Associate Merchant, Bottoms (WHBM)

Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc.; Fort Myers (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. seeks a Merchandise Planner to drive omni-channel merchandising strategies, balance assortments, and optimize profitability.

You’ll partner with leaders to align buy plans, pricing, and promotions with market needs, ensuring inventory performance across stores and online platforms. You will analyze trends, collaborate across Planning, Design, Sourcing, and Digital teams, and support presentations and vendor meetings to maximize ROI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Excellent computer skills with emphasis on Excel.
• Strong interpersonal skills; excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Research market trends and identify opportunities for core customer.
• Determine quantities to order by style, size, and color in line with plans.
• Partner with Planning & Allocation to maximize sales and margins.
• Develop relationships with customers to reflect buying preferences.
• Own merchandise, sales, inventory, and margins with leadership.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to plan assortments for designated categories.
• Manage sample coordination and asset reviews.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Multi-tasking

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Excel

Job description

POSITION OBJECTIVE:

This position is responsible in partnership with leader for achieving sales, gross margin, and profit goals of a specific Omni-channel classification and / or department through the selection, pricing and promotion of merchandise and by utilizing appropriate merchandising and management techniques to maximize the company’s return on inventory investment and space in stores and online. Supports the merchant team through a variety of daily tasks including order writing, business analysis, presentations, and product review and vendor meetings.

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs research analysis of their market and identifies trends and opportunities that can be applied to the core customer.


• Determines quantities in partnership with leader to order by style, size, and color; validate to Line Plan and OTB plan.


• Partners with Planning & Allocation and leader to ensure the appropriate distribution to maximize sales of the business.


• Develops relationship with customer to ensure merchandising/products reflect what customer wants to buy.


• Owns business for all merchandise, sales, inventory and margin in partnership with leader.


• Partners with leader and cross functional team to build, assort, and plan the line for designated categories.


• Serves as a resource in sample management.


• Creates strong partnerships among cross functional areas including Planning, Design, Product Development, Sourcing, Marketing, Site Merchandising Operations, International, Allocation, and Visual.


• Develops and executes seasonal merchandise plans and pricing strategies in partnership with leader.


• Reviews the sales plan and makes merchandising decisions in partnership with leadership.


• Partners with Sourcing team to manage flow and timing of deliveries.


• Works with Planning team to ensure proper buy depth based on sales expectations.


• Communicates with Product Management and Design on a recap of best and worst sellers.


• Ensures ongoing coordination with Digital Commerce Merchandising Site Operations and International teams on final assortment and any updates as needed.


• Manages all order entry and product attributing based on approved buy plan; Will initiate P.O. revisions when applicable.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred


• 3+ years of experience with an apparel retailer


• Excellent computer skills with emphasis on Excel


• Strong interpersonal skills; excellent written and verbal communication.


• Ability to multi task and complete projects on time


• Effective presentation skills


• Broad based business acumen


• Ability to multi-task and work with cross-functional teams

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