Associate Merchant

Associate Merchant

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or operations related field
• 2-5 years of professional merchandising or retail operations experience
• Knowledge of vendor negotiation techniques
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Collaborates on the development of sales and margin plans and sales forecasts for assigned categories.
• Manages and controls open-to-buy positioning and buys merchandise for assigned categories.
• Participates in negotiations directly with vendors on merchandise pricing, quantity, delivery and terms.
• Identifies and implements merchandise packaging and presentation techniques that enhance productivity and execution.
• Objectively assesses merchandise mix based on consumer trends and business needs to develop planograms and to provide recommendations on assortments.
• Reviews advertising and promotion analytics to evaluate performance, refine merchandise plans and suggest adjustments to strategy.
• Responsible for the implementation of category pricing strategy and executes exit strategies on slow selling items.
• Assesses pricing based on knowledge of competitive landscape, sales and margin objectives, and price indexing and targets.
• Researches competitive landscape and consumer trends to ensure alignment with strategy.
• Identifies merchandising risks and opportunities and presents recommendations.
• Provides effective and supportive direction and guidance to Merchant Assistants.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.