Helen

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Helen
Merchandising Manager
ASDA House

I’m Helen and my role as a Merchandising Manager involves analysing sales data and predicting future trends to make sure that we’ll have great availability for the customer in the future.

We get involved in both the planning and trading of a department. Our role is best described as being responsible for "How much and when". We do this through working with the buyers to plan a balanced range of products - a range that delivers the department strategy to deliver for our customers and our Business Financial Plans. Once planned, our job is to ensure the stock is flowed through our supply channels at the right time to make sure the stores and depots work efficiently and that we do not invest in stock we don’t need. Once launched, we analyse the weekly trading performance of a range to identify risks and opportunities and we establish an action plan for the week ahead.

Merchandising is a totally new department for ASDA although I've worked in similar departments at other retailers from the high street. Its great to be able to share my experience with my team and it’s very exciting to be involved right from the start. It also means that I can have an impact on the way that it develops and establish really solid foundations for its future.

It was the opportunity to do this that really attracted me to ASDA in the first place. From my background in retail I had also heard great things about the culture of working here and I’m pleased to say that they’re all true. The best thing about being based at Asda House is that it’s so close to the centre of Leeds - which is handy for a bit of retail therapy at lunchtime!

There are also some great benefits to working here that I’ve never enjoyed before. For example there’s Flex, which gives me all sorts of flexible options to help me organise my work-life balance and pursue interests outside of work and the pension scheme’s great too.