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Crate and Barrel · 1 day ago

Associate Merchant

Northbrook, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Crate and Barrel is seeking an Associate Merchant to support the Merchant in product assortment, financial planning, and vendor partnerships. The role involves making recommendations on product strategies, analyzing sales data, and developing vendor relationships to achieve sales and margin goals.

Retail

Responsibilities

Make recommendations to Merchant regarding product assortment, pricing and merchandising strategies reflecting goals based on trends and forecasts

Participate in the final decision making process by providing expert recommendations to Merchant regarding seasonal and core product mix for a given department

Analyze sales information in order to identify opportunities to increase sales and margins

Based on research and analysis, participate in recommending, setting and approving product-pricing strategies to achieve specific margin objectives and executes exit strategies as needed

Provide recommendations regarding short term buying plans and long term strategies

Negotiate product costs, terms, subsidy and VIR

Develop and maintain vendor partnerships by providing analytical metrics to Merchant, influencing the supplier management strategy to support overall department strategy and works to improve all aspects of supplier relationship

Build and maintain assortment plans and SKU counts

Gather and synthesize information from partners to make strategic recommendations to Merchant

Analyze business trends and opportunities by identifying and maximizing key items via test strategies

Conduct competitive intelligence and use information to identify opportunities and challenges for in-season business and future seasons

Lead product sequencing, including layouts and copy edits and communication with cross-functional teams

Qualification

Retail merchandising experienceFinancial acumenNegotiation skillsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft WordWritten communicationVerbal communicationCollaboration skillsAttention to detail