Job Description

Adecco Creative and Marketing has partnered with women's fashion house to hire an assistant merchant.

This is a 3 month, 35 hour work week contract. The pay is $26-$30/hr.

Role and Responsibilities:

Pre-season:

• Supports the buyer in developing a line that represents the brand by doing competitive intelligence, customer intimacy, and business analysis.
• Understands the customer. Works with Buyer in researching and anticipating what the customer wants next; uses information from Digital Analysis & Store visits in decision making and planning process.
• Collects industry/ consumer/ competitor trend information. Reports on and integrates findings into the development of the strategic vision and the future selection of product.
• Synthesizes trend intelligence and determines its relevancy to LB’s brand strategy.
• Works with Planning and Allocation on promotional cadence, flow order, color/size buys, minimum /maximum quantities, and writes orders.
• Determines, based on history, trend, market information and customer knowledge, the ranking of each item in their assortment.
• Ensures all samples are ordered for marketing purposes post product milestone meetings.
• Ensures that all purchasing deadlines are met and communicated to appropriate cross functional partners.

In-season:

• In season, supports Buyer in reacting to current business trends; ensures the integration of fashion newness, develops upside strategies, recognizes product evolution and potential voids; prepares contingency plans to drive sales and profit objectives.
• Works cross functionally with planning, product development, and design to ensure the flow of the vertical process in maintained.
• Patterns competitors and fashion leaders and understands how they are projecting their brand. Focuses on overall assortment, fashion offering, pricing/promotional cadence, and presentations. Reports on and uses findings/information in season and future line planning.
• Prepares samples for PR and Marketing.
• Partners with Visual on floor set placement of product to ensure that all styles are represented and volume and fashion projection objectives are met.
• Partners with Store Ops to develop appropriate educational and event tools for stores.
• Maintains all samples for the season.
• Helps Merchants prep for meetings.
• Understands the assortment.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Experience in a merchandising related position for a fashion retailer.
• Bachelor’s degree in fashion merchandising, retail management or business-related field preferred along with industry related internship.
• Proficient in Word, Excel and Power Point, and Outlook. Microstrategy preferred.
• Ability to build and sustain relationships quickly.
• Acute attention to detail.
• Must have a sense of urgency.
• Strong interpersonal skills, prioritizing, communication skills, and time management.
• Ability to multitask and pivot based on priorities.

This is a W-2 role.

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. There is no PTO or holiday pay for contracts. Sick leave is accrued where applicable, check your state laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

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*The California Fair Chance Act

*Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

*Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

*San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

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