What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ralph Lauren Buying Assistant, Men's Polo PRO position at BoF Careers?
Company Description
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands. At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.
Position Overview
Support sales and profitability of the Mens PRO business - North America product line through contribution to Buyer's strategy and assortment development. Provide insight regarding general sales analysis, marketplace trends, and customer's needs, wants, and expectations. Support department(s) through the management of all operational functions within the product life cycle and the buy process.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Experience, Skills & Knowledge
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands. At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.
Position Overview
Support sales and profitability of the Mens PRO business - North America product line through contribution to Buyer's strategy and assortment development. Provide insight regarding general sales analysis, marketplace trends, and customer's needs, wants, and expectations. Support department(s) through the management of all operational functions within the product life cycle and the buy process.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Attend and participate in all buying and business related meetings
- Shop parent line and competitive marketplace for trend and product opportunities and present findings to the team
- Perform style/color analysis and present findings to Buyer
- Assist with assortment recommendations based on knowledge of the business
- Prepare and maintain all tools relative to the assortment planning process (Paginations, Buy Tool: Input & maintenance, etc.)
- Ensure accuracy of all style information submitted to production/merchandising
- Define items in system to needed brand, season, and delivery
- Enter weekly price changes in system (promotions/markdowns)
- Prepare re-ticketing / price change task forms for Field and Distribution Center
- Review and manage season coding to ensure accuracy and consistency
- Purchase Order Entry (vendor, accessories etc)
- Timely and accurate management of all aspects of Selling Reports: (create, update, and distribute); Assortment Tools, Buy Tools
Experience, Skills & Knowledge
- 1-2 years of experience in buying/merchandising, preferred Skills/Behaviors
- Ability to be flexible and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- High level of accuracy, detail orientation and organization skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Assertive and solution-oriented when faced with obstacles
- General understanding of customer, marketplace and product
- Basic understanding of the product lifecycle
- Ability to complete current and historical analysis of the business to support recommendations an decisions (style/color level)
- Demonstrate leadership potential Systems & Tools
- GFE
- Island Pacific
- Microstrategy/DSS
- Retail Math
- Microsoft Excel / Word / PowerPoint
- Relate/Oracle
- Vibe