Assistant Merchant - Temp/Contract

Start Date: ASAP

Assignment Length: Approx 4 - 6 months with potential for extension. 

Schedule: Full-time, HYBRID schedule (3 days in-office)

What You'll Do:

• Supports department objectives to achieve financial sales and margin targets seasonally
• Assists Merchant in performing market analysis; participates in defining and outlining organizational strengths and weaknesses, determining external opportunities and threats.
• Supports Merchant in the selection and purchase of product assortments based on trend data and customer knowledge.
• Create and maintain accurate assortment sheets and buy plans.  Communicate changes to appropriate business partners on an on-going and timely basis.
• Responsible for PO creation & change management
• Provide monthly receipt reconciliation and attend and provide input to monthly Open to Buy meetings
• Facilitates strong working relationship between corresponding Merchandising teams, Planning, Allocation, Visual Merchandising, Design & Product Development.
• Responsible for meeting preparation
• Organizes and manages web samples for timely turn-ins.
• Assist in creation, maintenance, and distribute of sales tools & business recaps
• Daily website review of new activations to guarantee the accuracy of product information & timely activation
• Read customer review comments and provide feedback to merchant teams.
• Performs other job duties as needed.

What You'll Need:

• High school required, Associates or Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience preferred
• 1-year progressive experience as an Assistant Merchant 
• Knowledge of the competitive retail landscape.
• Strong analytical skills and quantitative abilities.
• Solid working knowledge of MS Office Suite, especially Excel.
• Illustrates a dedication to meeting the requirements of internal and external customers, responding to all customer requests promptly and thoroughly.
• Strong communication skills including the ability to work in a team environment, give honest, direct feedback and is a solid verbal and written communicator.
• Detail-oriented, process-oriented, and able to handle multiple tasks at once; able to handle conflicting priorities
• Meets deadlines, prioritizes appropriately, & can easily adjust to change
• Is accountable for results, approaches obstacles proactively and looks for ways to resolve problems and issues.