Media Merchandising Specialist

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc.; Town of Union (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discount

EAP

Sick Pay

Paid Time Off including paid Maternity

Parental Leave

Company Holidays

401(k) with Company Match

Health Benefits (Medical, Dental and V

Job summary

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. is seeking an Assistant Merchandise Manager – Media to help with media product purchasing, assortment curation, item maintenance, and in-store plus BN.com execution of sales, promotions and inventory plans.

The role involves coordinating with stores, vendors and internal teams to ensure timely product availability, pricing accuracy and effective merchandising across channels.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in external or internal educational, informational or event communication.

Responsibilities

• Support stores in all needs and requests related to media products.
• Support Media team in store event and vendor meeting scheduling.
• Assist in the management and execution of sales and inventory plans for stores and online, including title selection and curation, new release and promotional allocation and inventory replenishment.
• Assist in item maintenance and review of vendor supplied item data.
• Assist in managing store product levels to achieve category assortment strategies and inventory goals.
• Assist in soliciting of and recovery of rebates and monitoring accruals by vendor.
• Assist in the acquisition of assets from vendors for the creation of merchandising materials.
• Maintains a professional, productive, efficient and timely relationship with vendors.
• Participate in the development of store merchandising guides and educational materials to assist stores in training and in executing category merchandising and assortment strategies.
• Communicate and partner with the appropriate departments, including DC Operations, Vendor Compliance, IT, and Store Operations to provide information and to problem solve as needed to insure consistent on-shelf product availability.
• Communicate effectively with stores and store management to provide an understanding of upcoming event plans, to recap event results, and to supply category product and sales updates.
• Communicate and partner with Commercial Strategy, Creative, and Social Media to garner needed support for upcoming releases and promotions.

Skills

Media markets

Team player

Problem solving

Verbal & written communication

Work under pressure

Self-directed

Power BI

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. is seeking an Assistant Merchandise Manager – Media to help with media product purchasing, assortment curation, item maintenance, and in-store plus BN.com execution of sales, promotions and inventory plans.

The role involves coordinating with stores, vendors and internal teams to ensure timely product availability, pricing accuracy and effective merchandising across channels.