Ross Stores, Inc. · 6 hours ago
FASHION ASSISTANT I (TREND FORECASTER) - NYC BUYING OFFICE
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$68K/yr - $68K/yrRoss Stores, Inc. is a leading off-price retail chain committed to providing high-quality brands at extraordinary savings. The Fashion Assistant I will support the Director in the NYC Fashion Office by providing trend direction, conducting research, and making sales-driven recommendations to the buying teams.
ApparelFashionRetailRetail Technology
Responsibilities
Assist Director in pulling together seasonal trend and color presentations for all relevant meetings (trend reports and seasonal forecasts). Help create trend and color information as directed, utilizing trend forecasting services and social media to collect relative research
Analyze reports to identify trends to track and common denominators across businesses. Identify what is working and what is not working
Read and understand sales reports, highlighting findings to supervisor
Comp/Trend Shop to put together trend reports based on findings. Distribute trend reports to the Fashion Office on a weekly or bi-weekly basis and regularly shop Ross stores to make recommendations to the assortment
Attend and prepare for Style-outs and Best Seller Meetings. Attend select Style-out meetings, as directed by supervisor
Serve as Fashion Office representative where applicable
Attend market appointments with Ross team where applicable
Coordinate samples and style outfits for Marketing requests
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree required
Great eye for overall fashion/trend/color
Ability to pull together information from multiple sources including retail websites and social media for presentations
Ability to take initiative and work independently
Interest in learning Ross systems and reports
Ability to build relationships with Ross merchants at the Buyer and Assistant levels
An innate sense of curiosity
Strong verbal and written communication
Strong presentation and organizational skills. An eye for design/layouts
Ability to build relationships with the market and fashion services
Benefits
A broad range of affordable health insurance options & personal medical plan concierge
401(k) with employer match and Life insurance
Ample PTO including accrued vacation, paid holidays, diversity day, summer Fridays and the ability to purchase additional vacation
Employee stock purchase plan
Access to health and wellness benefits such as BetterHelp and Headspace
Charitable donations matched by Ross Stores Foundation
Company
Ross Stores, Inc.
For the last 40+ years, Ross Stores, Inc. has grown from a six-store chain into an $21.1 billion, Fortune 500 Company.
Founded in 1957
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1985-08-08IPO
Leadership Team
William Sheehan
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
BG Badriprasad
Chief Security Architect
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