Gm Merchandise

Large multi-branded national retail group - bucking market trends
- High profile role - build on, drive & develop the Merchandise strategy
- Values driven culture - where careers soar & opportunities are endless

**What’s in it for you**:

- **To be part of a brilliant culture - **‘balanced, ’down to earth,’ ‘flexible’ and one that values its most important asset - its people
- **A ‘front & centre’ role where you will have a voice
- **this role plays a key part in contributing to the broader organisations’ strategy and growth plan
- **A career opportunity of a lifetime
- **If you thrive in a culture of change, growth, vision and success, then this will be the opportunity that will ignite your passion for leadership, retail, people, product and service whilst realising the full extent of your leadership mettle in a fast paced, ever-changing environment
- **Career progression**:In this growth-focused business there are excellent opportunities for career growth and development either within the company or across its various businesses
- **The salary package - **it’s attractive, made up of many benefits

**Your prospective employer**:
**This is a role where you can make a real difference.**

**What will you do in an average week?**
- Reporting in at CEO level, you will bring your experience and credibility to the forefront in the reviewing, setting and executing of the strategic merchandise direction, ensuring its delivery in line with the ‘brand promise’ that will support the growth and future direction of the business
- Reviewing the pricing, promotional and layout strategies will naturally form part of your remit, as will ensuring expertise knowledge is applied in the forecasting, inventory management, commercial/trading terms negotiation and supplier management and development
- Additionally, a fresh perspective and expert approach to supplier relationships will produce further opportunities for attractive ‘win-win’ outcomes
- Delivering the results consistently, by communicating expectations and creating a culture of accountability will be a key focus as will analysing store financial data and developing/implementing action plans to deliver results
- This role will see you working at both a strategic and 'day to day' level, assessing and executing best practice category management and retail strategies, aligned with the customer's priorities
- Your ultimate success will come from your inspirational leadership and development of your team to deliver outstanding merchandise results, ensuring a compelling offer is executed across all channels.

**Here’s what it will take**:

- **You've got the right background**:You are a reputable GM/National Merchandise/Buying/Business Manager from within a retail environment and proven in leading teams, high volumes and SKU intensive portfolios
- **You are professionally mature**:you inspire confidence, and you always drive a customer-led change agenda
- **You're a born leader**: People aspire to work 'with' and 'for' you
- **You back yourself as do others**: You are commercial, a trader at heart and a brilliant decision maker
- **You are accomplished in your own right.**You have a knack for spotting trends well before your competitors and along with your team, can negotiate unique deals on a large scale.
- **You are passionate about developing others.** Building and developing the careers of each of your team to be the best versions of themselves is one of your innate drivers
- **You have vision**:You can plan for today and for the future
- **You creates points of differences and have a results-driven mentality**:Need we say more.