Head of Merchandising (London)

About Oh Polly

Founded in 2015, Oh Polly creates high-quality, innovative designs that are trend-driven, meeting our customers’ needs in an ever-evolving market without compromising on our global responsibility and ethical values. Our business model is social first, centred around our industry-leading Instagram and Facebook accounts.
2020 saw the launch of Bo Tee, Oh Polly’s much-loved gym and activewear brand, followed by the launch of Neena Swim in 2021, focusing solely on stylish swimwear. Fast forward to 2022 and we now have a combined following of over 5 million across the brands, selling products in almost every single country around the world.
Operating internationally across key sites Glasgow, Wirral, London and LA, the business has grown to 350 employees. As we continue to expand our global presence, we are looking for talented, driven and ambitious individuals to join the Oh Polly team! Here, you can expect an environment to flourish, develop and take your career to the next level.

About the department

We are seeking an ambitious and driven Head of Merchandising to lead our fast-growing Merchandising and Trading Department in London. Working closely with our Director, you will guide staff to create an appropriate merchandise mix to increase sales volume and profitability, based on emerging market trends, history, revenues, inventory and other business components, while meeting the assortment strategies established by management.

Role responsibilities:

• Budgeting, forecasting, capacity planning; creating detailed reports to support the buying and design team at product level
• Weekly Trading Reporting - Monitoring Stock, Sales, ASP, Margin at top line and product Level
• Identifying and actioning trading decisions (inc repeats, pricing, promo proposals, stock clearance & intake management)
• Work with Supply/Production to monitor intake dates to ensure accurate planning of Launches (in line with seasonality requirements)
• Produce and update production plan by country – to ensure in line with forecasts, capacity and payment requirements
• Seasonal Planning and Analysis – Collection, Department & Product Level
• Repeats and ratios on current styles – taking into consideration delivery dates and product seasonality.
• Review of selling prices (increase/decrease), move to sale proposals.
• Lead on defining and continuously improving the merchandising strategy

Essential skills and experience

• Degree in either Fashion or Business
• 8-10 years' experience in merchandising and leading a team
• Highly analytical and data driven
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Extremely organised with a good attention to detail

The role

• Full time (Monday- Friday 9am-5.30pm)
• Location: onsite only
• Salary negotiable up to £80,000 DOE

Benefits

• 50% discount on all Oh Polly products
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays and an extra day of for your birthday
  
• Corporate gym membership
  
• Cycle to work scheme
  
• Career progression opportunities
• Company pension
  
• Company social events

This Company is an equal opportunities employer

Oh Polly job positions are open to all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.