Merchandising Job Description
Merchandising
provides the creative process to insure development is on trend and aligned across categories for a cohesive trend-forward department look for each season and holiday.
Merchandising Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective merchandising job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included merchandising job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Summary of sell in history to wholesale accounts
Working with Merchandise Director on presentations of sales feed back to design team
Communicates clear expectations and hold the store team and themselves accountable to maintain visual standards and keep sell through adjustments true to the floorset overview
Supports Merchandising DOR in recognizing and rewarding team members for performance in the areas of replenishment and merchandising
Manages peers professionally while building effective relationships with store management team
Proactively seeks personal learning and development opportunities
Input and maintain SKU data, SKU creation, price changes, case pack changes, vendor changes, discontinuing SKU's, seasonal changes, re-classing
Utilize Pivot Link system to run vendor sales and weekly/monthly reports as needed
Maintain POG Sets, B quantities, samples, price labels, and green dots
Communicate issues to stores and Franchisees using the appropriate communication channel
Merchandising Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Merchandising
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ATD, PMP, PMO, SCRUM, DSHEA, APIC
Education for Merchandising
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the merchandising job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Associates, Graduate, Business, Merchandising, Management, Computer, Leadership, Marketing, Education, Business/Administration
Skills for Merchandising
Desired skills for merchandising include:
Basic tools needed for the job
Microsoft Office Suite
Interior/exterior product categories
Inventory management
Each team member
Retail business fundamentals: department sales trends
Guest shopping patterns
Pricing and promotions strategies
Guest service fundamentals and experience building and managing a guest first culture on your team
Competitors and ability to leverage insights that drive business objectives in each specialty department
Desired experience for merchandising includes:
Shop competition and make business recommendations to Merchandise Manager based on findings
Follow-up with vendors to get new items set up in the system
Set up vendor appointments for the Merchandise Manager and files vendor information
Complete ad sheets, obtain samples, and proof ads
Acting as the liaison with creative and product development teams
Supporting the team by pulling and prepping reports for Monday Night Merchandising Meeting
Merchandising Examples
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Merchandising Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of merchandising. 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
- Schedule cross functional meetings with store operations, store design, merchandise presentation, and asset protection to review all displays and specialty fixtures to ensure they meet all safety
- Maintain the information provided for respective area on the vendor display contact list of specialty fixtures for field use
- Participate in prototype setups, floor seats, and sign reviews to ensure brand integrity in all visual and merchandising initiatives
- Submit creative job jackets and quote requests for print and fixture orders
- Manage the visual floorplans with merchandise presentation to ensure all necessary information is included on floorplans
- Coordinate the IPP update sheets and project sheets with the design manager
- Assume select projects to facilitate following standard visual processes and procedures
- Own the accurate set-up, communication and maintenance of the AS400 system with the Production team both from a seasonal buy perspective ongoing change management
- Coordinate seasonal 7th online set-up and execution of buys
- Review all sales order orders and product tracking sheets to ensure they are up to date and accurate
Qualifications for merchandising
- Update vendor packs for buying trips & brand meetings
- Assist Merchandiser with setting up of department MFRs
- Assist Merchandiser with planning and execution of promotional markdown strategies
- Able to multitask and take direction from multiple people within the department
- Prefer 2 year or 4 year degree in Consumer Apparel and Retail Studies, Business Management or Merchandising
- Identify DTC buys on line sheets and pic packs
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a merchandising. 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
- Enter monthly markdowns in the Retail and E-Commerce systems
- Perform all product maintenance in relation to email blasts and homepage updates
- Perform administrative and operational functions as needed to support the Direct to Consumer Buying Team
- The primary duty is to manage all Macy’s Core and Impulse and Urban Decay Free Standing (US) store merchandising project timelines, assortments and planograms
- Perform Quality Assurance processes on our online product catalogue
- Transform and supplement general product data for adding new products
- Execute various merchandising projects as directed by Business Strategy
- Class and attribute products to improve site search functionality
- Edit and assess product image quality and content
- Drive process, technical, and operational improvements
Qualifications for merchandising
- Degree holder with 2 years of experience in related field
- Knowledge in photoshop and illustrator
- Communicate with suppliers to gather product information and prepping info for other teams
- Support buying team for brick and mortar stores
- Assist with sample management, store communication, BI coding, and product decks
- Analyze selling and inventory on a store level
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a merchandising. 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
- Work with Product Management/Sample Room to acquire required samples (light lifting required)
- Develop "item cards" for all items in each catalog and other projects in excel
- Assist in setting up and prepping for department meetings
- Inspect performance of bulk merchandisers by visiting accounts to ensure individual performance meets CCBCC standards
- Maintain proper staffing levels to ensure optimal customer service through effective hiring, training, and coaching of full and part time bulk merchandisers
- Review data to ensure all roles are effectively using specific systems and perform maintenance to the data as needed
- Work with route planning team on optimizing daily routes and provide feedback on daily route plans
- Maintain an open dialogue and meet with District Sales Managers and Bulk Account Developers to review performance of merchandising team and identify opportunities
- Manage the cost per case for bulk merchandising vs
- Lead divisional merchandising, planning, and product development processes
Qualifications for merchandising
- Experience with on-set standards and demands
- Understanding of business driver components
- Experience in digital media merchandising (online publishing, video, music)
- 1 year experience with Margin Minder, Kronos and Xora or similar programs
- Strong attention to detail including proofreading for accuracy
- Excellent Outlook & Excel skills in order to manage all email, tasks, meetings, and reports as needed
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a merchandising. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for merchandising
- Collaborate closely with Design, Planning, Sourcing, and cross-functional teams to create balanced and trend right seasonal assortments
- Drive the product development calendar to meet key milestones and ensure product deliverables are met from concept through final assortment delivery
- Confirm key concepts, key items, promotional strategies, and store assortments to ensure that the collection provides an exciting customer product and store experience, while delivering on the brand expectations
- Identify and pursue new creative ventures for the category and business
- Take ownership of the open-to-buy and plan development to ensure teams will meet key deliverables
- Conduct regular market research trips to collect seasonal trend and competitor data to share with management and broader cross-functional teams
- Maintain a high awareness of the customer, the competition relative to product quality/value relationship, and current and incoming fashion trends
- Support the Domain architect in developing and communicating the Product strategy and roadmap, from a Product and Merchandising perspective
- Oversee a process for identifying business drivers and opportunities across merchandising to derive enterprise business, information, technical and solution architecture requirements
- Focus will be in the area of merchandising
Qualifications for merchandising
- Knowledge of MS Office Suite, product development
- Travel maybe required throughout the NY and NJ locations - one day a week as needed
- Must be a relationship builder to work with team and provide synergy between the branches and the marketing team
- Bachelor's Degree preferred in Business Management or related area
- Must have a desire to learn the business
- Self starter who can focus on complex details
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Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of merchandising. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for merchandising
- Lead and mentor team on adherence to the Department Execution Model related to merchandising process, procedure, and strategy
- Assist store leadership in hiring selection, performance management, and disciplinary actions
- Ensure all components needed to provide concise direction to stores have been gathered prior to communicating to stores (images, item codes, required directives, distribution instructions)
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert with regards to Visual Merchandising Software
- Support device launches and maintain device planograms to reflect inventory levels in Branded Retail channel
- Assist Asst
- Supervise area Team Members, ensuring that all Guest First standards correct operating procedures are being followed
- Plan staffing and scheduling needs for area of responsibility
- Assist in the preparation and administration of operating budgets, plans, and forecasts
- Assist in the preparation and administration of merchandise plans for the area of responsibility
Qualifications for merchandising
- Bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising, business, or related field
- 7+ years of experience in vertical retail merchandising
- Exceptional relationship management experience with success in driving initiatives across various functions
- Must be extremely detail-oriented and have a hands on approach to the product management and the business
- Ability to produce and present retail industry statistical and financial analysis
- Expertise in building and delivering presentations to senior leadership teams