Merchandising Associate (Part-Time)

Mattel, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Mattel's American Girl Retail team seeks a Merchandising Associate located in our store. You will support the visual merchandising manager with daily operations, stocking, unloading trucks, and inventory control while ensuring appealing displays and customer service excellence.

You’ll create engaging window and in-store displays, stay current on product knowledge, and adapt tasks to business needs. A flexible schedule, including nights and weekends, is required.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of successful work experience in retail merchandising or related field including customer service.
• Manual skills in doll styling, straight blade cutting, and minor assembly preferred.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Assist visual merchandising manager with display changes, planogram layouts, and graphic updates.
• Create dynamic displays using dolls and related products; maintain product knowledge.
• Prioritize tasks based on business needs and troubleshoot stock availability.
• Maintain store visual and merchandising standards aligned with brand vision.
• Develop positive relationships with staff, management and partners; assist customers as needed.
• Stock merchandise as needed.

Skills

Retail merchandising experience

Doll styling

Blade cutting

Minor assembly

Customer service

Job description

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER.It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

The Team: The American Girl Retail team is integral in providing lifetime memories to American Girl fans and their families. Our experiential retail stores provide shopping destinations like no other. This requires Innovation, Collaboration, and Execution from all who are a part of this division. Our in-store experiences range depending on location from Girl and Doll Salons, Full-Service Restaurants, Personal Shopping, Ear Piercing (Girl and Doll), hosting Parties/Celebrations to name a few. Expect a dynamic and fast-paced role where you get to make decisions that impact the team as well as our customers.

The Opportunity:The Merchandising Associate is located at the AG Retail location and reports directly to the Assist Operations and Merchandising Manager. This position is responsible for assisting the visual merchandising manager with daily operations, including stocking merchandise on the sales floor, unloading trucks, and inventory management.

What Your Impact Will Be:

• Assist visual merchandising manager in the execution of display window changes, merchandise changes and planogram layouts, and graphic changes.
• Create dynamic displays using dolls and complementary product. Keep current on product knowledge.
• Demonstrate flexibility in prioritizing tasks based on business need and to troubleshoot when product availability becomes an issue.
• Maintain the overall visual and merchandising standards of the store consistent with the organization’s vision of the brand.
• Develop and maintain positive, cooperative relationships with staff, management, and corporate partners. Provide assistance to customers as needed.
• Stock merchandise when needed.

What We’re Looking For:

• 1 – 2 years of successful work experience in retail merchandising, retail, or related field which includes expertise in customer service, preferred.
• Manual skills in doll styling, straight blade cutting, and minor assembly, preferred.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Mattel is an Aff…F/M/Disability/Vet

What It’s Like to Work Here:

American Girl is subsidiary of Mattel, a purpose driven company aiming to empower the next generation to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:

• We collaborate:Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
• We innovate:At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
• We execute:We are a performance driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best in class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.

Who We Are:

American Girl is a premium brand for girls and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT,www.mattel.com), a leading global toy company and owner of one of the strongest catalogs of children’s and family entertainment franchises in the world. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain and develop children through play. We engage consumers through our portfolio of iconic brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO and MEGA, as well as other popular intellectual properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. We operate in 35 locations and our products are available in more than 150 countries in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering children to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.

Visit us at https://jobs.mattel.com/ and www.instagram.com/MattelCareers.

Mattel is an Aff…where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers including minorities, females, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and those of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

The pay range for this position is between $15 and $17.25 per hour. The pay range is indicative of projected hiring range, however base pay will be determined based on a candidate’s work location, skills and experience.Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential.