Job Details
The Merchandising Assistant position at Windsor s Buying Office is one that acts as a source of support to the entire team, the position requires great organization, the ability to communicate and collaborate with other members in the department. We expect the Merchandising Assistant to embrace the Windsor values set forth in our mission statement.
The Merchandising Assistant role is to support and coordinate in areas of product, attending meetings, running reports, sample coordination and other areas.
Essential Job Functions:
- Processing, maintaining, and distributing daily/weekly/monthly reports
- Maintain samples by receiving, and organizing
- Entering new orders, order revisions (includes cancellations) in POE and on physical sample tags
- Send new PO s to vendor and get confirmation on new Po s
- Maintain Picture On Order and upload pictures to cloud
- Request urgent ticket and labels as needed
- Maintain emails, follow up as needed, keeping current with all email communication
- Entering monthly markdown simulations
- Submit chargeback as needed
- Maintain sample library, including organizing on order by month
- Populate Monthly On Order areas (cage, DC, conference room, etc.) with samples and/or pictures
- Maintain and log samples given to the studio
- Check daily in incoming samples (by vendor and carrier)
- Prepare sample for fit session, file and maintain samples after fit session (fits, TOPS, PPs)
- Manages, archives, opens, and organizes new samples and monthly purging of old samples
- Sample sort outgoing samples, label, email and file for pick up (ship out if needed)
- Fulfill sample requests accurately and in a timely manner, confirming with key stakeholders as needed.
- Track samples for shoots
- Emails product development to vendors
- Attends required weekly team meetings
- Submits tear sheet to creative team email group
- Effective cross team communication
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Degree in Fashion, Production, or related field (design, logistics, textiles, supply chain, merchandising, etc.) is a plus.
- One year experience in Buying and/or Production Office is a plus.
- Desire to gain new knowledge, skill sets and grow within the company.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to multitask and work well under pressure and in a fast-paced environment.
- Outstanding organizational/time-management skills.
- Sense of urgency, highly detailed and heavily experienced in meeting deadlines
- Has a professional positive attitude
- Approaches their day to day with a go above and beyond mindset.
- Able to adapt to various work environments and personalities, including group-settings.
- Capability to pick up new skill sets quickly and efficiently.
- Available to work overtime.
Physical/Environmental Demands and Overtime & Availability:
Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. Must have the ability to walk short distances. Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a small amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Repetitive motion. Adequate movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. Team members are required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.