Harbor Freight Tools · 6 hours ago
Associate Merchant - Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry Level
$88K/yr - $132K/yr
2+ years expHarbor Freight Tools is a national tool retailer with significant growth potential, and they are seeking an Associate Merchant to support the Merchant team’s initiatives. The role involves developing strategies and executing project management tasks related to marketing, pricing, packaging, and product development to drive category performance and sales growth.
ManufacturingRetail
Responsibilities
Analyze, research, and support retail assortment and category reviews
Coordinate promotional plans to drive gross profit, average basket, and increased sales per sq. ft. with key business leaders and stakeholders
Responsible for refining and executing promotional plans including direct mail, digital, social, and in-store marketing
Determine impacts of pricing, various promotions, store placement, off-shelf merchandising, and new product launches as it relates to the product category performance
Analyze business trends to make strategic business recommendations to drive growth
Research and understand customer and market trends as it relates to optimizing category performance to make strategic business recommendations
Assist Merchant team and Space Planning Department in roll out of new programs
Collaborate with product development, brand, and packaging teams as well as with business partners within the Inventory Department for sales and promotional planning
Ability to evaluate and build business plans as it relates to marketing, pricing, product development and product merchandising
Participate and track transition process across all relative departments
Develop, analyze, and draw conclusions and make recommendations to management team for process improvement opportunities, ideas to increase sales, and other ways to improve the business and organization
Exercise judgment to prioritize and communicate to meet and exceed project deadlines and commitments
Ability to multitask and direct multiple projects simultaneously
Juggles competing deadlines and objectives
Identify critical tasks and makes decisions on appropriate prioritization
Comfortable presenting to business leaders and management
Strong attention to detail
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field required
Minimum 2 years of experience in product merchandising or product management, retail, or other job related experience
Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Benefits
Comprehensive and competitive benefits to Associates (and their families) such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
401k plan
Paid time off up to 236 hours per year (inclusive of PTO, floating holidays, and paid holidays)
Paid sick time up to 80 hours per year unless otherwise required by law
Company
Harbor Freight Tools
Harbor Freight Tools is a leader in providing high-quality tools at the lowest prices in the industry.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Jean-Michel Kientz
Chief Technology Officer
Tomas Kokko
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
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