AJE ATHLETICA and Aje Studio is where fashion meets forward motion. Our line blends performance with style for athleisure wear that elevates every move – from work to workout to weekend.  

We pride ourselves on our positive impact on the environment, with collections featuring 70% consciously sourced materials. 

Every piece prioritises well-being – with collections housed in dynamic spaces that immerse you in health and energy.

Don’t miss your chance to be a part of this exciting chapter. 

About this opportunity:

Trading

• Accountable for driving trade on a daily and weekly basis.
• React to trade - chasing and mitigating performance and risk
• Manage and present in season category WSSI, reforecasting sales based on current performance, managing inventory position and stock turn, highlighting any opportunities or risks to budget
• Forecast and maintain linecards, collaborating with product team to ensure sales forecasts and merchandise orders are aligned, pulling forward, phasing or placing stock where necessary, minimising over/under stocks

Planning

• In collaboration with the Planning Manager, develop and execute seasonal strategy, identifying lessons learnt and key opportunities.
• Create robust sales plan for annual budgeting process, considering category opportunities and channel KPIs
• Review weekly sales phasing based on planned promotional activity, and historic category lifts and drops
• Develop stock targets and covers, to be signed off by Planning Manager
• Analyse and present option framework on own product categories, carefully considering ranging, unproductive options from LY, pricing, end use and % newness.

Product Assortment

• Build a balanced, customer focused range, collaborating with the Planning Manager to ensure the product range and margin is balanced across all product categories.
• Range product based on channel/market specifications, sales trends, and opportunities for growth
• Drive robust pricing strategies to deliver sales growth and margin targets, considering internal and external competition and margin
• Review historical sales data including ROS, MD rate and ST% to inform buy quantities.

Commerical Awareness

• Influence assortment through performance analysis, garnering customer feedback, and staying ahead of consumer trends and the competitive landscape
• Build a dynamic understanding of the customer through regular store visits & proactively seeking customer feedback from all business channels
• Use trade reports to propose strategic trading actions, identifying opportunities across all channels, reducing markdown risk to the business.

Reporting

• Robust understanding of all reporting tools, continuously seeking ways to improve
• Prepare Post Season Analysis (PSA) & present back to senior management, channel owners and design
• Present detailed information regarding the Planning function in a clear, concise, and accurate manner.

Training & Development

• Uses leadership skills to support and motivate the Merchandise team.
• Effectively communicate with buying counterpart and allocator, sharing data insights to improve team decision-making.
• Continually review processes and controls, initiating improvements in best practice as necessary