Temporary Brand Merchandising Associate

WorkGenius Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

WorkGenius Group is seeking a Temporary Brand Merchandising Associate in New York to analyze market trends, support global line and assortment planning, and maintain merchandising data across systems. The role collaborates with design, production, planning, and regional teams to inform product strategies and line plans.

The position emphasizes strong analytical skills, retail math, and effective communication to drive category growth while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in product development or merchandising.
• Strong analytical ability and retail mathematics skills.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, teamwork, leadership, and influencing skills.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, accurate, resourceful, efficient, and capable of managing multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market, competitive, trend, and global business performance analysis to identify category growth opportunities and inform merchandising recommendations.
• Support global line planning, assortment planning, product flow, SKU productivity analysis, and seasonal strategy development in partnership with planning and merchandising teams.
• Create and maintain assortment data, merchandising item definitions, line changes, reports, meeting documentation, and change-control materials in relevant systems.
• Manage and support the OK-to-Buy process while monitoring sales trends, sell-through, volume drivers, margins, delivery flow, and calendar adherence.
• Collaborate with Design, Production, Planning, regional, and channel teams; communicate critical merchandising information and present product strategies and line plans.

Skills

Brand merchandising

Product development

Global line planning

Assortment planning

Retail math

Sales analysis

Sell-through analysis

SKU productivity

Cross-functional collaboration

Merchandising systems

Microsoft Office

GFE+

VIBEIQ

Tools

GFE+

VIBEIQ

Microsoft Office

Job description

Title: Temporary Brand Merchandising Associate

Industry: Fashion Apparel and Retail

Location: New York, NY

Duration: Temporary; 40 hours per week; start ASAP, end date TBD

Responsibilities

• Conduct market, competitive, trend, and global business performance analysis to identify category growth opportunities and inform merchandising recommendations.
• Support global line planning, assortment planning, product flow, SKU productivity analysis, and seasonal strategy development in partnership with planning and merchandising teams.
• Create and maintain assortment data, merchandising item definitions, line changes, reports, meeting documentation, and change-control materials in relevant systems.
• Manage and support the OK-to-Buy process while monitoring sales trends, sell-through, volume drivers, margins, delivery flow, and calendar adherence.
• Collaborate with Design, Production, Planning, regional, and channel teams; communicate critical merchandising information and present product strategies and line plans.

Requirements

• Experience in product development or merchandising; experience with menswear, accessories, or footwear preferred.
• Strong analytical ability and retail mathematics skills, including sales, sell-through, pricing, and productivity analysis.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, teamwork, leadership, and influencing skills.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, accurate, resourceful, efficient, and capable of managing multiple priorities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and merchandising systems; experience with GFE+ required and VIBEIQ preferred.

Skills

• Brand merchandising
• Product development
• Global line planning
• Assortment planning
• Retail math
• Sales analysis
• Sell-through analysis
• SKU productivity
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Merchandising systems

Hourly rate is commensurate with experience and is an estimated range provided by WorkGenius.