Associate Merchant – Growth & Category Strategy

PGA TOUR Superstore, Inc; Roswell, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PGA TOUR Superstore, Inc in Roswell, GA is seeking an Associate Merchant to support development and execution of merchandise strategies for defined categories. You will manage lifecycle, pricing, and purchase orders while collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize sales and customer experience.

You'll partner with Planning, Marketing, Store Ops, and vendors to translate insights into assortment recommendations, monitor market trends, and improve margin and inventory productivity in a

Qualifications

• 2–4+ years of retail merchandising, buying, assistant buying, planning, allocation, or category support experience within a multi-store, specialty retail, or omnichannel environment.
• Working knowledge of the retail buying lifecycle, including seasonal strategy, line reviews, assortment planning, product selection, pricing, article creation, purchase order placement, and in-season management.
• Assortment analysis and recommendation experience, with the ability to evaluate breadth, depth, pricing architecture, good/better/best positioning, keep/drop decisions, and customer-relevant product offerings within an assigned area.
• Solid retail financial acumen, with understanding of sales, margin, turn, sell-through, inventory productivity, markdowns, receipt flow, Open-to-Buy, and category profitability.
• Strong analytical and business support skills, with the ability to interpret performance trends, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend actions that improve sales, margin, inventory, and customer outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Support merchandise strategies for a defined category, vendor group, or smaller assigned business area in alignment with company priorities, financial plans, customer needs, and market trends.
• Assist in preparing category-level strategies, business recaps, line review materials, and assortment recommendations for Merchant leadership review and approval.
• Translate brand, category, and customer insights into recommended assortment, pricing, promotional, and inventory actions for the assigned area.
• Support vendor relationships, pre-line product reviews, on-going vendor appointments, and line reviews by preparing materials, capturing decisions, and following up on action items.
• Assist with negotiation preparation and vendor communication related to cost, margin, terms, promotional support, markdown support, exclusives, launch timing, and vendor-funded opportunities.
• Monitor vendor performance within the assigned area and identify opportunities, risks, and follow-up needs for Merchant leadership.
• Manage article creation, product attribution, sample review, line list accuracy, and purchase order placement in alignment with approved line review decisions.

Skills

Retail merchandising

Vendor partnerships

Pricing & assortment

Data analysis

Tools

Excel

Merchandising systems

Job description

PGA TOUR Superstore, Inc in Roswell, GA is seeking an Associate Merchant to support development and execution of merchandise strategies for defined categories. You will manage lifecycle, pricing, and purchase orders while collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize sales and customer experience.

You'll partner with Planning, Marketing, Store Ops, and vendors to translate insights into assortment recommendations, monitor market trends, and improve margin and inventory productivity in a