Merchandising Associate Job Description
Merchandising associate
provides back up support to National Account Manager for all categories within Wal-Mart women’s & men’s legwear.
Merchandising Associate Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Maintains on-going knowledge of applicable National Presentation Standards, store merchandise, integrated retail, SYW, and operational processes
Provide clear communication to the design, marketing, PD, OPS and other functional areas both externally and internally
Review samples to ensure the design and quality is correct and alerts team of any inconsistencies
Maintain seasonal records including line sheets, and samples of our product line and competition
Analyze retail sales and communicate to the team top and bottom sellers
Completes Member transactions accurately and efficiently using POS and online systems, including sales, returns and exchanges in accordance with authorized processes
Educates Members on our Satisfaction Guaranteed return policy
Sets non-promotional, promotional, and seasonal signing, including store-wide and event signing if assigned to perform this activity
Performs merchandise support tasks (e.g., straightening merchandise) during each work shift
Performs accurate count updates and inventory adjustments
Merchandising Associate Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Merchandising Associate
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Education for Merchandising Associate
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the merchandising associate job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in General Education, Merchandising, Marketing, Education, Business, Science, Design, Agriculture, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion
Skills for Merchandising Associate
Desired skills for merchandising associate include:
Computers
Systems and programs relevant to the position
Customer service principles and processes
Carts
Forklifts
Use of wheelers
Applicable National Presentation Standards
Available merchandise
Integrated retail
Men’s and women’s fashion
Desired experience for merchandising associate includes:
Develop and maintain positive, cooperative relationships with staff, management, and corporate partners
Creates and proofs sales/marketing collateral
Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Product Management or Merchandising or a related field
Up to 5 years of relevant experience in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), fundraising product selling industry, preferably in the snack category & food gift industry
Additional areas of experience may include consumer research, new product development, and profitability analysis
Understanding of vision/strategy, business planning, marketing principles, project management, analysis & budgeting
Merchandising Associate Examples
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Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a merchandising associate. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for merchandising associate
- Support the execution of merchandising calendar across the portfolio of brands
- Create new selling strategies and models (subscriptions, bundles, exclusives, custom products ) for DTC to grow revenues by creating differentiation for DTC channel
- Assist in overseeing the assortment and work with planning teams and operations to ensure inventory coverage
- Partner on promotions strategy for direct eCommerce business by collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Assist in the creation of customer retention strategies by coming up with new initiatives to increase repeat purchases through the direct channel and to increase consumer engagement and stickiness with the DTC websites
- Ensure eCommerce websites have best in class merchandising capabilities including up-sells, cross sells, enhanced content
- Support new product launches on the DTC websites and provide expert guidance to cross functional teams on how to leverage eCommerce direct channel for these campaigns
- Take ownership for enhancing the customer experience
- Partner with selling associates, sales support associates and cashiers to provide superior customer service (i.e., locate merchandise, assist customers, answer phones, ring register)
- Set and maintain sales floor to national merchandising and presentation standards
Qualifications for merchandising associate
- Familiarity with sales, manufacturing, R&D and finance principles
- Superior personal communication skills, both written & verbal, presentation skills
- Ability to lead and manage cross-functional team members, provide direction and support, and make decisions on a timely basis
- 2-5 years of experience working in eCommerce in a Merchandising function for a large retailer or CPG company preferred
- Trusted team player with a proven track record of achievement
- Must be organized and demonstrate strong problem-solving skills
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Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of merchandising associate. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for merchandising associate
- Perform promotional ad setup and take down without error or omission
- Perform accurate count updates and inventory adjustments
- Print, sort, and set non-promotional, promotional, and seasonal signing, including store-wide and event signing
- Adhere to merchandise protection standards
- Understand functions of product maintenance and setup
- Setup and Maintenance of existing products for Plants & Gifts categories
- Responsible for communication to various people in organization regarding stock issues, product changes, such as price, ship method, name, out of stock
- Balance daily responsibilities with time sensitive/urgent requests such as product code/component code/ promotion to oracle, assignment of new vendors to active products
- Adherence to the Merchandising Operations SOP or any other pre-established process
- Digital Merchandising
Qualifications for merchandising associate
- Possess' the ability to lift and carry boxes (app
- Proficient in using available technology (RF guns, package tracking )
- Availability to work a flexible schedule (which may include nights, weekends & holidays)
- Ability to use website navigation, and proactively leverages technology in order to facilitate the customer experience
- Basic understanding of reading, arithmetic, writing and oral communication skills
- Comfort soliciting contact information from customers, upselling goods and services, encouraging impulse purchases and offering credit card and leasing opportunities to every customer, every time
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of merchandising associate. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for merchandising associate
- Launch calendar management (20%) – Build the seasonal footwear launch calendar in collaboration with global category partners the product creation & brand teams to ensure that it is up to date on a daily basis
- Workfront management (20%) – Workfront is a project management tool that will be owned by the associate merchant to ensure that all merchandising information is accounted for and communicated efficiently
- Communication (20%) – Establishing a mutually beneficial flow of clear correspondence with all cross functional partners will be one of the primary functions of the role
- Competitive Insights (20%) – In order to push into the future, the ability to know & develop actionable insights from the competitive landscape will be extremely important
- Sample Ownership (20%) – The associate manager will partner with the operations to order, track & ship GEO, affiliate & seeding samples
- Act as a liaison between creative, design, product management, photography, product development, copy and merchants to execute site plan and changes for daily site maintenance and seasonal assortment launches under the direction of the Web Merchandising Leader
- Daily site maintenance, including management of skus, database hierarchy, data relationships, internal record maintenance, QA of live site assets and answering inquiries from internal partners as it relates to products live on the site
- Execute page and category level presentation of product, including selling order, select copy fields, hero and alternate imagery, cross sells and upsells
- Responsible for website photography framework build and tracking to completion
- Accountable for the accuracy of sellable inventory online
Qualifications for merchandising associate
- High School or GED required, Associates or Bachelor's degree preferred
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications with an emphasis on Access
- Ability to learn software applications and data processing procedures
- Be dependable and have good work ethics with a "can do" attitude
- Have a collaborative personality and be excited to work with a team to be successful
- Have the ability to analyze problems, create solutions, and multi task with attention to detail
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of merchandising associate. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for merchandising associate
- Act as a leader and project manager between creative, design, product management, photography, product development, copy and merchants to execute site plan and changes for daily site maintenance and seasonal assortment launches under the direction of the Web Merchandising Senior Director
- Lead Web Merchandising Assistant/Associate in their execution of daily site maintenance, including management of skus, database hierarchy, data relationships, internal record maintenance, QA of live site assets and answering inquiries from internal partners as it relates to products live on the site
- Analyze sales data and web analytics to provide insight and suggestions for presentation of product, overall site functionality, and end-to-end product tools, including selling order, site/page design, code enhancements, email marketing opportunities, seasonal reporting, year-over-year analysis, site navigation, cross-marketing opportunities, and process improvements
- Track website photography from build through to completion
- Focus on product and site optimization, pushing for a best-in-class eCommerce experience through a passion for retail, an appreciation of the evolving nature or digital, and a lens of luxury and customer service
- Model and teach the core values of our company and set the tone for the team as a mentor and advocate
- Model and teach leadership qualities at all times
- Support planning and execution of Family campaigns by collaborating closely with other members of merchandising team and product team
- Programming the Google Play store (utilizing internal tools)
- Analyze collection performance data to understand how apps are received by users
Qualifications for merchandising associate
- Ability to work independently with direction from supervisor
- Willing to work off hours and weekends as business needs dictate
- BA/BS Degree in any field or in lieu of degree overall 4 years of experience
- BA/BS degree required (Manager is open to area of study - Marketing preferred)
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Merchandising or related field required
- In lieu of a degree, an additional 2 years' relevant work experience may be substituted
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Merchandising Associate Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of merchandising associate. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for merchandising associate
- Work collaboratively within a cross-functional and international team environment
- Create local app campaigns and content for the U.S. and Canada stores
- Use internal tools to publish content and maintain country store calendars
- Schedule and coordinate global marketing campaigns
- Become an expert on multiple categories of apps
- Research new and trending apps, personally test apps for quality
- Schedule and
- Handling marketing selects requests (pulling from buckets and reviewing with us for sign off before handing off to marketing) Drives the execution of merchandising strategies that support business objectives
- Executes the production launch calendar and road map projects
- Analytical/data entry
Qualifications for merchandising associate
- Demonstrated partnership capability, including the ability to collaborate others within a work group
- Proven ability to ideate and apply creative thinking, including retail execution concepts, color application in assortments, and visual presentation development
- Proficiency with both Microsoft & Apple applications including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, & Keynote
- Gains others’ respect and trust
- Able to positively influence those around them
- Experience with web merchandising metrics and analytics strongly preferred