Role Title:

Associate Merchandiser

Location:

Needham, MA

Job Advert Description

This role is responsible for assisting the Director of Merchandising in the management of the product throughout its lifecycle, through a clear understanding of our product strategies, offerings and performance, as well as, our competitors trading strategies with ownership of a category.

What You'll Do:

Play a role of a competitor expert, having a clear understanding of our competitor product, pricing and trading plans.
Ownership of a category within the business
Prepares Pre-Season forecasting and account planning using historical data and current trends.
Deliver product presentations to sales team and accounts
Manage and update Line Sheets to distribute to the Sales team.
Daily maintenance of Assortment tools.
Develop strong cross functional relationships and manage the provision of product information and communication materials to store operations, marketing, planning, and product teams.
Manage in-season trading performance contributing to monthly meetings and work with Merchandising team to capture lessons learned.
Works proactively to ensure business objectives are achieved through best possible marketing strategies.
Request and maintain sample coordination for trade meetings, sales meetings and presentations.
Set up Showrooms for account meetings.
Provide support to the Director of Merchandising in the creation of key documents.

Who You Are:

Bachelor’s degree with 3-5 years related experience as Product Manager, Buyer or Merchandiser, assistant Buyer.
Footwear /Apparel experience (preferred)
Understanding of Visual Merchandising
Effective team player with strong communication skills.
Understanding of consumer behaviours and trends
Strong communications skills
Presentation skills generally and specifically strong product presentation skills
Decision making skills
Excel (pivot and v look ups are essential) and Power Point
Knowledge of different business operating models – Retail, e-commerce, wholesale (preferred)
Passion for product

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