FASHION ASSISTANT I (TREND FORECASTER) - NYC BUYING OFFICE

Ross Stores, Inc • New York, NY

54d • $68,000

About The Position

The Fashion Assistant I will be responsible for supporting a Director in the NYC Fashion Office in providing support and trend direction to the buying teams, as well as completing research and making recommendations to drive sales through sales analysis and market research/comp shopping, in partnership with supervisor.

Requirements

• Great eye for overall fashion/trend/color.
• Ability to pull together information from multiple sources including retail websites and social media for presentations.
• Ability to take initiative and work independently.
• Interest in learning Ross systems and reports.
• Ability to build relationships with Ross merchants at the Buyer and Assistant levels.
• An innate sense of curiosity.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Strong presentation and organizational skills. An eye for design/layouts.
• Ability to build relationships with the market and fashion services.
• Bachelor's Degree required.

Responsibilities

• Assist Director in pulling together seasonal trend and color presentations for all relevant meetings (trend reports and seasonal forecasts). Help create trend and color information as directed, utilizing services (WGSN, Future Snoops and social media etc.) to collect relative research.
• Work with Doneger, WGSN and EDITED, and attend all relevant trend meetings.
• Analyze reports to identify trends to track and common denominators across businesses. Identify what is working and what is not working.
• Read and understand sales reports, highlighting findings to supervisor.
• Comp/Trend Shop to put together trend reports based on findings. Distribute trend reports to the Fashion Office on a weekly or bi-weekly basis and regularly shop Ross stores to make recommendations to the assortment.
• Attend and prepare for Style-outs and Best Seller Meetings. Attend select Style-out meetings, as directed by supervisor.
• Serve as Fashion Office representative where applicable.
• Attend market appointments with Ross team where applicable.
• Coordinate samples and style outfits for Marketing requests.

Benefits

• A broad range of affordable health insurance options & personal medical plan concierge
• 401(k) with employer match and Life insurance
• Ample PTO including accrued vacation, paid holidays, diversity day, summer Fridays and the ability to purchase additional vacation
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Access to health and wellness benefits such as BetterHelp and Headspace
• Charitable donations matched by Ross Stores Foundation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees