Return to jobs
Join Otrium as a Senior Merchandiser and Revolutionize Off-Price Fashion with Your Data-Driven Expertise
Overview
Salary
No salary declared 😔
Location
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands,
Nomad Friendly?
In-person- Amsterdam Netherlands
Expires
Expires at anytime
Organisation Summary
At Otrium, an innovator in the off-price fashion sector, we're passionate about offering stylish solutions while optimizing inventory turnover. With our tech-driven platform, we provide a unique shopping experience by ensuring commercially smart stock management, rapid sell-through, and strategic partnerships. Our team thrives in a collaborative environment on the waterside in the Houthavens, where creativity and strategic thinking are at the heart of our daily operations.
Role Summary
- Develop and implement data-driven merchandising strategies for high inventory turnover.
- Manage seasonal readiness and ensure smooth transitions on the website and category levels.
- Strategize proactive exits for slow-moving stock through pricing and liquidation tactics.
- Utilize analytics to inform decisions on assortment, focusing on customer demand and market trends.
- Create merchandising guidelines for new stock intake that align with market trends and commercial viability.
- Enhance platform appeal by increasing assortment visibility and relevance across digital platforms.
- Collaborate with key departments to achieve aligned goals and maintain a unified approach.
Role Requirements
- 5-7 years of Merchandising experience with a track record of commercial success.
- Deep understanding of online fashion industry dynamics and trends.
- Advanced data analysis skills, including proficiency in v-lookups, pivot tables, and complex formulas.
- Expertise in assortment planning, seasonal readiness, and inventory management.
- Experience in the off-price fashion segment is a plus.
- Background in fashion buying and online visual merchandising is advantageous.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary with generous SAR package.
- 25 days holiday per year plus birthday off and 8 weeks Workation option.
- Modern, plant-filled office space with bi-weekly lunches.
- Mac laptop, home office setup, and OneFit gym subscription discount.
- An incredible 35% Otrium employee discount.
Your impact
Otrium is seeking a Senior Merchandiser to bring a buyer’s mindset to our dynamic off-price concessions business. This strategic role requires an individual with extensive merchandising experience and a keen eye for commercially sound inventory management. You'll leverage advanced data analysis skills to optimize our assortment, ensuring fast sell-through, healthy margins, efficient inventory turns, and reduced stock age. You’ll report into the Director of Partnerships and collaborate closely with multiple teams such as Marketing, Product and Pricing. You'll develop a winning strategy to get the right stock in, facilitate our growth, enhance visibility of strategic inventory while at the same time clearing out long-tail items, thereby driving platform profitability. If you're a data-savvy merchandising pro with a passion for fashion and technology, we are looking precisely for you!
Your responsibilities
- Implement dynamic, data-driven strategies to ensure fast inventory turnover in a commercially sound way
- Oversee seasonal readiness at website and category level, ensuring timely updates and seamless transitions
- Orchestrate a strategy for proactively exiting slow-moving stock, employing multiple methods such as pricing adjustments, liquidation etc.
- Utilise data analytics and market knowledge to make informed assortment decisions, enhancing stock intake and ensuring we always are in stock of the fundamental core assortment that our customers want
- Develop merchandising guidelines for new stock intake, aligning with market trends and commercial viability while working within the constraints of the off-price inventory world
- Elevate platform appeal by improving assortment visibility and relevance on website and app
- Foster consistent communication and collaboration across key teams (Marketing, Partnerships, Pricing) to ensure aligned goals and a unified approach.
What you’ll bring to the team:
- 5-7 years of experience in a Merchandising role with a proven track record of commercial success
- Demonstrated experience within the online fashion industry, with a deep understanding of its dynamics and trends
- Advanced data analysis skills, including proficiency in v-lookups, pivot tables, and complex formulas
- Proven expertise in assortment planning, seasonal readiness, and inventory management
- Experience in the off-price fashion segment (a plus)
- Experience with a fashion buying role (a plus)
- Experience in online visual merchandising (a plus)
What we offer you for being O-mazing:
- A competitive, market-rate salary and generous SAR package
- 25 days holiday per year - plus a day off on your birthday and 8 weeks Workation option!
- An open, spacious, plant-filled office on the waterside in the Houthavens
- Delicious bi-weekly office lunches - prepared by our lovely Hub & Culture Manager, Denise
- Mac laptop and more handy tech - including setting up your home office via Workwize
- OneFit gym subscription discount
- And, of course, an incredible 35% Otrium employee discount!
