Merchandise Assistant Jewlery

JCPenney; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision

Term life insurance

Paid vacation/holidays

401(k) with company match

Associate discount

Paid holidays

Job summary

JCPenney in Plano, TX is seeking a Merchandise Assistant for Seasonal Home to support the Business Unit with analytical and administrative tasks. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who can prioritize with minimal supervision and balance multiple projects while maintaining accuracy.

Responsibilities include sample management, coordinating logistics, organizing displays, scheduling meetings, and maintaining data and reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Merchandising, Marketing, or Apparels and Textiles preferred.
• Retail experience, leadership or visual merchandising preferred.
• Minimum two years supporting a department or team.
• Ability to juggle competing priorities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Sample management using the on-line sample log and tracking expenses.
• Order samples, confirm receipts and correct items.
• Organize, purge and display all samples with the team.
• Maintain sample rooms and ship packages to managers.
• Schedule Business Unit meetings.
• Prepare and update data, reports and records for management.
• Handle routine inquiries and correspondence.
• Perform clerical duties: data entry, mail, filing, scheduling.
• Tabulate and verify data across a wide range of subjects.

Skills

Self-starter

Strong organizational skills

Attention to detail

Ability to meet tight deadlines

Creative problem-solving

Excellent written and oral skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Merchandising, Marketing, or Apparels and Textiles

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

MS Outlook

Job description

Overview

Merchandise Assistant - Seasonal Home

JCPenney

Plano, TX

The Merchandise Assistant provides the Business Unit with diversified analytical, project and efficient administrative assistance support. The successful candidate must be a self-starter who is able to organize work priorities with minimal or no supervision. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to meet tight deadlines, and creative problem-solving skills.

Primary Responsibilities

• Sample management, tracks samples using the on-line sample log and tracks expenses.
• Order samples confirm online receipt and correct samples.
• Works directly with team to organize, purge, and display all samples, including sample counter.
• Maintains sample rooms, including movement of samples and shipping packages, processes all received packages and ensures delivery to appropriate manager
• Schedules Business Unit meetings
• Smart Form for item setup (flagship and stores)
• Organizes & updates .com shot list
• Prepares, maintains, and updates data, reports and records required by management utilizing appropriate computer software
• Handles routine inquiries and correspondence (internal and external) by obtaining the necessary information and preparing appropriate responses
• Performs related clerical and administrative activities such as responding to email, data entry, processing mail, fax, and setting up and maintaining files. Schedules and sets appointments, Schedules Business Unit meetings (as requested).
• Tabulates and verifies data on a wide variety of subjects by:
  • Calculating and compiling data
  • Tracing and editing data
  • Arranging data in appropriate formats

Core Competencies & Accomplishments

• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Merchandising, Marketing, or Apparels and Textiles preferred.
• Previous retail experience, preferable in a leadership or visual aspect preferred.
• Minimum two years supporting a department or team
• Ability to juggle competing priorities with ease
• Excellent written and oral skills
• Proficiency in MS software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and other standard office equipment for recording, storing, analyzing and presenting information

What You Get

If eligible, we offer a competitive benefits package including medical/dental/vision, term life insurance, paid vacation/holidays*, and 401(k) with Company match.

• medical/dental/vision
• term life insurance
• paid vacation/holidays*
• 401(k) with Company match
• All associates are eligible for an associate discount on all Catalyst Brands merchandise.
• For paid holidays, associates who are eligible for paid vacation (MTO) are also eligible for eight paid holidays during the calendar year.
• All store hourly associates scheduled to work on a designated holiday will receive additional compensation.
• *For paid vacation days, as well as eligibility requirements for other benefits, please visit

Pay Range

USD $20.00 - USD $25.00 /Hr.