eCommerce Merchandising Specialists

Slate Auto•Troy, MI

3d•$75,000 - $104,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Slate is seeking an eCommerce Merchandising Specialist with a customer-first approach to expand their accessory, wrap, and merchandise product catalog for Slate Auto. This role reports to the eCommerce Merchandising Lead and is responsible for executing the day-to-day digital shelf strategy, including building product content in the PIM, coordinating digital assets, and ensuring new products go live accurately and on time. The specialist will collaborate with digital, design, marketing, commercial, and product teams to present accessories, wraps, and merchandise in compelling, conversion-driven ways. The role requires the ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment and manage ambiguity and competing priorities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, merchandising, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
3–5 years in ecommerce merchandising, catalog management, or product content operations.
Experience owning a product category or workstream end-to-end with light oversight.
Hands-on experience in a PIM or CMS (Akeneo preferred).
Comfortable with variant-heavy catalogs across hard goods and soft goods (vehicle fitment, colorways, size/color grids).
Ability to follow SOPs closely and suggest improvements.
Serious attention to detail and comfort with high-volume structured data work.
Organized self-starter who juggles competing deadlines and asks questions early.
Excellent communicator who works easily across creative, technical, and commercial teams.
Strong in Excel and familiar with Google Analytics, Looker, or similar reporting tools.
Passion for consumer products and an understanding of how product presentation influences purchase behavior.
Must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Claude AI, Cowork, or Claude Code is a plus.

Responsibilities

Execute the merchandising strategy across the ecommerce experience, keeping product storytelling consistent and on-brand on every page.
Maintain the accessory, wrap, and merchandise catalog in Akeneo (PIM), and identify gaps in data quality and consistency.
Apply field-level standards for the digital shelf, including title formats, character limits, required attributes, and image specifications.
Collaborate with product managers to gather catalog inputs for each launch.
Manage product setup and launch, including data entry, digital asset coordination, and ensuring SKUs go live on schedule.
QA English and Spanish product content for accuracy.
Leverage AI to improve efficiency and quality in catalog tasks, documentation, and content review.
Build and update product pages, collection layouts, and featured placements to support go-to-market moments, launches, and seasonal pushes.
Pull and report on product performance data (traffic, engagement, conversion), identifying successful strategies.
Log site issues and improvement ideas for UX and engineering teams.
Travel between Slate office sites (5–10% average) to support team and project work.