Merchandise & Buying Operations Supervisor
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We're looking for a highly organised, detail-focused Merchandising & Buying Operations Supervisor to join our Commercial team.
We are looking for a confident, detail-focused Merchandise Supervisor to ensure our products are accurately set up, maintained, launched and managed throughout their lifecycle. You will be the team’s go-to product expert, combining strong operational control with a practical approach to improving processes, reducing errors and delivering a consistent experience for stores, colleagues and customers.
Product ownership and expertise
- Act as the primary product expert, building a thorough understanding of specifications, features, fabrics, finishes, dimensions, pricing and supplier capabilities.
- Provide accurate product guidance to stores, Digital, Marketing, Supply Chain and Customer Service.
- Ensure product information is complete, accurate and consistent across systems and customer-facing channels.
Merchandising operations
- Supervise daily merchandising administration, allocate priorities and ensure work is completed accurately and on time.
- Oversee product setup, range maintenance, pricing updates, promotional activity and new product launches.
- Coordinate launch tasks against agreed critical paths and proactively escalate risks, missing information and dependencies.
Process management and continuous improvement
- Apply merchandising processes consistently and ensure the team follows agreed standards and controls.
- Identify inefficiencies, recurring issues and control gaps, then develop practical improvements that reduce manual work, errors and rework.
- Maintain clear process documentation, checklists, training guides and audit controls.
Quality control and team leadership
- Complete regular audits of product data, pricing, attributes, specifications and launch readiness.
- Investigate discrepancies, implement corrective actions and prevent recurring failures.
- Coach and support Merchandise Administrators and Coordinators, building product knowledge, confidence and accountability.
Cross-functional collaboration
- Work with Digital, Marketing, Retail, Supply Chain and suppliers to deliver accurate product information and successful launches.
- Support range reviews, pricing activity, promotional planning and commercial projects.
- Communicate clearly, respond promptly to queries and build trusted working relationships.
- Experience in merchandising, buying administration, commercial operations or retail operations.
- Excellent product knowledge, or the curiosity and discipline to become a recognised product expert.
- An exceptional eye for detail and pride in maintaining accurate product, pricing and promotional information.
- A process-led mindset with the confidence to challenge existing ways of working and recommend better solutions.
- Strong organisation, prioritisation, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience working with multiple systems and high volumes of product data.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills and confidence analysing information to identify gaps, risks and trends.
- 33 days holidays including bank holidays
- Employee benefits platform – access to 100s of high street discounts and more – holiday discounts, gym discounts, cinema discounts, e-vouchers, cashback and more!
- Colleague Discount
- Career progression
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
- Access to our dedicated Employee Assistance Programme – to give you free access to advice and information on a range of topics
- Virtual GP – Access to a GP service 24/7
- Salary finance scheme
- Pension Scheme
- Death in Service