Merchandising Admin Assistant

Merchandising Admin Assistant Manchester 26,000 Lifestyle Brand

Benefits:

• Hybrid Working
• 25 Days Holiday
• Gym Classes
• Well-Being Groups
• Free On-Site Parking
• Volunteering Days
• Birthday Rewards

The Business:

This is a well-established, household name with a major UK presence, they are a business known for stability, consistency and long-term thinking. This is not a revolving-door environment as people join, grow, and build steady careers here, often staying for many years.

The culture is cool, calm and collected: professional, supportive, and grounded. It's an environment where learning happens naturally, experience is valued, and progression comes from doing good work over time rather than constant churn.

If you're looking for a role where you can develop commercially within a trusted, respected retail brand, then this is exactly that kind of opportunity.

As The Merchandising Admin Assistant:

This role sits at the heart of the merchandising team, supporting the smooth running of day-to-day operations while building a strong understanding of trading, stock flow, and product performance.

• Creating, maintaining and circulating regular sales, stock and intake reporting to support trading decisions
• Preparing weekly and seasonal performance summaries, highlighting key trends, risks and opportunities
• Maintaining critical paths and delivery trackers, keeping supplier updates visible and flagging any potential delays
• Supporting purchase order management, including quantities, size splits and delivery schedules
• Acting as a central point of contact for suppliers, helping to keep communication clear and timelines on track
• Monitoring inbound stock and working with distribution centres to ensure goods flow smoothly through the business
• Assisting with stock allocation across online platforms and wholesale partners
• Keeping systems accurate and up to date across product information, pricing, promotions and launches
• Providing day-to-day administrative support to the wider merchandising team
• Supporting range builds, reviews, trade meetings and seasonal planning activity
• Responding to queries from wholesale partners, warehouse teams and internal departments
• Sharing insights from reports with confidence, contributing to discussions around performance and opportunity

• An interest in retail or fashion, with a genuine curiosity about how product performance and stock impact trading
• Naturally organised, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple moving parts
• Calm, reliable and proactive; someone who takes pride in getting the basics right
• Commercially minded, with an interest in understanding sales, margin and stock efficiency
• A supportive team player who enjoys working collaboratively
• Comfortable using Excel and internal systems (full training provided)