Who are we?
For over 30 years, we’ve travelled, we’ve laughed, we’ve grown. We believe life is for living and more fun with those we love. We are Made for Life.
Our mission statement:
Crafting clothes for life’s everyday adventures. Today, tomorrow and always.
Our Product formula:
Considered style. Trusted Quality. B Corp certified.
We are proud to have featured in the Sunday Times top 10 best places to work 2025 and best places to work for women 2025.
Equality and inclusion isn’t an aspiration but the standard. We promote and drive equality within our workforce to ignite an inclusive foundation for us all to build from and truly connect with our customers, colleagues, and communities alike. You play a key part in creating an environment free from prejudice, racism, sexism, harassment, bullying and any other form of marginalisation in our workplaces.
Role Summary
The Trainee Merchandiser will be working alongside the Merchandising team to influence what our FatFace product ranges look like. Alongside this you will be closely managing stock levels in order to maximise sales and minimise our markdown risk, potentialising profitability. You will learn to trade those ranges, reacting to what our customers are telling us they love, then working with our global supplier base to get the stock to our customers when they want it.
Responsibilities:- With support from your team, you will learn the skills required to progress within our merchandising function. Responsibility comes early and you will be looking after stock for your product department.
- You will be responsible for managing your departments launch position, to ensure the right stock is in the right place at the right time to maximise profitability.
- You will receive regular feedback from your Merchandise team who will coach and develop you throughout, supporting you in reaching your goals.
- Ordering and managing the intake of stock from suppliers all over the world.
- Updating our product systems with the correct delivery dates and shipment modes.
- Reviewing historical and current sales to forecast what stock we need for the future.
- As you develop there will be the opportunity to attend range building and sign off meetings using your knowledge to influence how future ranges look.
Skills and Experience:
- Ability to build strong relationships across different functions within the business.
- Proficient in Microsoft suite including Excel and PowerPoint
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal) with a professional and confident approach.
- Organised and can manage and prioritise a wide range of tasks.
- A great communicator, you will build excellent relationships both internally and externally.
- Able to interpret data and see opportunities.
- Numerate with a basic understanding of percentages.
- Agility and the ability to thrive in a fast paced, busy environment.
- Approachable and at your best in a team environment
- Driven, decisive and want to make a difference
Role Competencies:
- Passionate about the FatFace brand and embody brand values.
- Use of Excel & Next Product System.
- Brand and commercial awareness.
Key Contacts and Relationships:
- Merchandiser
- Merchandising Manager
- D, B, M and Sourcing team members and line management
- Brand team
- Channels – Retail, Ecommerce, Wholesale & Partners.
- Logistics
- Directors
Accountable for Resources:
- Brand Integrity – product in line with Brand identity
- Company integrity - relationship with externals
- Financial - ensure profitability of category within Stores and Direct channels, through product strategy, working to budget.
- Stock – maximising profitability and availability.
Benefits of working with us:
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Generous monthly discount allowance
- Perkbox our online platform to use from day one (this includes amazing online discounts, home workouts, wellbeing content, popular brand discounts e.c.t)
- THRIVE – Our learning management system- access from day one with 1000’s of pieces of learning
- Dental Insurance (employee funded)
- Pension scheme
- EAP support around the clock- UNUM/Retail Trust/ Fashion Textiles Support
- Sick pay allowances
- Sabbatical leave in line with service
- Enhanced Family Friendly polices i.e. Maternity Leave
- Refer a friend scheme
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