Description:
Our Opportunity, Your Team
- The Junior Retail Merchandising Planner supports, the QVC UK Planning team and will prepare, monitor and, if necessary, adjust the business plan within the scope of the budget (Sales, Inventory, Airtime & Margin) and providing analysis of sales and margin. You will report to the Manager of Planning.
Where You'll Work
- This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite at our head office in Chiswick Park, West London 2 days per week (onsite days are predetermined and standard across the company).
What You'll Do
- You will be responsible for the active participation in and improvement of processes that maintain and increase sales, productivity within the area. Managing the product lifecycle through strategic and balanced use of promotion and maximisation of airtime, providing post mortem business analysis to support future buying decisions and strategies.
- You will Initiate schedules for live TV shows and take appropriate action to maximise the airtime daily.
- You will review the schedule 4 weeks out at category level and suggest amendments looking at the bigger picture, understanding the impact of the decisions on the wider costs for the business.
- You will review sales and airtime against plan and last year to identify areas of risk and opportunity.
- Be aware of on air programming and alert the Broadcasting team of any problems that occur on air concerning your expertise.
- You will be Involved in the analysis and development of campaigns and events across each platforms
- You will provide detailed analysis of stock, sales and margin data to help prepare future events, campaigns or promotions.
What You'll Bring
- you will need to have experience in sales and inventory analysis, ideally within merchandising or stock management.
- You will also be commercially minded, creative, numerate and PC literate.
- You have excellent forecasting skills with details oriented mindset.