Wholesale Merchandising Admin Assistant

Kurt Geiger | About Us

We are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in-house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.

We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness | For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism strive to be the best in our industry; through amazing people, beautiful product, innovative designs and evolving store concepts.

Responsibilities

To support the planning and product strategies for the Wholesale business, working in collaboration with Sales, Buying and Finance.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Taking direction from the Merchandiser, support the implementation of annual and seasonal strategies for the Wholesale business, including product range, pricing, analysis and general planning.
• Responsible for setting up all required selling tools before each Wholesale market.
• Assist in the set-up and maintenance of product information on the Wholesale IT system, processing seasonal product updates and utilising reporting tools to ensure accurate information can be shared with the business.
• Assisting in raising PO’s – reviewing cost prices, supplier deadlines and liaising with merchandiser on purchase order priorities
• Responsible for logging and tracking all PO’s raised
• Assist with the compilation of the seasonal collection notes, buying guides, price lists, product information, other merchandising collateral as required.
• Working cross-functionally with the Buying and Sales teams, feeding data to the Supply Chain team as required.
• At market closure, assist in the analysis of the department orderbook and raise all POs to cover sales and strategic stock buys as required.
• Liaising with suppliers on product orders up to the point of product despatch.
• Undertaking general administration duties, as required by the department.
• Manage and track all photography samples.
• Manage our all market samples.

Requirements:
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Accurate data provision.
• Effective communication.
• Accurate record keeping, following departmental protocol.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Managing own workload to meet department deadlines.

Benefits:
• Free 24 hour virtual GP access

• Summer hours - 3pm Friday Finish
• Payday half days throughout the year
• Enviable discounted products
• Harrods discount
• Sample sales
• Gym discounts
• Enhanced pension scheme including life assurance

Our Culture

We’re an energic fast-paced brand that embraces progress and strives for innovation. Hard work is rewarded with new opportunities at every level and kindness is celebrated in everything we do. Our summer working hours accommodate a healthy work life balance. Wellbeing is important to our working culture, which is why we nurture a friendly environment for talent to thrive in, alongside a vibrant social community.

Our Stores The first Kurt Geiger store opened on London Bond street in 1963. Today, our brand has global appeal and is distributed in hundreds of cities around the world. We operate over 70 stand-alone stores nationwide, including our new flagship store on London Oxford street, and in over 400 stores globally. Beyond stand-alone stores and retail pop ups, our retail partners include some of the world’s most famous department stores.

We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness | For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism