George Home Bedding MerchandiserHead Office

This is an exciting role working within the George Home Textiles team. You will be responsible for the delivering the Filled bedding offer, this is a key category within the General Merchandise offer & features heavily within promotional activity.

Maximising sales and profit is key, whilst ensuring availability and customer choice at the same time. This role is very fast paced, high profile and a great development opportunity to work across various stakeholders. You need to act fast and react accordingly to manage performance across multiple fixed buys.

The ins and outsWorking directly with Buyer to set the category strategy.Delivering the business plan - working on longer term strategy and shorter-term proactive sales driving activity.Driving the business to maximize profit in-season.Developing strong relationships with suppliers.Managing multiple stakeholders across the business to ensure we hold everyone accountable for the delivery of the crit pathManaging multiple event critical paths to ensure seamless launch of activityOwnership of category P&L to include accurate forecasting of sales, stock turn, markdown and costs, with a view to achieve maximum profit.Analysis of sales data to provide recommendations for range control, budgeting & selection for future seasons.Collaboration with supply colleagues to ensure strong inventory management.Working closely with the buying team to further understand our customer needs and competitor activityThis is a fast-paced role, and the ability to switch between longer term strategy and immediate trading priorities is key.This role includes multiple key trading moments where you will be required to communicate to the broader business and manage expectations around performance.Let's find out about you?Experience in a similar merchandising environmentAbility to thrive in a demanding, fast-paced environment, preferably retailEnthusiasm to take responsibility and progress in your careerAbility to work independently and move your areas of responsibility forwardStrong level of numeracy with an expert level of excelPersonal skills to work with people at all levels - not just in our business, but also beyond itFlair for solving problems and making decisionsAbility to work independentlyResilience

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To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices.Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

Discretionary company bonusCompany pension up to 7% matched15% colleague discount in store and onlineFree access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebratedExcellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves

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