Associate Merchant
Assisted with product assortment strategies that enabled segmentation to deliver on-trend product offerings to drive revenue and growth. Ensured product merchandising was updated to reflect and align with current campaigns, promotions, strategies, buys, seasonal and targeted launches.● Supported all Merchandising functions by collaborating with Visual Merchandising, Creative, Product Development, Design, Planning and Marketing teams.● Responsible for product information management system (PIM) including product naming, compatibility, assigning retail prices for new items developed making sure target margins were achieved● Effectively identified opportunities to increase sales, maximize profits and expectations to drive immediate revenue● Analyzed sales figures, customer reactions, market trends, product price to anticipate product needs and demand● Maximized customer interest and sales by merchandising products● Determined product assortment, planned and executed visual store displays with strategic product placement while maintaining and staying within budget● Provided direction on visual merchandising, product and lifestyle photography, assisted with photoshoots and educated internal teams on product knowledge for new collections and merchandising strategy● Researched trends in the industry and competitor’s landscape that could impact product purchasing behavior and sales● Presented previous years learnings from each seasonal assortment● Organized all pre production samples from product development● Managed vendor communications and sampling● Presented previous years learnings from each seasonal assortment to provide insight into current years assortment