Job Description
The Merchant Assistant will provide day to day support to the Merchant team with product assortment coordination, changes to product and weekly updates.RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist in daily/weekly/seasonal merchandising functions including:
- Style set up in Netsuite
- Attributing key metrics for selling recaps
- Markdown & Promotion Entry
- Prepare necessary materials for milestone meetings
- Own pulling weekly sales recaps and report distribution every Monday
- Responsible for visual rack management & box set pass-off
- Responsible for sample management
- Help with creation and upkeep of all Excel based documents – including buy plan, cadence sheets, corporate line sheets, etc
The Ideal Candidate
- Bachelors Degree required in Business, Finance/Economics, Merchandising, Apparel Managerment, Product Development or related subject
- 1 year of Sample Coordination/Merchandising Assistant experience required
- Strong analytical and reporting skills (intermediate experience with Excel preferred)
- Knowledge of Retail Math helpful
- Strong organization and time management skills
- Excellent with coordinating timelines and delivering on multiple deadlines
- Strong communication skills--both written and verbal communication
- Able to build strong working relationships with all areas of the business and act as liaison between many departments
- Passionate, Energetic and Hungry, Positive personality
