Merchandising Assistant

Crate and Barrel; Northbrook (IL); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Crate and Barrel seeks a Merchandising Assistant for an on-site role in Northbrook, IL, with the flexibility to work remotely on Fridays. You will support the Merchant team in planning, assortment maintenance, vendor communications, and cross-functional collaboration to execute in-season product strategies.

Ideal candidates have BA/BS, strong attention to detail, excellent communication, and proficiency with MS Office/Excel.

Qualifications

• Strong detail orientation and ability to multi-task.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Team player with collaboration focus.
• Proficiency with planning and Merchant systems.
• MS Office proficiency, including Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support Merchant team through vendor partnership and communication.
• Support assortment plans and SKU counts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to execute assortment strategies.
• Work with Catalog/Marketing to execute in-season product assortment.
• Communicate promotional details to cross-functional partners.
• Provide SKU/assortment information to Merchandise Operations.
• Develop recommendations for product assortment strategies to meet margin goals.
• Conduct competitive intelligence to identify opportunities and challenges.
• Assist with negotiating product costs, terms, and shipping/returns.
• Investigate and handle field/store issues for merchants.

Skills

Detail orientation

Organized

Multi-tasking

Communication skills

Team player

Merchant systems

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Education

BA/BS preferred

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

This is an on-site position (Monday through Thursday) based out of our Northbrook, IL office with the flexibility to work remotely on Fridays.

A day in the life as a Merchandising Assistant...

• Support Merchant team through vendor partnership and communication

• Support Merchant team in building and maintaining assortment plans and SKU counts

• Support Merchant team by working with cross-functional partners to execute assortment strategies.

• Work with Catalog/Marketing team to execute in-season product assortment.

• Communicate promotional details to all cross-functional partners.

• Provide SKU/ assortment information to Merchandise Operations for input

• Develop recommendations for product assortment strategies, based on targeted research and analysis, to achieve specific margin objectives. Execute exit strategies as needed.

• Conduct competitive intelligence and use information to identify opportunities and challenges for in-season business and future seasons

• Support Merchant teams with negotiating product costs, terms, and shipping/return issues

• Support Merchant teams by investigating and handling field and/or store issues

What you’ll bring to the table…

• Strong detail orientation, organized, ability to multi-task

• Strong oral and written communication skills sufficient to communicate credibly and effectively at all levels of the organization

• Team player with a focus on collaboration

• Proficient learner of planning and Merchant systems

• Microsoft Office proficiency, including Microsoft Excel

We’d love to hear from you if you have…

• BA/BS preferred

• Previous experience in merchandising and/or related experience preferred