Hot Job of the Week – 2/8/10
Good Tuesday morning…
Here is the latest hot job of the week… it is a full-time opportunity in Hazelton, PA (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area) for a company called Pets United. The opening is in the Merchandising department and they are looking for someone who has Merchant/Buyer experience.
All interested parties please submit resumes to resume@bnastaffing.com.
Client: Pets United
JOB TITLE: Merchant
STATUS: Full-time/Salaried
DEPARTMENT: Merchandising
Reports to: Vice President of Merchandising
Duties:
- Source and select products within designated categories that fit the brand strategy
- Apply professional knowledge of merchandising principals to meet sales, gross margin, and contribution objectives:
- Develop and manage category assortments - participate in seasonal catalog review by division
- Align merchandise assortments, with pricing and vendor mix
- Conduct key category style outs to determine opportunities for assortment changes, product development, and gross margin enhancement
- Develop catalog pages for all direct mail vehicles based upon catalog/web metrics
- Review returns and identify problems and required changes
- Develop trade show goals by vendor and category
- Develop new and exclusive products, some of which may be privately labeled
- Provide leadership, direction, and support for all internal and external customers
- Research sourcing opportunities to improve quality and profitability on existing items
- Maintain awareness of competitors in Marketplace – Catalog and Web
- Negotiate and confirm pricing, packaging, delivery, terms and advertising with vendors
- Monitor and evaluate vendor performance and determine key strategic partnerships
- Develop the catalog drop list, by season, by division
- Responsible for overstock inventory and strategy to reduce slow moving product
- Implement catalog direction for categories including layout, photography, copy and proofing.
- Work closely with Purchasing to support inventory planning seasonal planning and overall vendor communication
- Monitor back order report and assist Purchasing in resolving vendor related issues
- Work closely with Marketing and Creative on brand strategy, product sales and customer messaging
- Attend trade shows according to product line responsibility
- Responsible for the management and development of Assistant Buyers.
- Support customer services and warehouse staff when needed
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Keep abreast of industry trends.
Minimum Job Qualifications:
- 5+ years of buying/merchandising experience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong negotiation skills
- Comprehensive use of Excel
- Proven history in new product design and development
- Equine knowledge helpful but not required
- Team player