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About the Role
In-Season Trader
Role Purpose:
To drive and optimise in-season trading performance across banners and countries by aligning sales, stock, and assortment decisions with real-time data insights. The role acts as the central trading link between Buying, Planning, VM, Logistics, and Retail Operations to maximise sell-through, ensure optimal product availability, and improve profitability through effective inventory management, allocation, and cross-functional collaboration.
What you will do:
Building an In-Season Trading community
Act as the key point of contact for trading across multiple departments, including buying, planning, marketing, logistics, and retail operations.
Drive collaboration and ensure that trading strategies are integrated into broader business objectives.
Assist the Planning Manager to test and scale new tools/WoW across different banners.
Stay updated with industry best practices, new technologies, and trading methodologies.
Continuously identify opportunities to improve trading processes, tools, and systems for more efficient and effective trading operations.
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Drive cross-functional projects aimed at improving processes and delivering improved business outcomes.
Develop and lead the in-season trading strategy for the assigned banners, ensuring that the strategy aligns with the company’s business goals.
Sales and Inventory Strategy
Oversee sales performance and inventory management across multiple banners/countries, ensuring optimal stock levels and maximising profitability
Inventory Management:
Work closely with the buying and planning teams to ensure optimal inventory levels across stores
Make recommendations for markdowns to optimize stock levels and minimize stockouts or excess inventory
Work on new replenishment tools to ensure accurate stock allocation and replenishment across countries
Assortment Optimisation
Collaborate with the buying and planning teams to analyse the performance of individual products and categories
Recommend assortment adjustments, product substitutions, or exit strategies to optimize sales and meet customer demand
Manage Inventory Intake
Work closely with Supply chain administration, to monitor & manage inventory intake from Suppliers
Collaborate with logistics to ensure timely product delivery and stock availability
Advanced Reporting and Insights
Lead the preparation of detailed reports for senior managers, providing actionable insights and long-term recommendations based on sales, stock, and profitability analysis.
Analyse sales data, customer insights, and product performance metrics to provide actionable recommendations for assortment adjustments and promotional activities.
Implements inter-store transfers and Never Out of Stock (NOS) coverage tracking.
How you will be measured:
Business Targets
Allocation accuracy (based on store grading/profiles)
Inter-store transfer effectiveness (volume moved vs sell-through impact)
