Import Assistant Merchandiser - Footasylum : Job Details

Description

We are looking for a highly motivated and organised Import Assistant Merchandiser to join our team at Footasylum. You will work closely with the Supply Chain and Merchandising team to manage Supply Chain Operations and Own Brand production/delivery, utilising your attention to detail and an understanding of the knock on effects of every task undertaken.

The role is varied and will include:

• Weekly Maintenance on Supply chain Critical Path adding new orders, removing receipted and uploading revised dates into the system

• Chase weekly factory Critical Paths updating approvals and revised dates flagging to Senior team any risks on Launch for styles

• Ensure documentation for import/export shipments is accurate for all Freight movements

• Perform regular analysis, reconciliations, problem solving and progress chasing of all shipments and invoices.

• Understand financial documents and work with the Accounts team to manage payments and invoices

• Work closely with the freight forwarders and suppliers

• Airfreight quotes and approval request

• Instructions of clearance to forwarder customs

• Intake bookings as per styles confirmed ETA

• Develop awareness of product area through Cads / Range Plan

• Work close to the Product development team on CP approval dates

• Manage a document filing system

The Teams

The Merchandise team is an extended family split into departments, you will get to know the wider team but also across the departments. The departments are split to focus down on certain areas such as Apparel, Footwear and Accessories, DTC, Wholesale and SEVENSTORE. You will have the chance to work across branded suppliers and own brand supply chain. Within each department you will have the opportunity to make decisions influencing sell through, following through strategic plans and effecting profitability.

We drive personal development and provide all the tools to help you feel empowered. There are many examples of people who have joined the team and progressed quickly. We invest in our training and development and this role will be no different. Our aim is to help create an environment where you can achieve, progress, and grow, in addition to supporting, training, and mentoring the junior team, celebrating progression and success.

About You

We love people with passion. It can be with fashion, it can be with something else but we want to help utilise that passion in to your career. We encourage people to defy the ordinary.

You will be driven, ambitious and motivated and we will harness this into your development. You will care about the stakeholders and customers.

We are ideally looking for someone with experience and understanding of import/supply chain processes who possesses good analytical skills.

Diversity

We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are providing service to our colleagues and customers. We know that this will help us build a great service, which our customers will love. This is great news for our business. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences.

Recruitment Process

We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you.

We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you.

Please note, this is not a remote role and our expectation is that you will be able to attend Head Office in a hybrid way, in Greater Manchester.