Merchandise Specialist

Kohl's; Menomonee Falls (WI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kohl's seeks a Merchandise Specialist in Wisconsin to support buying office activities, including PO creation and sample coordination. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors to ensure items are on site and displayed correctly.

You will manage POs, edit orders, coordinate samples for advertising or vendor meetings, and track OHNO and sample status to identify missing items on the website. Strong communication and problem-solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• High attention to detail in all tasks.
• Ability to learn new technologies and train others as needed.
• Comfort with project-based work and cross-functional cooperation.
• Proactive change agent capable of influencing peers.

Responsibilities

• Support buying office activities including style setup and PO creation.
• Coordinate samples for advertising, marketing or vendor meetings.
• Ensure items are placed on site and displayed correctly.
• Manage POs, edit/import orders before shipment and track status.
• Communicate with vendors and product teams to resolve missing samples.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Attention to detail

Learn new tech

Project-based work

Change agent

Job description

About The Role

As Merchandise Specialist you will be responsible for Buying Office activities including style setup, purchase order creation and sample coordination. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors to ensure day-to-day office tasks are completed and items are placed on site and displayed correctly.

What You’ll Do

• Work with K-Link Team to identify attribute due dates, facilitate vendor attribution in K-Link and on-time Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) of orders
• Create, maintain and submit purchase orders for processing
• Edit and import purchase orders before shipment of goods
• Manage Buying Office samples (including tagging, organizing and purging) for advertising, marketing or vendor meetings
• Ensure samples are submitted to item production team and live on site
• Leverage sample tracker tool and manage On Hand Not on Site (OHNO) report to communicate effectively with the office, and locate and activate missing items on the website
• Communicate and follow up with Vendor and Product Development teams regarding missing samples
• Communicate with Vendors and Product Development about buy plans
• Work with the buying team to validate the accuracy and completeness of buy plans
• Communicate with Direct Ship Vendors about Delivery Schedule Numbers (DSNs)
• Work with the buy team to submit buy plans to K-Link team
• Build relationships with vendors and internal business partners to support buying teams
• Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

• Adept problem-solving abilities
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and excellent attention to detail
• Preferred
• Ability to learn new technologies and train others
• Capability to assume a project-based role
• Change agent, ability to influence peers to adopt new processes and technologies