Event Merchandise Manager
176EVNTMD1
£35,000 - £38,000 Per Annum
Full Time
Permanent
Central London, Greater London
FMCG
Posted 2 hours ago
Expires In 29 Days
Job Description
Event Merchandise Manager required by a leading global retail marketing group based in the West End of London. You will be responsible for managing a portfolio of projects for various live events, with focus on merchandise retail operations, inventory management and profitability reporting.
This is a permanent, full time role – salary £35-38k per annum plus benefits – offices based in Oxford Circus / Piccadilly Circus area of central London – hybrid working (4 days office and 1 day working from home).
Duties:
This is a permanent, full time role – salary £35-38k per annum plus benefits – offices based in Oxford Circus / Piccadilly Circus area of central London – hybrid working (4 days office and 1 day working from home).
Duties:
- Managing project timelines
- Developing merchandise ranges alongside creative design team
- Managing the prescribed purchasing policy of ideal order volumes and balancing pricing with quantities
- Communicating with venues in advance of event dates
- Sharing necessary information and all tools/POS materials needed for successful retail operations
- Developing inventive, creative and visually appealing retail spaces where needed, as well as guiding venue teams on how to develop and maintain their own retail locations.
- Collecting and reviewing daily/weekly sales data from all venues
- Reviewing inventory levels and reporting anomalies, resolving queries
- Reviewing sales against stock levels and forecasting restock requirements
- Preparing weekly client statements to report on weekly sales performance
- Managing all relationships across projects including managing expectations of clients
- Navigating challenges to ensure customer service levels are upheld
- Providing regular feedback and updates across all phases of projects
- Coordinating and organising day-to-day tasks to ensure efficiency in time management
- Attending weekly internal meetings to report on status of all projects
- Visiting venues across the UK and internationally to monitor performance and ensure retail spaces and products are appropriately presented
- Continuously monitor the quality of products presented and the quality of service provided by project and in general by the company
- Upholding a high standard of presentation as a member of the company to all venues and all company clients and stakeholders.
- Excellent project management skills are essential
- Experience in retail and stock control management is desirable
- Hours – 9.00am to 5:30pm (Monday to Friday) however during Event Openings / Building retail stores hours may vary and may include weekends.
- 4 days in office and 1 day working from home.
- £35,000 - £38,000 – No movement in salary
- Some travel may be required across the UK and potentially at times overseas.
- No management of staff just managing own projects
- Looking after 5 to 10 projects at any one time.
- Having an interest and being passionate about theatre, the events world and interested in merchandising would be ideal.
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