Junior Merchandiser in London

Job description

Radley have been proud architects of luxurious British handbags and accessories for over 25 years. Known for our leather expertise and enduring quality, we expertly blend iconic design and exquisite craftsmanship with exceptional value.

Our London HQ is home to our in-house Design team, who are inspired by the natural world, luxurious fine leathers and the remarkable women who wear our bags. Each design is then responsibly made by our family-run manufacturing partners, in the expert hands of three generations of artisan craftspeople.

Junior Merchandiser

This position is accountable for supporting with the end to end merchandising process, managing stock at a global level and maximising revenue and profit. This role is critical in driving product strategy, managing the product lifecycle, and collaborating cross functionally to ensure the commercial success of our collections. This position leads by example, acting as an ambassador for Radley, fostering a culture of passion and determination, and driving excellence across the Merchandising organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Development and support with global inventory management activities alongside Senior Merchandiser, including use of WSSI and long range merchandising financial plans, ensuring optimal inventory and productivity
• Support on quantifying seasonal buy volumes to maximise sales and sell through
• Accountable for allocating and re-balancing inventory to improve global sell through across all channels
• Together with Senior Merchandiser, managing promotions, delist and markdown planning and forecasting, in line with OTB targets, together with reviewing discounts by product
• Assisting with option plans, measuring performance against plan for each season
• Responsible for reporting, and preparing insightful analyses on performance relative to plan and making recommendations to Senior Merchandiser
• Communicate sales, inventory and margin forecasts to Senior Merchandiser, highlighting risks and opportunities and recommending trade driving actions
• Maintaining and forecasting line cards on core options, proposing reorders to Senior Merchandiser to ensure never out of stock
• Acting as a mentor to an Allocator
• Provide clear and effective support to both internal and external customers, addressing their needs and responding promptly.

Skills & Experience

• Highly analytical, organised, and detail oriented
• Driven and Ambitious, with aptitude to work in a fast-paced environment
• Fast study / quick learner
• Problem solver, with an ability to drive results if faced with obstacles
• Flexible, willing, and able to manage multiple and potentially competing priorities
• Ability to provide both quantitative and qualitative analysis of data

Benefits & perks

• Competitive salary & performance-based incentives
• Generous staff discount on Radley products
• Opportunities for professional development & training
• Enhanced annual leave (incl. Holiday buy)
• Sickness Pay
• Life Assurance Cover
• Virtual GP
• Healthcare Cash Plan of up to c.£900 per year
• Employee Assistant Programme
• Wellbeing App (Thrive)
• Company Bonus
• Time in Service Rewards
• Sample Sales
• Special Occasion Gifts
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Summer Fridays

At Radley, we strive to create, promote and live an inclusive culture. We’re committed to social equity and actively work to make impactful changes across our business to become diverse and celebrate one another’s differences. We encourage a supportive and open environment for anyone that steps through our doors at our Service Centres, Distribution Centre and Stores.

We know that diversity in a business only makes it stronger, so our People team are clear on how to conduct an inclusive recruitment campaign. Our job posts always go through a gender-bias decoder before going live, we will always consider alternative inclusive job boards, and we will remain open to considering flexible working options. We won’t ask for specific qualifications unless it’s absolutely critical to the success of the role and we already actively participate in external schemes to bring in future talent from diverse backgrounds. We are #Proudtobe Radley.

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We’re proud to offer a competitive and ahead-of-the-curve remuneration and benefits package, some of which we share here. If you are shortlisted as having the skills required for this role then we’ll openly share our salary banding with you ahead of moving forward to the next stage. For some time, we have actively stopped asking candidates their salary expectations at interview where it isn’t necessary to do so, we want to pay an individual for the job based on their experience and ability and not limit some groups who may undervaluing themselves.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London

Type of Contract

Casual / Part Time Jobs

Published at

18-10-2025

Profession type

Retail

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English