Brand Merchandiser

A popular athletic brand is seeking a Brand Merchandiser to join their team for about a 8 month long contract role.

Responsibilities: The nature of the work is focused on consumer insights, assortment planning, Go to Market, and product management activities.Ensure merchandised assortments allow appropriate segmentation, deliver differentiation of the market place and drive incremental growth.Finalize all category assortment plans and gain resolution against issues on flow, pricing and distribution decisions.Work to ensure assortment category vision is driven to the retail floor and that end state is profitable consumer right assortmentsOptimize the planning and placement of products in the appropriate formatManage product assortment strategies that enable segmentation and differentiation to deliver a consumer-centered global product offering.Continuously manage and maintain all seasonal tools and assortments.Development and maintaining of key relationships among cross-functional teammates, ensuring alignment and collaboration at all key gates and dates.Analyze data and insights in order to support the business throughout the product calendar.

Must Haves: Aptitude for data and analysis – including data capture, reporting, analysis and practical applicationAbility to manage multiple deadlines at once, across a variety of stakeholdersEffective verbal and written communication skills, including presentations to various cross-functional partnersCuriosity and comfort with independently seeking out information needed to make decisions and meet goal

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