Overview


Visual Merchandising Assistant – London, United Kingdom

Position Overview

Ref #
W180131

State/Region
London

Department
Creative Services

Location
United Kingdom

City
London

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren’s reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company’s brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world’s most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Pls note this is an FTC

The Digital Visual Merchandising Assistant (1 year fixed term) supports the visual merchandising team in ensuring the merchandising plan is executed correctly and on time.  Working cross functionally to collaboratively execute product lifestyle management and merchandising improvements on site. They will continuously monitor the site to ensure that all products are showing up onsite in line with our flagship requirements. 

They will aim to troubleshoot customer facing issues ahead of those being called out to the contact center. This role is key in maintaining flagship standards onsite, they will be aware of the divisional plans, seasonal buys and forecast in order to make the best merchandising decision. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Execute digital visual merchandising plan. ​
  • Resolve issues as quickly as possible to optimize sales. Ensure PDP’s are at a 98% live with no issues. ​
  • Daily site checks and merchandising improvements. ​
  • Know their divisional seasonal buy to merchandise appropriately. ​
  • Monitor top sellers and stock levels in order to trade performance and feedback with buying and planning. ​
  • Run ad-hoc requests and reports for senior team members. ​
  • Partner with product catalogue in order to support the product go live to support the merch plan.

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

 

  • 1+ full strategic cycles
  • Passion to work in a luxury fashion brand 
  • Strong Excel skills (Pivots & Vlookup) to manipulate big data sets 
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal 
  • Good understanding of web tools (Salesforcel, Adobe Analytics and Content Square is a plus) 
  • Highly organized with a sharp eye for detail 
  • A willingness to get stuck in and learn 
  • Data driven. Strong analytical and numerical skills. 
  • Demonstrated aptitude for technology, including understanding product data flows and e-commerce software 
  • Positive, “can-do” attitude  
  • Willingness to be flexible and pivot across multiple tasks and priorities as necessary 
  • Proactive and shows initiative for needed improvements and problem solving 
  • Team orientated and willing to work as part of a collective. 
  • An entrepreneurial and progression-hungry mindset    

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