Job Details
**Primary Purpose:** Coachs Global Retail Merchandising Team is responsible for creating and executing merchandising strategies and forecasting processes to maximize company financial objectives. The Merchandising Assistant will manage product samples and boards with a focus in a specific category as well as support team with all merchandising initiatives. * Manage daily Merchandising responsibilities, including: building, editing and maintaining assortment sheets; product lifestyle management process; maintaining time and action calendar to ensure timely execution of key deliverables
* Generate, analyze, and distribute all weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly sales reports and participate in weekly business review meetings that include Senior Management
* Create and run specialized reporting as necessary
* Own style set up process- input style, color, costing, and attribute information into line planning systems (ECVision, VAT)
* Manage the sample process (i.e. maintain accurate inventory of sample closet, track sample lending, and coordinate sample set up for meetings)
* Support line planning and development process with an understanding of business unit needs and market
* Assist in Line Presentation prep work (i.e. Put together style boards, line packets, and other information as necessary)
* Maintain Product Change Log
* Create Product Knowledge sheets and communicate product information to other departments. Input Tools of the Trade information
* Manage special projects and assist the Manager and Associate Managers
* Adhere to product lifecycle calendar deadlines
* Act as liaison to all facets of business including Design, Product Development, Planning, and Visual Merchandising
* Participate in competitive research and help identify trends and product opportunities for future assortments
* Bachelor's degree preferred
* 0-2 years experience required with a strong interest/background in Merchandising
* Team player with a focus on collaboration
* Strong product sensibility
* Strong analytical and communication skills (verbal and written)
* Detail oriented, organized and ability to multi-task
* Team oriented. Displays positive attitude, a professional manner and a willingness to assist co-workers at all levels
* Adapts to and works effectively with a variety of situations, individuals or groups
* Ability to react quickly with strong sense of urgency
* Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word
* Experience in luxury goods, a plus
* Understanding of retail math
**Customer Focus:** Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect. **Learning on the Fly:** Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything. **Strategic Agility** : Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans. *
* **Developing Direct Reports and Others:** Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
* **Building Effective Teams** : Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.