Merchandising Admin Assistant - Luxury Digital Partners bei Kurt Geiger

 Kurt Geiger | About Us

We are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in-house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.

Requirements

Responsible for all Luxury E com stores across the whole of KG business and to be one of the key contacts for the following partners:

• Selfridges
• Harrods
• Brown Thomas
• Liberty
• Fenwick

PLANNING:  Seasonal, Monthly, Weekly, ad hoc

• Collate the Buyers Trends Packs & Look Books and issue to partners start of each season
• Prepare Monthly Key Opportunities (sent from buying) and issue to Partners
• Key Marketing moments: Are they well supported?  (including partner events  or products called out by buying)

WEEKLY REPORTS - To Update Mondays:

• Trade Reports 
• Line Reports (SIR)
• Trackers, i.e. Abandonments, Launches
• Brand Focus (i.e. Ugg stock and sales monitor)
• Abandonments / Out of Stocks
• Online Activity Report:  The only one that needs to be prepared and issued internally   (inc. best sellers, flag fast covers, highlight partner activity and any ad hoc stats shared by partners from the weekly meetings)

TRADING

• Using the above reports, work with Digital Partner Manager to help identify key opportunities and risks – (ie fast covers, slow sellers, site walk observations)  and provide feedback to the relevant department (internal or external)
• Threshold Review for Selfridges
• Site Walks -  to include :

- Key lines are live, correctly priced, well sequenced, and availability matches reports

-  Products are tagged as per product packs, i.e. Exclusives, New Brand

-  Key lines / Categories are included across the PLPs and various on-site edits

DELIVERIES

• Maintain Delivery Tracker whilst at the same time flagging anything key, i.e. new brands,    lines due for a launch,  anticipated big drops etc.. in order for partners to prioritise any in their workflow to go live, also for their DC to ‘put away’ with priority
• Assist in resolving issues causing failed ASNs / deliveries to partner DCs

SALE / PROMOS

• Collate line lists from merch, format and share with Partners – highlighting key opportunities
• Stock Builds:  Monitor to ensure the plan is met based on the agreed critical path.  
• Using the lists, recheck all products are on site  - (co-ordinate as a TEAM exercise).
• Once events launch, check prices are correct and with red pen (co-ordinate as a TEAM exercise) 

GENERAL

• Join Weekly Meetings alongside Online Partner Manager, sharing info and actions
• Checking the Monthly Opportunities are now in stock, working with partners to push live and all are well sequenced
• Brand Assets: Request from buying and share with partners
• Price Changes: Check sites have updated correctly and on time using the info shared from the merch team
• Evaluate daily queries/issues and deal with them efficiently, working with the teams or delegate to relevant department as required.  
• Ad hoc as required

IMAGERY

• Assist Capita with Imagery queries
• Liaise with buyers on imagery queries 
• Assist with Photography Tracker Sweeps (ie stocked lines that have missing imagery)

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary
• Pension and life assurance
• Enviable discounts
• Gym Discounts
• Summer Hours - 3pm Friday Finish
• Half Day, Pay Day Friday (once per month)
• RetailTrust support
• And so much more!

Our Stores

The first Kurt Geiger store opened on London Bond street in 1963.  Today, our brand has global appeal and is distributed in hundreds of cities around the world. We operate over 70 stand-alone stores nationwide, including our new flagship store on London Oxford street, and in over 400 stores globally. Beyond stand-alone stores and retail pop ups, our retail partners include some of the world’s most famous department stores.