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Assistant Web Merchandiser, Tops & Accessories
Athleta
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Athleta is creating a new breed of premium, authentically active and fashion-fueled apparel for a life in motion. Our mission is to ignite a community of active, healthy confident girls who empower each other to realize their limitless potential.
We're looking for people who find inspiration in the same things we do. Like community. Participation. Empowering others. Working as a team. Never forgetting that work isn't work without a little play - and, of course, being a part of something bigger. At Athleta we’re always reaching for amazing - and that challenge is what fuels us!
Power of She
General Responsibilities:
The Associate Web Merchandiser is responsible for driving the online strategies for the business for every season as well as special boutique including new arrivals and editorial messages. This includes:
• Understanding the big ideas and financial investments associated with them.
• Being the voice of the channel to ensure channel differences are heard and incorporated.
• Drive categories through diversity of messaging, online exclusives, channel extensions, and visual sorting and merchandising.
• Report on weekly and seasonal basis performance taking into account business trends, customer insights, and macro trends. Make recommendations on in season and next year changes.
Other Responsibilities include:
• Understand product trends, historical data, and macro environment trends to help plan and explain business performance.
• Provide information to develop key concepts, key items, promotional strategies and assortments that are commercially viable and provide exciting store experiences.
• Understand competitive environment; proactively see market knowledge through exposure to competitive retail outlets.
Leadership Responsibilities:
• Possess a clear understanding of the importance of high quality work and accuracy and its impact on the customer’s site experience.
• Demonstrate strong teamwork skills through developing relations with and influencing cross-functional teams.
• Experience in effective communication of issues, timeline delays, and best practices to cross-functional teams.
• Work with production to communicate system bugs and issues.
• Maintain a cooperative team environment that promotes high performance standards and attainment of goals
• Demonstrate a point of view about product assortment and business opportunities
Qualifications
• Proactive, strong attention to detail & accuracy, effective time management skills, strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate the organizational ability to facilitate multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years of retail merchandising experience ideally in the women's active space
• Experience as a Assistant Merchandiser or equivalent
• Strong analytical skills
• Possess a strong working knowledge of financial measurements
• Demonstrate strong listening, verbal, written and presentation skills
• Customer oriented