Product Merchandiser Job Description
Product merchandiser
provides on-market product support and guidance to the affiliates in terms of product segmentation, positioning and objection handling.
Product Merchandiser Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Lead the line planning, pricing and product creation processes for the overall product line to include appropriate levels of differentiation within product assortments to exist across commercial channels & tier distribution
Drive product assortments to ensure amplification of key products, concepts & stories with a retail end in mind
Be a successful role model for their store team, support the company by implementing business-minded visual presentations that combine the latest fashion trends, uphold our high standards, and represent Le Chateau’s exclusive brand by creating a unique shopping experience
Assist with the execution and implementation of product presentation plans, strategies, and initiatives in the store
Educate store associates on visual standards and proper techniques forbuilding displays
Develop relationships with store management and corporate visual team,provide input and recommendations to ensure that store has adequate visualmerchandising resources and support
Create insightful and compelling product briefs by analyzing consumer, geography, commercial and competitive trends in the marketplace
Establish strategic product direction across product categories & key markets that address product flow, retail pricing, color strategy & sku investment
Collaborate with the design and development teams to hit key deliverables each season, including key meetings, product creation deadlines, seasonal design direction and profitable margins
Collaborate with Footwear counterparts to drive a cohesive merchandising strategy
Product Merchandiser Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Education for Product Merchandiser
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the product merchandiser job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Bachelor's Degree in Business, Merchandising, Education, MBA, Marketing, Design, General Education, Business/Administration, Economics, Management
Skills for Product Merchandiser
Desired skills for product merchandiser include:
Factories
Import/export trading terms and product standards
Production schedules and FOB costing methodology
Components and finished goods
Knowledgeable in Plastic
Metal fabrications
Multiple product types of Hardgoods
Channel segmentation
Concept drivers
Product assortments
Desired experience for product merchandiser includes:
You enjoy analysing data, you always go the extra mile, are an organised and yet flexible and decisive individual
General knowledge of industry processes in order to deliver product to retailers
Strong sense of brand awareness
General understanding of the Apparel product construction and sourcing process
Preferred experience creating Skate, Lifestyle and Street-Wear apparel
Manage all product management, line plan and PLM system set up and follow up throughout the design/seasonal process
Product Merchandiser Examples
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Product Merchandiser Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a product merchandiser. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for product merchandiser
- Create and deliver impacful presentations
- Work with Planning, Buying, Marketing, Fashion & Editorial departments to help manage product exposure and maximise sales
- Assist in managing THE OUTNET Product Marketing events schedule and planning process, driving from a U.S. market perspective and actively working with Buying, Merchandising & Marketing teams within the U.S. market
- Responsible for visual merchandising and maintenance of product lists across the U.S. website
- Support the U.S. Upload team to build cohesive, visually strong new arrival edits for ‘Just In’
- Responsible for the colour and category classification of products, ensuring all newly uploaded products are satisfactorily represented
- Manage the U.S website navigation, classification process, working closely with the UK Product Merchandiser to ensure consistency across websites
- Fully support U.S. targeted marketing activity and product selection both onsite and offsite
- Identify opportunities and assist in the setup of private sales and VIP events
- Be the Product Merchandising team ‘go-to’ once the UK team leave the office at lunchtime
Qualifications for product merchandiser
- You are comfortable with SAP and TXT
- Bachelor’s degree required, MBA preferred, with 5 or more years of industry experience
- Minimum 4-5 years of experience in merchandise or buying in an established luxury brand
- Excellent English, Italian
- Travel flexibility to different destination
- Preferred experience creating Skate, Lifestyle and Street-Wear Tees/Apparel
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a product 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 product merchandiser
- Oversee design & product development process with Licensees
- Ensure correct timetables and approval processes are followed
- Oversee Licensee and internal Creative Services teams to create appropriate seasonal labeling & packaging
- Manage products selected to be displayed for customer meetings
- Execute visual displays as provided
- Product assembly and product installation into visual displays for company showrooms
- Product assembly and product installation into visual displays for National Account Trade Shows
- Prepare samples for shipping in and out of the model shop
- Transport and deliver products to specified showrooms, as required
- Manage and track the product display sample inventory
Qualifications for product merchandiser
- Strong understanding of Tee product classifications
- Proven experience in online visual merchandising/styling
- Proven experience in an E-commerce environment, with a strong understanding of digital environments including website taxonomy and usability
- Strong analytical excel and math skills, ideally gained in a planning environment
- Aware of developments in the industry and competitive market, making recommendations to the business
- Sets a good example with a positive attitude and exemplarity behavior
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a product merchandiser. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for product merchandiser
- Support Greenville SC model shop activities, as requested
- Support Sales Team with strategic retail customer showroom, sample tracking and on sight product set-up, as requested
- Product assembly and merchandising for customer product line reviews
- Plan-o-gram support and development for customer programs
- Support the development of merchandising display innovations for customer programs
- Merchandising presentations in support of customer meetings, as requested
- Responsible for company transport vehicle
- Ensure that daily site maintenance is conducted
- Manage the indirect online product lifecycle
- Maintain relationships with internal account managers and delivering a 'best in class' vendor partnership
Qualifications for product merchandiser
- Comfortable being the only team member in the U.S, reporting to a manager based in London, managing a 5 hour time difference, conducting meetings over the phone and video conference
- Must be a motivated self-starter and process oriented with high attention to detail
- Apparel retail experience preferred
- Native Chinese with good English communication skills, oral and written
- Client Facing with assertive spirit, collaborative, well organized, ability to self prioritize, strong negotiation skill
- Ability to travel at short notice in China, primarily Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong Province for factory capability assessment and accompany Buyer teams
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Our growing company is looking for a product merchandiser. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for product merchandiser
- Develop time and action calendars with processes and procedures to ensure actions are successfully completed
- Utilize the required technology (ChannelAdvisor, Salsify, Google Analytics, Excel, Edgenet, Vendor Portals like Amazon and more) to support optimized execution of all acquisition marketing strategies
- Analyze marketing channels and site performance metrics to explain variances to business
- Utilize various software tools to monitor sales, product reviews, feedback and performance
- Overall support to insure the success of the indirect e-Commerce marketing and strategy plan
- Supports ongoing management
- Participate in various training programs directly from customer base and company internal
- Collaborate with Business Development Manager admin on communications, programs integration
- Partner with DMM to develop and communicate seasonal merchandising strategies to key cross functional areas and ensure (broader) team is focused toward a common goal
- Develop, communicate, implement seasonal merchandising strategies and prioritize tasks to support those strategies to meet/exceed financial targets
Qualifications for product merchandiser
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Internet search engines
- 5-8 years prior retail management experience or merchandising experience preferred
- Industry/Technology experience and interest preferred
- Strong understanding of the fleece product classifications
- One to two years of experience working with Microsoft Office software
- 5+ Years’ experience within merchandising and display management fields
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a product merchandiser. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for product merchandiser
- Serve as the central project coordinator for key product group & capsule line management within and across departments
- Lead development of product briefs, trim/ packaging, features/ benefit stories
- Facilitate omni-channel communication of strategic merch initiatives and omni-channel feedback
- Support presentation of product offering for all channels of distribution (catalog, e-commerce, retail), specifically accountable for coordination of the catalog
- Conduct market research with competitive analysis and understanding of market trends
- Maintain a cooperative team environment that promotes high morale, high performance standards and attainment of goal
- Manage any packaging requirements including labels, boxes, hangers, sewing tickets
- Ensure all systems are kept up to date with live information Ex
- Develop and drive departmental and category specific plans and execute to achieve goals
- Distribute and maintain all information of assigned category, including hang tags, workbooks, line lists and CAD books
Qualifications for product merchandiser
- Associate or Bachelor Degree in Visual Merchandising a plus
- At least 3 years of experience in merchandising or buying in an established luxury brand
- Flexibility, Confidence in presenting to large groups, Collaborative team player
- 2 or more years of experience in marketing and/or program management
- Must be able to take the broadest possible view of a situation to determine the best course of action
- Understanding key retail sales metrics and key merchandising requirements