Senior Assistant Merchant (Buyer)

mauricesDuluth, MN
$60,000 - $70,000Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Assistant Merchant is responsible for supporting the Merchant or Sr. Merchant in creation and execution of omni-channel product strategy and collaborating cross-functionally to ensure execution that drives sales and margin aligned with the company’s targets.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree preferably in business, retail merchandising, or fashion merchandising
  • 1-4 years in merchant roles
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficient in conflict management and problem solving
  • Intimate understanding of competition, target customer, and brand specific fashion trends
  • Ability to innovate change through visionary thinking
  • Flexibility and resiliency; comfortable working in “grey areas” that are constantly changing
  • Entrepreneurial spirit with strong analytical, decision-making, and organizational skills
  • Adapts to a fast-paced environment where change is constant, and communication is key

Responsibilities

  • Participates in the development of seasonal objectives for department by coordinating with cross-functional partners
  • Develops seasonal line plans to architect assortment that aligns with the company’s financial goals and needs of the business, including but not limited to pyramid and Average Unit Cost (AUC)
  • Has fundamental working knowledge of financial reports and utilizes them to analyze business and provide strategic reaction plans to the Merchant or Sr. Merchant
  • Collaborates to build compelling assortments that drive sales and margin goals while delighting the customer
  • Has full understanding of Product Life Cycle and its deliverables
  • Assists Merchant or Sr. Merchant to create seasonal testing strategies
  • Collaborates cross-functionally to deliver consistency in execution of great profitable product that upholds our value proposition
  • Audit the site to ensure all content is correct so it is accurately depicted to the customer
  • Works with driving cross-functional communication and motivating the team to be customer-focused, innovative, fast and team-oriented
  • Works closely with the merchandise coordinator on data entry and product information to ensure accuracy for associate/customer facing materials in all channels and accuracy of reporting
  • Acts a key omni channel liaison between design, technical design, sourcing, planning, allocation, site, and marketing partners
  • Exhibits company values and leadership principles

Benefits

  • Choice of three medical plans, including a PPO plan or High-Deductible plans
  • Health Savings Account with employer contribution (with High-Deductible plans)
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare and Dependent Care)
  • Accident coverage
  • Critical Illness coverage
  • Hospital Indemnity coverage
  • Voluntary Life Insurance
  • Spouse Life Insurance
  • Child Life Insurance
  • Basic Life Insurance (company paid)
  • Short-Term Disability coverage (company paid)
  • Wellbeing platform with Personify Health
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • 401(k) with immediately vested Safe Harbor matching contribution (after 6 months)
  • Tuition Assistance program (after 1 year)
  • PTO benefits
  • Vacation (with accrual or flexible options based on role)
  • Annual sick time awards
  • Holiday pay
  • Two weeks of New Parent Leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement
  • Continuous opportunities for learning
  • Connection building through Associate Resource Groups
  • Free access to a state-of-the-art onsite Fitness Facility (for Duluth based associates)
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