Merchandiser

Vedant Fashions Limited - Manyavar-Mohey

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and manage product assortment based on sales trends, store requirements, seasonality, and customer demand.
• Monitor sales, stock levels, sell-through, stock cover, ageing, and inventory movement across stores/categories.
• Analyse product performance and identify fast-moving and slow-moving SKUs.
• Coordinate with Buying, Design, Production, Warehouse, Retail Operations, and Supply Chain teams for smooth merchandise flow.
• Ensure timely allocation, replenishment and stock transfers across stores.
• Prepare and maintain regular MIS reports, including sales analysis, stock reports, category performance, ageing, and inventory reports.
• Support seasonal and promotional merchandise planning, including new product launches.
• Recommend markdowns, promotions, stock transfers, or liquidation plans for slow-moving inventory.
• Track category-wise, store-wise, and SKU-wise performance against targets.
• Assist in demand forecasting and inventory planning to minimize stock-outs and excess inventory.
• Conduct market and competitor analysis to understand pricing, assortment, trends, and customer preferences.
• Coordinate with stores to understand merchandise requirements and resolve stock-related concerns.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong understanding of retail merchandising and inventory management.
• Good analytical and numerical ability.
• Strong knowledge of MS Excel, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP and reporting.
• Understanding of sell-through, stock cover, ageing, inventory turnover and assortment planning.
• Working knowledge of ERP/POS systems would be an advantage.
• Good communication and coordination skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with large volumes of data.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced retail environment.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in apparel, fashion, lifestyle, footwear, accessories, or organized retail would be an advantage.