Merchandiser - Hard Goods

Li & Fung; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

PTO

Company holidays

Job summary

Fung Group in the United States seeks a senior merchandising professional to coordinate cross‑functional global teams, manage sourcing, and shepherd items from concept to shipment. You will drive market analysis, pre-costing, and item profitability while coordinating packaging and artwork across suppliers and internal teams.

With 3–5 years in merchandising or sourcing, you will lead models from design through QA, ensuring timelines, cost targets, and product quality align with customer

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in merchandising or business, or related field.
• Minimum 3-5 years merchandising, product development or sourcing experience.
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with cross-functional and global teams.
• Strong ability to multi-task, anticipate and meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of textiles or other materials used to create products in categories mentioned.
• Proficient in Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint.
• CAD capability a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison between the customer and overseas sourcing teams specific to their role.
• Research, identify and analyze market trends and product categories to help drive sales and propose new items to the customer.
• Responsible for obtaining all quoting information, costs & samples from overseas teams.
• Purchases necessary samples and sends overseas for costing.
• Work with sourcing teams on product details and cost design within pricing strategy.
• Upload data/documents into the customer's system and submit supplier samples by deadline.
• Own pre-costing calculation for new items to ensure profitability.
• Complete new item proposal forms and retail comparisons for all businesses.
• Manage factory compliance forms and communicate to compliance teams.
• Uphold key dates on the production calendar from concept to shipment.
• Oversee workmanship, quality, and fit for relevant orders.
• Approve lab dips, print strike-offs and trim details for textile orders.
• Communicate approvals/changes to overseas teams and suppliers.
• Manage the QA testing process and timelines with customer QA teams.
• Oversee artwork packaging from design to completion including photography.
• Direct the graphic artist on initial artwork and photoshoot planning.
• Coordinate packaging approvals and revisions with the customer.
• Distribute artwork files to overseas sourcing teams within timelines.
• Manage packaging sample submissions & approvals with suppliers.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Multi-tasking

Detail orientation

Time management

Problem solving

Textiles knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in merchandising or business, or related field

Tools

Adobe Suite

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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Roles & Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison between the customer and overseas sourcing teams specific to their role.
• Research, identify and analyze market trends and product categories to help drive sales and propose new items to the customer.
• Responsible for all obtaining all quoting information, costs & samples from overseas teams.
• Purchases necessary samples and sends overseas for costing.
• Works with sourcing teams on all product details and cost design that works within the customers pricing strategy in order to gain the sale.
• Uploads all data/documents into the customers system and submits supplier samples by deadline.
• Owns pre-costing calculation for new items, making sure all items are profitable.
• Completes new item proposal forms and retail comparisons for all businesses.
• Manages all factory compliance forms for each order and communicates this to the compliance teams.
• Uphold key dates on the production calendar from product concept to order shipment.
• Oversees the workmanship, quality, and fit process for all relevant orders.
• Owns approval process of lab dips, print strike-offs and trim details for all orders textile related products.
• Communicates all approvals and changes from the customer to the overseas sourcing team and supplier.
• Manages the QA testing process for all businesses.
• Works directly with customer's QA Team regarding all testing guidelines, failures, retests and achieving passing results within designated timelines as they relate to running orders.
• Owns the artwork packaging process from design phase to completion including photography.
• Provides clear direction to the graphic artist on initial artwork.
• Schedules and owns photoshoot model selection, location shoot and photo edits.
• Works with the customer directly on packaging approvals and revisions.
• Sends overseas sourcing teams all artwork files within production timeline deadlines.
• Manages all packaging sample submits & approvals once supplier sends prototypes.

Skills & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in merchandising or business, or related field.
• Minimum 3-5 years merchandising, product development or sourcing experience.
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with all cross-functional and global teams.
• Strong ability to multi-task, anticipate and meet deadlines.
• Highly motivated, detail oriented, and punctual while independently solve problems in a fast-paced and time critical environment.
• Knowledge of textiles or other materials used to create products in categories as mentioned.
• Proficient in Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, Excel and Power Point.
• Flat sketching and CAD capability a plus, but not required.

Compensation/Benefits

The approximate annual base salary range for this position is $65,000.00 - $70,000.00, which can vary based on role requirements, skill set, and years of experience.

• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and company holidays.

As an equal opportunity employer, we shall consider all applicants regardless of gender, age, religion, marital status, race, sexual orientation, disability, disease, pregnancy, or trade union and/or political affiliation, and disregard all factors deemed inappropriate by local law and the International Labor Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

Fung Group is a pioneer for the consumer goods supply chain. With a rich history in import and export trading and global supply chain management dating back to 1906, our core businesses operate across the entire global supply chain for consumer goods including trading, logistics, distribution and retail. Today, we are focused on advancing new, disruptive technologies shaping the future of supply chains and exploring new opportunities for business growth through strategic innovation in retailing, new products, services or markets. Across Fung Group, our core values of entrepreneurship, being humble and acting as one family, form the basis for our culture, business strategies and brand.