Buying/Merchandise Assistant - Ready To Wear

Sydney | Full-Time

We’ve partnered with a growing Australian Ready To Wear business to recruit a Merchandise Assistant for an initial 8-month contract.

This is a unique opportunity for someone who sits between merchandising, planning and product. This role will be excellent if you're someone who is highly organised, confident with Excel and genuinely hungry to learn and develop.

You’ll work directly with the Head of Merchandising in a lean team, giving you broad exposure across product, reporting, planning and the wider business.

Why You’ll Love It

- 8-month contract with potential to extend or move into a permanent opportunity
- Competitive salary with 1 day WFH
- Work with a lean team and gain broad exposure across the business
- Staff discount / allowance
- Work across both wholesale and online channels

The Role As Merchandise Assistant, you’ll support the day-to-day merchandising function, with a strong focus on product administration, reporting and planning support.

You'll be responsible for running key reports, maintaining product information and supporting the wider product lifecycle, while gradually developing your planning capability.

This is a great role for someone coming from a Planning Assistant, Allocator, Buyer's Admin, Merchandise Admin or similar apparel background who wants to broaden their skill set and take the next step.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage day-to-day product administration across the merchandise function
- Run sales, stock and performance reports typically managed by a Planner
- Support the Head of Merchandising with planning and reporting activities
- Maintain accurate product data, reporting and documentation




- Use Excel to analyse data and prepare commercial reports
- Support the product lifecycle and assist with product-related administration
- Potentially assist with fit sessions and garment measurements
- Work collaboratively with Sales, Operations, eCommerce, Marketing, Production and Design teams
- Assist with the organisation of the annual warehouse sale
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and support the wider merchandising function

What We’re Looking For

- Apparel or fashion industry experience essential
- Experience in a Planning Assistant, Allocator, Buyer's Admin, Merchandise Admin or similar role
- Strong Excel skills including VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables is essential
- Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills
- Comfortable working with numbers, reports and data
- Proactive, adaptable and genuinely hungry to learn
- Happy to get involved in administration and day-to-day product tasks
- Strong communication skills and confidence working across different teams
- Planning experience is advantageous but not essential
- Indigo 8 experience is a bonus
- Canva and PowerPoint experience is advantageous
- Mandarin is a bonus but not essential

The Opportunity This role has been created within a growing business and offers much more than a traditional 8-month contract. You'll gain exposure across merchandising, planning, product and commercial operations, with the potential for the role to extend or develop into a longer-term opportunity for the right person.

If you're an apparel professional with strong Excel skills who wants to learn, grow and get exposure to the full merchandising function, we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Buying Assistant (Sydney)
🏢 Tshr
📍 Sydney