Accessory Brand Merchandiser

BoF Careers; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralph Lauren Corporation in New York seeks a Brand Merchandising Associate for Accessories to support day-to-day merchandising activities, milestone meetings, and end-to-end process support. You will partner with Commercial and Design teams, coordinate meetings, ensure data accuracy across systems, and contribute to weekly business analysis and reporting with a focus on sell-through and trend insights.

This role requires strong analytical ability, organization, and proactive ownership to drive

Qualifications

• Experience in merchandising or buying, preference luxury.
• Strong analytical skills, including retail math proficiency.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and operate with an ownership mindset.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and accurate.
• Resourceful, efficient, and proactive.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of brand merchandising product and assortment strategies, from category strategy and line plan creation through design, SKU planning, and in-store execution.
• Own merchandising milestone meetings, including preparation, documentation, and maintenance with accuracy and adherence to deadlines (Design Edit, Adoption, Board Review, Line Review, Line Opening).
• Maintain integrity across merchandising systems and tools (Global Front End, VIBE, Airtable, selling dossiers), through system creation, attribution and accuracy.
• Support of sales reporting - analyze and share our weekly recaps identifying key takeaways and learnings to relevant stakeholders.
• Focused analysis on sell out and productivity to influence in season SKU plans and read/react on style specifics.
• Track and present competitive and trend relevant information to best inform product development coupled with performance analytics.
• Oversee and monitor sample end to end process in partnership with Operations and cross-functional teams, to meet organizational needs, ensure go-to-market & carnet readiness, sample accuracy, and a timely delivery.
• Attend design meetings, as directed by manager.
• Present category assortments in milestone meetings, as directed by manager.
• Contribute to a collaborative, solution-oriented, and inclusive team environment.

Skills

Merchandising

Analytical skills

Communication

Ownership mindset

Organized

Problem solving

Time management

Microsoft Office

VIBE

Adobe

MicroStrategy

Tools

VIBE

Airtable

Adobe

MicroStrategy

GFE+

Job description

Ralph Lauren Corporation in New York seeks a Brand Merchandising Associate for Accessories to support day-to-day merchandising activities, milestone meetings, and end-to-end process support. You will partner with Commercial and Design teams, coordinate meetings, ensure data accuracy across systems, and contribute to weekly business analysis and reporting with a focus on sell-through and trend insights.

This role requires strong analytical ability, organization, and proactive ownership to drive