Merchandise Operations Coordinator

Fleet Farm Careers•Appleton, WI

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Merchandise Operations Coordinator is the business partner to the category manager. Must collaborate and communicate as a team on a daily and weekly basis to ensure alignment on the execution of the business. This position is accountable for executing promotions, data management, SKU ingestions, and administrative merchandising tasks in support of the business strategy and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required
At least 1 year of prior retail experience and data entry experience is preferred.
Must be proficient with the Microsoft Suite of applications (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS), Oracle Retail Price Management System (RPM), Store Inventory Management (SIM) and Oracle SQL Developer is preferred.

Responsibilities

Communicating across many different business functions in support of the category manager and the strategic vision for the business.
Assisting the category manager in gathering all important information to complete fully integrated project memos.
Creating signage requests, proofing signage, flyers, e-mails, and tv spots based on category manager direction.
Collecting information to properly enter vendor deals into the lotus notes system to communicate vendor funding to the merchandise financial planning team.
Assisting in planogram sets and take down as needed by the category manager within the Store Support Center.
Communicating what SKUs are moving to clearance in the future to inventory management before items go to discontinued.
Proper data management within the Retail Management System (RMS) and pricing entries to execute the vision.
Researching and resolving costing and pricing discrepancies in partnership with the category manager as they arise.
Setting up complex promotions in the retail pricing management system and testing the complex promotions.
Monitoring, executing, and communicating all deadlines established by category managers and merchandise management.