Friday, April 8, 2011

Merchandise Assistant, LA

The Merchandising Assistant will provide support to the Merchandising Department. There will be a variety of different responsibilities most of which will require an extremely high level of attention to detail.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
•Compile comments on seasonal line from domestic markets into a readable report
•Responsible for communicating information and managing changes related to the tees, collection, sweaters, and outerwear/activewear categories.
•Conducts trend research and inspiration by season, as well as competitive shopping
•Create, manage and analyze reporting for merchandising and design purposes, including weekly, monthly, and season-to-date reports. New styles, carryover styles, reorders, best sellers etc.
•Liaison between Design, Marketing, and Sales teams to create and maintain all Marketing Collateral
•Manage the seasonal carryovers by style, including all necessary categories/divisions. Relay all information pertaining to carryovers to the necessary parties (Marketing = linebook, numerical line list; Sampling = samples; Design = miscellaneous needs such as updating sketches)
•Take part in management of weekly UBR to ensure inventory levels are sufficient for upcoming wholesale orders.
•Provide Merchandising assistance to departments throughout the company on an as needed basis (examples: PR – fabric descriptions; Design – market feedback; Production – UBR, etc.)
•Participate in weekly meetings to share information on current business issues and actively listen to all members of the cross functional team to ensure that tasks are well integrated

Qualifications:
•Degree in Fashion Merchandising Preferred
•Intermediate/Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
•Basic knowledge of Adobe Illustrator
•Excellent communication, organization, and time management skills.
•Ability to multitask and adjust to shifting priorities in a fast paced environment
•Possess’ a strong understanding of product development and overall development process
•Must be able to work well under tight deadlines in a fast paced environment
•Ability to learn and react quickly


Posted by Stephanie Coronado

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