Assistant Merchandiser, Imperial War Museum

Reporting to the Merchandising Manager, the Assistant Merchandiser helps the Retail department to meet its financial targets by ensuring that each branch has sufficient stock to maximise sales. A key part of the role is to accurately send and record all purchase orders for gift and printed product, and to ensure they are delivered at the correct time in the correct quantity. Once an order has arrived at IWM's Distribution Centre, the Assistant Merchandiser is responsible for transferring the stock to IWM's branches and for generating sales reports, analysis, and assisting in the implementation of promotions as required.

The Assistant Merchandiser is also responsible for several key administrative duties within the department. This includes setting up new products and updating existing information and ensuring the stock file for each branch is correct. To assist in resolving stock discrepancies, the Assistant Merchandiser is responsible for compiling the results of weekly stock-checks and making appropriate adjustments on the EPOS system as required.

For a full person specification which your application will be scored against, please see the attached job description.

Please note that this is a fixed term position, and can be based at any IWM site.