Assistant Merchant - New York, United States - AM Retail Group
Description
Our people define our company. AM Retail Group associates are smart, ambitious, engaging & fun people, who strive for excellence in everything they do. Working here requires commitment, innovation & flexibility. The entrepreneurial drive of our associates is at the heart of our quest to improve & innovate.We have an immediate opening for an energetic, passionate & experienced Full Time Professional to join our Merchandising team as an
Assistant Merchant.
Performs a wide variety of high-level administrative support to include: merchandising strategies, product selection, in-season analysis, product development, communication with the marketing team managing markdowns and promotions, and creating product knowledge.
Provides data entry and analysis, process coordination, product maintenance and Merchant support.Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Fashion/Retail Merchandising, or similar required.
- Minimum 23 year retail experience in store leadership role or corporate Merchandising function required.
- Successful completion of a retail merchandising, fashion, or buying internship program preferred.
- Experience with business numbers and metrics and exposure to allocation, planning and/or buying that provided retail management systems experience is preferred.
- Possesses written and verbal communication skills.
- Highly preferred previous SKU intensive category management.
- Must be proactive, multitasking and detailoriented with a welldeveloped set of interpersonal skills that allows for working with multiple departments and multiple levels of associates often times in an ambiguous environment.
- Computer/Excel skills, independence, decisionmaking skills and strong organizational skills also required.
- Basic business acumen required.
Responsibilities:
Systems Data Entry and Maintenance
- Create all style creations and purchase order entry forms after each market.
- Setup, coordination and maintenance of all vendor information such as requesting shipping updates, communicating and resolving SKU issues and followup on samples.
- Style maintenance including but not limited to: price changes, stat code updates, attribute details.
- Coordination with Distribution/Logistics and vendors with tracking of shipments.
- Liaison between buyer, tech PO set up, planner and vendor to accurately understand purchase orders being written and accurately being communicated to vendor.
Price Management and Promotions
- Assists with pricing strategy on all product styles.
- Assists with the management of markdowns and exit strategies for product.
- Keying of price changes and making sure they "tie" back to visual merchandising direction and final audit of on all product data in merchandising systems.
Buying Responsibilities
- Manage the SKU assortment and assortment line sheets for categories.
- Coordinates the manage of the life cycle of the product while in stores. Partners on tactical implementation of the Company's merchandising strategies for current, new and old product.
- Provides communication coordination between stores, merchandising and the distribution center to ensure that product new receipts are timely and communicated.
- Assists with visual floorsets seasonally and monthly.
- Assists with product development approval samples and details for categories.
- Partners with allocation to analyze sales history and maximize store sales.
- Coordinates with Buyers on developing key categories, reviewing samples, coordinating with opentobuys and achieving key financial measures.
Miscellaneous Duties & Projects
- Sample maintenance.
- Ad hoc reporting, data analysis and making recommendations.
- Weekly presentations of product analysis to executive group.
Other Information:
The pay range for this position is: $60k per year - $70k per year.
Please note that the foregoing compensation information is a good-faith assessment associated with this position only and is provided pursuant to the New York City Salary Transparency Law.
AM Retail Group is a division of the G-III Apparel Group.Being successful at AM Retail Group means putting the best ideas to work, taking action and following through. You will be challenged by smart, committed co-workers and pushed to be your best. This is a place where your individual talents and creativity make a difference. We are a dynamic company that provides competitive salary and excellent benefits including medical, dental, 401k, life, disability and more
Equal Opportunity Employer
AM Retail Groups family of retail stores include: DKNY, Donna Karan, Karl Lagerfeld Paris, Andrew Marc, Wilsons Leather, G.H. Bass & Co.
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