is an exciting opportunity to build your career within an iconic, high-profile online brand. 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