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Digital Merchandise Assistant
Saks Fifth Avenue
New York, NY, United States
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Digital Merchandise Assistant, Women's Shoes, Saks Fifth Avenue
Who We Are:
HBC is a diversified global retailer, focused on driving the performance of high quality stores and their all-channel offerings, growing through acquisitions, and unlocking the value of real estate holdings.
Founded in 1670, HBC is the oldest company in North America. Our portfolio today includes formats ranging from luxury to premium department stores to off price fashion shopping destinations, with more than 480 stores and over 66,000 employees around the world.
Our leading banners across North America and Europe include Hudson’s Bay, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Gilt, Saks OFF 5TH, Galeria Kaufhof, the largest department store group in Germany, and Belgium’s only department store group Galeria INNO.
We have significant investments in real estate joint ventures. HBC has partnered with Simon Property Group Inc. in the HBC Global Properties Joint Venture, which owns properties in the United States and Germany. In Canada, HBC has partnered with RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust in the RioCan-HBC Joint Venture.
A truly global corporate citizen, HBC is committed to responsible business practices to bring about positive change, and we work hard to shape a sustainable future for people and the planet. Our philanthropic initiatives help create healthy families, strong communities, and sport excellence in the cities and countries in which we operate around the world, while striving to create innovative programs and resources that provide flexibility for work-life balance in order to maintain a positive working environment
What This Position Is All About:
The Digital Merchandise Assistant supports the digital business’ day to day performance and merchandising to deliver sales and gross margin objectives. This role mainly handles the digital operational cross function tasks of the item’s lifecycle.
Who You Are:
• Sense of urgency flexibility ability to multi-task
• Willingness to learn
• Demonstrate eagerness to learn and assume additional responsibility, enthusiastically develop new skills, seek out new and efficient ways to perform tasks.
• Ability to collaborate and/or drive digital operations of business with multiple departments and buyers.
• Detail oriented
• Good organizational and clerical skills
You Also Have:
• University or college degree
• Previous experience in e-commerce required
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong computer skills - preferably MS Word and Excel
As the Digital Merchandise Assistant, You Will:
• Daily QA site monitoring to ensure product is on site and properly represented and to identify QA issues; work with Distribution Center, Merch Ops, Studio and/or vendor representatives to resolve.
• Monitor digital PO deadlines for group (Manage the PO tracker for the area)
• Keep the buying teams on schedule to PO upload for the item life cycle (Pubs on time, Uploads on time, etc)
• Manage the Not-On-Site report with reviews of times and follow up
• Manage and work with cross functional teams to resolve QC Defects
• Monitor pre-order & launch dates relative to competitors (collect launch dates from vendors; communicate to appropriate teams)
• Maintain shop the look file (update the style list)
• Support studio team in managing and resolving sample and photography issues
• Ensure timely Pubs for styles featured on Saks.com
• Update inventory tracker
• Send out weekly comps emails
• Create & update editorial tracking sheets
• Manage the Cancel Risk Report (Digital MA’s to Run the report
• Ensure that orders are cancelled in a timely manner
Your Life and Career at HBC:
• Be part of a world-class team; work with an adventurous spirit; think and act like an owner-operator
• Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities, from retail to supply chain, to digital or corporate
• A culture that promotes a healthy, fulfilling work/life balance
• Benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision and dental)
• An amazing employee discount
Thank you for your interest with HBC. We look forward to reviewing your application.
HBC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, HBC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. HBC welcomes all applicants for this position. Should you be individually selected to participate in an assessment or selection process, accommodations are available upon request in relation to the materials or processes to be used.