ASSISTANT MERCHANT - Hybrid

Our client, an apparel brand based in City of Industry, CA, is looking for an Assistant Merchant to join their team for a 2 month contract! This role will work a hybrid schedule.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
• 1 year of experience in Merchandising or Buying
• Knowledge of the competitive retail landscape
• Strong analytical skills and quantitative abilities
• Solid working knowledge of MS Office Suite, especially Excel
• 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