Assistant Merchant
Reports to: Director of Merchandising/Merchandise Manager
Position Summary:
Weissman / Dancewear Solutions is a national Recital Costume and Dancewear manufacturer, catalog/web retailer experiencing rapid growth. The Merchandising Team Assistant is responsible for assisting in the execution of merchandising strategies for Costume/Dancewear businesses, and supports the Product Development, in season management, purchasing, and marketing functions through daily communication regarding merchandising issues.
Responsibilities:
Data Management.
This role will be responsible for setting up and maintaining product information in the Product Lifecycle Management System and other spreadsheets as well as communicating relevant merchandising issues to other departments.
Competitor research and analysis.
Use resources (i.e. catalogs, online) to research and analyze competitor product assortment and pricing.
General administrative duties: filing, copying, etc.
In season and other financial support as needed
Other projects as needed
Expected Outcomes:
Consistently meeting internal merchandising timelines.
Ensuring that all merchandising data is correctly managed within systems and spreadsheets data is accurate and competed on a timely basis.
Qualifications:
Demonstrates an in depth knowledge of Microsoft office and Outlook software and a high level of accuracy in keying.
Highly developed communication and interpersonal negotiation skills.
Demonstrated ability to work in a faced passed environment.
Capability to prioritize and multi task.
Flexibility to change priorities when necessary.
Demonstrate team player and ability to collaboratively with cross functional areas.
All candidates to be considered must be able to successfully complete a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug screen.
NO CALLS PLEASE.