Import Merchandiser

The Company:
Our client is currently looking to recruit an experienced Import Merchandiser to join their busy team. The company are a well-established company that design, manufacture and supply accessories to various high street retailers.
Working hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00am-16:30pm with 30min lunch break and Friday 8:00am-13:00pm, no lunch break
Company pension

The Role:

• Liaise with various Far East factories chasing design & seal samples and maintaining sample trackers.
• Ordering labels and maintaining the label stock sheets
• Place raw material orders for fabrics and components
• Chase deliveries of materials and components and update the factories, whilst ensuring CP dates are maintained
• Chase the customer to ensure we have size breakdowns and barcode details to ensure CP dates are maintained
• Check and measure fabrics and samples upon receipt
• Create master pre-production internal fit workbooks.
• Record and log the test reports
• Ensure weekly production plans are received from the factories
• Ensure the weekly production plans are updated and sent to the customer
• Arrange freight import quotes and monitor progress
• Arrange customer warehouse bookings for delivery
• Provide shipment paperwork and AQL’s from factory prior to ex-factory dates to customer

Skills:
• Minimum of 3 years merchandising experience
• Good organisational skills, able to prioritise
• Be able to work well to deadlines
• Multi task
• Experience communicating with factories and customers
• Self-motivated

Benefits
• 25 days holiday (increasing to 30 based on length of service)
• Monday - Thursday 8.00am-4.30pm
• Friday - 8.00am - 1.00pm
• Bupa Cashplan
• Company pension
• Work for a Trust which is for the benefit of all staff (including beneficiary payments dependant on company performance)
• Bonus (dependant on company performance)

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