Merchandise Manager (Projects and Transformation)
Added 25 Aug · still live
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£56,500
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2440 (80% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £56,500, and Space NK is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2431 (Management consultants and business analysts, Business change/improvement focus could fit management consultant). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
About the role
If you love beauty, you’re in the right place.
As the ultimate curator of over 100 of the most in-demand, highly innovative and boundary-pushing beauty brands, we are the go-to destination for worldwide beauty discovery.
Together through our neighbourhood stores, online presence and loyalty scheme, Space NK has built a flourishing community in which to discover beauty. The customer is at the heart of everything we do, and we will always endeavour to offer everything they need to help them explore, experiment, and enjoy our brands.
Merchandise Manager (Projects and Transformation)
Location: London (Hybrid)
Department: Planning, Branch Merchandising & Inventory
Position Reports to: Planning Director
Role Overview
A senior commercially focused project and transformation lead with strong buying and merchandising experience, responsible for leading commercial-led initiatives deriving from and impacting the transformation programmes for our buying, merchandising and commercial functions.
This role operates at the intersection of Buying, Merchandising, Inventory, Tech and wider business change, ensuring future systems, processes and ways of working are grounded in practical retail, trading and operational needs.
Success in this role will be interdependent on deep commercial knowledge, strong judgement and the ability to ask the right questions, challenge assumptions and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation. It will be complimented by strong organisational and project management.
Success comes from ensuring business change is shaped by commercial reality, balancing strategic ambition with practical operational delivery for internal customers and partner brands..
Commercial Projects & Business Transformation
As the ultimate curator of over 100 of the most in-demand, highly innovative and boundary-pushing beauty brands, we are the go-to destination for worldwide beauty discovery.
Together through our neighbourhood stores, online presence and loyalty scheme, Space NK has built a flourishing community in which to discover beauty. The customer is at the heart of everything we do, and we will always endeavour to offer everything they need to help them explore, experiment, and enjoy our brands.
Merchandise Manager (Projects and Transformation)
Location: London (Hybrid)
Department: Planning, Branch Merchandising & Inventory
Position Reports to: Planning Director
Role Overview
A senior commercially focused project and transformation lead with strong buying and merchandising experience, responsible for leading commercial-led initiatives deriving from and impacting the transformation programmes for our buying, merchandising and commercial functions.
This role operates at the intersection of Buying, Merchandising, Inventory, Tech and wider business change, ensuring future systems, processes and ways of working are grounded in practical retail, trading and operational needs.
Success in this role will be interdependent on deep commercial knowledge, strong judgement and the ability to ask the right questions, challenge assumptions and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation. It will be complimented by strong organisational and project management.
Success comes from ensuring business change is shaped by commercial reality, balancing strategic ambition with practical operational delivery for internal customers and partner brands..
Commercial Projects & Business Transformation
- Lead Commercial-led projects that improve processes, ways of working, reporting, planning capability and operational effectiveness across the Commercial function.
- Act as a key Commercial partner for system implementations and business transformation activity.
- Ensure new systems, tools and processes support effective commercial decision-making and are practical for the end user.
- Define and embed standardised commercial processes that improve consistency, efficiency and operational control.
- Champion technology-enabled improvements that enhance forecasting, inventory management, reporting and trading performance.
- Identify opportunities to simplify ways of working and strengthen alignment between Commercial, Tech, Finance, Retail and Inventory teams.
- Support change management activity, including communication, training, user adoption and benefit realisation.
- Partner with Inventory, Merchandising and Tech teams to improve forecast accuracy, stock availability and inventory stock turn.
- Drive the inclusion of key demand drivers into forecasting, including promotional activity, channel performance, store expansion and evolving customer trends.
- Broad Buying and/or Merchandising experience within a retail environment, with strong understanding of commercial planning, trading priorities and operational execution.
- Proven track record of delivering projects and change initiatives through cross-functional teams, with experience representing business requirements within wider transformation and process improvement programmes.
- Strong commercial judgement with the ability to connect operational detail to broader business strategy and customer outcomes.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with credibility across both commercial and technical teams.
- Ability to identify the right questions, delve into operational detail and translate commercial requirements into practical solutions.
- Strong analytical capability and confidence using data to support decision-making and measure outcomes.
- Formal project management qualifications are not essential.
- Familiarity with merchandising systems, forecasting tools, or retail tech platforms.
- Strong buying, merchandising and commercial acumen.
- Naturally curious, with the confidence to challenge constructively and ask insightful questions.
- Builds alignment and momentum across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Balances strategic thinking with practical execution.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving progress through change.
- Highly organised, structured and outcome-focused.
All applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.
If you want to find out more about us, what it is like to work for us, all about our benefits, and our pledges on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, please visit our website.
Space NK are an equal opportunities employer.
How We Will Use Your Information
We will use the information you provide to us with your job application to help us process your application for the specific job you have applied for. If you apply speculatively, we will process your application for the job/relevant business area that you detail within your email.
Please note that our current system does not use an automated filtering system.
All applications made via the website, through a third-party website or in-store will be kept on file for a period of 12 months.
This information will be retained and used to assess your suitability to similar positions that may arise in the future, or if the initial vacancy becomes live again during the 12-month period. If you would prefer us to not hold your information on file/ you wish to be ‘forgotten’ if you are not offered a position with Space NK, please email your ‘right to be forgotten’ to our recruitment email address with RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN as the title of the email. We will always inform you when we have deleted your application details, otherwise we will treat your application as consent to us holding this information.
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 2440 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~271k in sampleP25 £46kP75 £78k
£35kmedian £60kgoing rate £57k£99k
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About sponsorship for this role
Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Space NK holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2440 going rate of £56,500. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.