Merchandising Analyst

Blinds To Go Inc.; Paramus (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Blinds To Go Inc. is seeking a Merchandising Analyst in Paramus, NJ. The role focuses on setting and implementing product, merchandising, and promotions strategies to drive sales and margins.

The analyst will analyze sales, pricing, and promotions, collaborating with merchandising and marketing teams to optimize performance. You will review historical data, forecast promotions, and help manage new product introductions while maintaining competitive price data.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in business, economics, or sciences.
• 5+ years experience as merchandising analyst in retail or consumer product business.
• Experience with relational databases and statistics packages.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, data manipulation and planning skills.
• Entrepreneurial, hands-on and able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Open and willing to learn.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Development plan including time in stores to understand customer and product sales.

Responsibilities

• Analyze sales and margin trends and make recommendations regarding product positioning and pricing
• Review historical sales and forecast promotions and new product sales
• Work with merchandising managers to position and price product line to maximize sales and margins
• Continuously review product sales and lifecycles and recommend pricing and liquidations strategies for mature products; work with material planners to liquidate products as needed
• Work with merchandising managers to maintain current data base of competitive prices
• Work with marketing managers to analyze effectiveness of various advertising programs on sales and margins
• Work with merchandising team to develop and manage new product introductions and design cost-effective promotions to exit slow-moving products

Skills

Analytical skills

Data manipulation

Problem solving

Communication skills

Independent worker

Education

Bachelor degree in business, economics, or sciences

Tools

Relational databases

Statistics packages

Job description

Merchandising Analyst is an important member of the merchandising team responsible for setting and implementing product, merchandising and promotions strategies to drive sales and margins for the chain. He/she must have strong analytical skills and be able to work independently and with the team. Merchandising Analyst brings a unique skill and perspective to this team, insuring that decisions are equally analytical and intuitive.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze sales and margin trends and make recommendation regarding product positioning and pricing
• Review historical sales and forecast promotions and new product sales
• Work with merchandising managers to position and price product line to maximize sales and margins
• Continuously review product sales and lifecycles and recommend pricing and liquidations strategies for mature products; work with material planners to liquidate products as needed
• Work with merchandising managers to maintain current data base of competitive prices
• Work with marketing managers to analysis effectiveness of various advertising programs on sales and margins
• Work with merchandising team to develop and manage new product introductions and design cost-effective promotions to exit slow-moving products

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in business, economics, or sciences
• 5+ years experience as merchandising analyst in retail or consumer product business
• Work experience with relational databases and statistics packages
• Strong analytical, problem solving, data manipulation and planning skills
• Entrepreneurial, hands-on and able to work independently and as part of a team
• Open and willing to learn
• Good oral and written communication skills

We will invest roughly 3 months setting up the merchandising analyst for success at BTG. Development plan will be individualized, but will include time in stores understanding the customer and how product is sold and will include other roles within our organization so he/she can learn the business, develop the skills and internal relationship needed to be successfully in this role.