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Wholesale/Retail Merchandising Intern
Crocs
Niwot, CO, United States
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The Merchandising Intern will assist in supporting the main departments within the Retail and Wholesale Teams; Planning, Buying, and Allocation to achieve or exceed departments sales plans and goals. He/She will gain an understanding of the Retail process beginning with product creation to consumer purchase. This Excel-heavy role will provide the Retail Intern an opportunity to hone his/her analytical skills while learning about Retail and the functions involved along the way. The Wholesale Merchandising rotation with include learning to Wholesale builds and implements account business plans with significant input from the sales team and global merchandising. We have fun together by working hard under tight deadlines and consistently over-delivering to expectations. We are a team of high performers who welcome the team player who is excited to and will commit the time to learning new skills.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Work with the Planning Team to get an understanding of the Open to Buy /Planning role and how it drives the process
• Work with the Retail Buying Team to understand the merchandising process from line ranging to liquidation
• Work with Allocation Team to assist in planning and execution of assortment plans and in season replenishment
• Understand the role the Visual team plays in supporting the merchandising process.
Product Vision + Revenue Plan
• Merchandise the Americas product line to hit seasonal target margin and revenue plan as determined by Senior Leadership, Finance and Global Merchandising
• Implement and communicate lifecycle strategies as determined by global merchandising
• Merchandise and create directed assortments for target consumers and their channels in alignment with our brand vision
• Focus on consumer, brand vision and business needs to implement key seasonal brand and product stories
• Drive brand vision with regional product assortment
Segmentation
• Work with product and sales to merchandise a regionally aligned product line by consumer and channel
• Execute the lifecycle strategy in the product line against target consumer and distribution channel
• Segment and execute regional product line by wholesale sub-channel according to global guidelines and to maximize revenue
• Merchandise product stories by sub-channel to align with regional and global marketing
Go-To-Market (GTM) Vision
• Support the design of Global Merchandise strategy to drive revenue and brand goals
• Align NPI and franchise performance to ensure performance by wholesale sub-channel
• Communicate key product/collections stories, present product and support directed assortment sell-in for specific customers and reps
• Integrate inline and SMU requests against strategic plans to create directed assortments
KEY BEHAVIORS FOR SUCCESS IN THE ROLE
• Ability to work effectively and deliver results in a lean, entrepreneurial and team environment
• Direct and transparent approach to communication
• Passion and tenacity for solving problems through creativity, collaboration and resourcefulness
• Ability to influence people in support of overarching business and category goals.
• Results orientation that is balanced between both long-term objectives and short-run performance
• High energy, high initiative, decisive, confident
QUALIFICATIONS
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Enrolled in one of the following:
◦ Last Year of a Four year degree program
◦ Last semester of a 2 year degree program
◦ Graduate Degree Program
• Demonstrates strong verbal and writing communication skills
• Strong initiative and ability to work independently
• Willing and able to learn and have fun!