Merchandising Admin Assistant

At Debenhams Group, we are on a journey of transformation, revitalising our brand, culture, and connection with colleagues and customers alike. In a fast-changing retail environment, effective and authentic communication is vital to building trust, aligning our teams, and amplifying the impact of our work across internal and external audiences.

We are looking to hire an enthusiastic Merchandising Admin Assistant, who will liaise closely with other departments across the business and ensure the sales performance is communicated back to the wider brand through reporting. You'll support in analysing the sales of your department, where you can have a direct impact on strategies for the future. This role is busy and fast paced, so you'll need to keep organised and on top of your area. By being based in one of our central London offices, you’ll be emersed in all things fashion and data.

Following a period of structural change, brand repositioning, and workforce transformation, we’ve built a passionate and dynamic team dedicated to maintaining the brand’s premium positioning while embracing innovation and growth. With a clear vision for the future, we’re evolving Karen Millen’s legacy and shaping the next chapter of its success.

Our Merchandising team is at the core of ensuring Karen Millen remains a leader in the global fashion market. With an extensive and carefully curated product range, we work strategically to deliver impeccable quality and precision in every collection. We thrive on data, trends, and insight, using our expertise to get the right products to the right customers at the right time. As pioneers of the test-and-repeat model, we move with agility, balancing heritage with a forward-thinking approach to fashion.

What the Merchandising Admin Assistant will do:

• Own all admin reporting where you will be responsible for analysing the sales performance within your department, which will be discussed in weekly trade meetings and be used for wider strategy planning.
• Reporting back sales analysis to your Senior Merchandiser, so they can propose suitable actions.
• Flagging any potential issues with current orders to the merchandising team and proposing suitable solutions.
• Communicating regularly with suppliers and the warehouse team to ensure orders are running to the deadline and lateness is kept to a minimum.
• Takes full responsibility for the Merchandising Admin Assistant Excel trackers, ensuring that these are updated daily.

What Debenhams Group is looking for:

• Loves working with numbers and data trends.
• Methodical and analytical thinker who enjoys solving problems.
• Enjoys detail and getting the little things right.
• Is a confident user of Microsoft Excel and happy looking at spreadsheets.
• Strong communicator, confident in interacting with lots of different people across the business, as well as external suppliers.
• You’re someone who enjoys going above and beyond to support others in the team where needed.
• Ambitious and driven to develop a career in Merchandising.

Working with Debenhams Group

At Debenhams Group, we thrive on change, innovation, and pace. Every challenge is an opportunity, and every day is a chance to push boundaries. If you’re someone who embraces the unknown, thrives in a fast-moving, high-growth environment, and is ready to shape the future of retail, you’ll love it here. We want visionaries, disruptors, and doers—people who bring fresh thinking, relentless energy, and the drive to make an impact.

Why Join Debenhams Group

Our mission is to create a workplace where everyone is respected, individual differences are valued, and people can be themselves at work — without exception.

2025 was a year of significant change for the Group. 2026 is about bold moves, real results and unstoppable momentum. If that excites you, you belong at Debenhams Group.

Our benefits include (subject to level and eligibility):

• Highly competitive bonus scheme, company pension, share schemes, private medical cover and life assurance
• 20% discount across all brands
• Comprehensive wellbeing package
• Ongoing learning and development with strong internal progression
• Free season ticket loan