Senior Merchandiser Job Description
Senior merchandiser
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Senior Merchandiser Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Align & share best practices with Global team
Keep good communication with the stores and supervise the display and adjustment of display
Collect feedback and suggestions on stores visual merchandising
Provide visual merchandising support to company activities such as new store opening and events
Visit stores regularly to make sure that all store visual merchandising align with the requirements of the company and brand image
Work closely with suppliers on allocating and coordinating the delivery of the display props
Keep a good relationship with other department
Other daily works arranged by the supervisor
Give advice and information to retailers on the adidas brand, POS materials and products to support the marketing concepts and Brand Campaign
Supervise store fixtures set-up
Senior Merchandiser Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Senior Merchandiser
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: GRS
Education for Senior Merchandiser
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the senior merchandiser job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, Education, Oral Communication, Business/Administration, Economics, Fashion, MBA, Visual Merchandising
Skills for Senior Merchandiser
Desired skills for senior merchandiser include:
Costing
Production garment construction and manufacturing
Material construction
Trims and related testing
Approval* Understands and communicates fairly complex information within the specialization
Company policies
Obtaining cooperation
Practices
Procedures
Subject matter* Requires objective review of difficult work problems
Desired experience for senior merchandiser includes:
To train store staff in Visual merchandising techniques
To execute Visual Merchandising (VM) in store following global VM guidelines
Be responsible for maintenance and layout of existing stores and communicate needs for floor plan/layout changes, fixtures, signage, graphics
Assist Sales team in merchandising the showrooms during sell-in period
Multi-tasking & work on several projects simultaneously
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or related field and a minimum of 3 years retail experience
Senior Merchandiser Examples
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Senior Merchandiser Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a senior merchandiser. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for senior merchandiser
- Conduct market and competitive assessments to help identify gaps and market opportunities in assortment based on trends and available consumer data
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure assortments, promotional activity and customer communications lead to desired results
- Update All Functional Calendar with major category-specific activities
- Work with PR and Marketing to help drive top of the funnel product / category awareness
- Oversee photo shoots, ensuring merchandised product stories are accurately represented for use across multiple digital touchpoints (site, email, social, mobile, etc)
- Understand the merchandising and promotional levers and utilize this knowledge to create & execute the site merchandising plan
- Understand the effectiveness of your merchandising real estate and monitor performance of assigned product category on a daily basis
- Partner with Planning to find liquidation opportunities to help manage excess inventory
- Identify appropriate manufacturers for different handbag productions
- Monitor product testing and work with QC for quality standard
Qualifications for senior merchandiser
- 3-5 years of experience in online eCommerce merchandising
- ATG & Endeca experience
- Ability to coach, mentor, manage and develop direct reports, act as an advocate to internal and external teams
- Evaluate vendors’ performance periodically, build up/retain potential vendor by giving them more development and phase out those which are not qualified
- Minimum 3-5 years or above of industry experience-handbag or shoes material sourcing or bag/shoes development background
- Fluency in both written and oral English skill
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a senior merchandiser. 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 senior merchandiser
- Propose pricing & product strategies for the season
- Communicate & distribute all critical merchandising information to key cross-functional teams on a timely basis
- Communicate and distribute all critical merchandising information to key cross-functional teams on a timely basis
- Build seasonal line at category level applying good, better, and best filter
- Work with Design/Fabric team to organize presentation boards in adherence to line plan
- Partner with Sales to identify key features seasonally that buyer’s value
- To be responsible for window display installations, in-store displays and product merchandising of all product categories
- Actively participate with store management team to make the best visual decisions for that store whilst maintaining the corporate visual policies and standards
- To be responsible for merchandise used by the display team and to ensure this is accounted for and cared for properly
- To organise and conduct in-store training sessions on visual merchandising guidelines and visual merchandising standards to store staff each season
Qualifications for senior merchandiser
- Advanced knowledge of the apparel manufacturing environment
- Proficiency in all MS office suites and some ERP/MIS experience a plus
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in men’s fashion / luxury industry
- Good knowledge of Photoshop and Office package
- Availability to travel and to frequent short transfers even on non-working days
- Passionate and dedicated about fashion
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of senior merchandiser. 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 senior merchandiser
- To travel across the region within reasonable requirements of the business
- Set up and maintain the window displays and in-store merchandising
- Resolve store specific visual merchandising challenges that require adaptations including store size, window constraints and merchandising/inventory level
- Conduct regular stores visit to ensure that visual merchandising standard are maintained in all stores
- Keep accurate and up-to-date information regarding measurement and dimensions of all windows per location for display props development
- Think launch and growth
- Change future Girls Department strategies in-season where needed and provide appropriate and timely direction to the cross-functional team in order to react quickly to customer and business trends
- Build strategies for future growth – stores, ecom, catalog, social
- Ensure that channels within remit are compliant with the business guidelines set
- Conduct regular visits based on a prioritized door list, with content tailored to meet the requirements of the door
Qualifications for senior merchandiser
- Fluency in Arabic is deisrable
- Able to effectively communicate with peers, cross-functional team and executives
- Tertiary education with minimum 5-8 years related experience in retail chain business
- Effective time management will be imperative to the success of the role
- Able to work effectively under pressure with minimum supervision
- Knowledge of technical design & multimedia software
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a senior merchandiser. 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 senior merchandiser
- Be responsible for the maintenance & layout of existing doors & communicate needs for layout changes, fixture updates, signage & graphic needs, along with campaign & product feedback to the relevant teams
- Train store staff on visual merchandising techniques & correct Brand delivery
- Conduct hands on support training sessions for new to market doors or new teams with VM representatives of the doors
- Collaborate with key areas & stakeholders within the business to influence at the right time to ensure efficiency & success in delivery at door level
- Identification & placing of VM orders required for new stores, modernizations or backfill
- Review directives & executions for areas of improvement with all stakeholders & initiate/ follow up with solutions as appropriate
- Collaborate with stakeholders to plan agency briefs with regards to the showrooms
- Ensure movements are updated on a weekly basis, visit focus is addressed & forward planning is communicated on a monthly basis both internally & externally
- Maintain regular communications both internally & externally of actions achieved in the field & any follow ups required by the business
- Flexibility in terms of remit & able to support other members of the VM team within their projects as & when required
Qualifications for senior merchandiser
- Business Driver – Driving the business is as exciting as the product
- Interpersonal Savvy – Demonstrates curiosity and respect for the role partners play in the business and leverages their expertise in making business decisions
- Developing Direct Report and Others – Proven track record of investing time in the development of others
- To take the lead on group projects or openings
- To consistently look for new & improved efficiencies across VM & business processes
- To take the lead with elevating teams achievements to the business
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Senior Merchandiser Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of senior merchandiser. 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 senior merchandiser
- To support and influence the range building process, staying within the visual merchandising remit
- Manage the Go-to-Market(GTM) deliverables within the GTM calendar
- Development & implementation of the brand’s VM strategy within the Retail and Wholesale environments
- Managing the point of sale displays, the procurement and installation of all VM displays, windows, seasonal treatments, product highlights, alongside the day to day management of stock rotation in line with the marketing calendar
- Working with E Commerce team to ensure alignment of VM online
- Keeping abreast of VM related to the competition
- Ensuring that all stores and showrooms adhere to the brand’s VM standards at all times
- Working closely with the Head of Retail to ensure the maintenance and high standard of stores at all times
- Reacting to the commercials needs of the business whilst adhering to brand values
- Regular communication with wider Head Office teams to share store and VM imagery
Qualifications for senior merchandiser
- Ability to cope with change, make decisions & act comfortably with risk and ambiguity
- Ability to work on several projects simultaneously & re prioritize efficiently when necessary
- Ability to read, write & speak English fluently
- Ability to travel across given territory up to 80% of a working week
- Ability to travel at times to other territories when the business dictates
- Minimum of 5 years retail experience in a fashion or sports environmentwithin a visual merchandising role