Assistant Merchant

We hold our people, our customers, and our brand in the highest regard. Our people drive our businesses, so we strive to attract the best in our industry. They have different life experiences, educational and cultural backgrounds, but they share many things in common: a commitment to teamwork, to growing great brands, and to building a future full of possibilities.

At Boston Proper, we put our passion and expertise into everything we do. You'll find it in our commitment to unique designs and polished looks that help women feel as fearlessly feminine and as beautifully powerful as they are.

We are searching for an Assistant Merchant to join this amazing team. In this role you will be responsible for assisting the Merchant in achieving sales and profit goals of a specific category and/or department through supporting selection, pricing, and promotion of merchandise by utilizing appropriate merchandising techniques via catalog and digital commerce to maximize the company's return on inventory investment. Supports merchandising through a variety of daily tasks including data entry, business analysis, presentations, product review and vendor meetings. A successful candidate will be detail-oriented, creative, analytical and can quickly pivot to support the tactical needs of a growing organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide overall support to the Merchant team in creating an exciting product assortment that meets or exceeds sales volume and profit for their area.
• Intuitively respond to customer feedback, market trends, and work with Merchant to develop action plans that drive growth and increased profitability.

• Perform research analysis of the designated categories market and identifies trends and opportunities that can be applied to the core customer.
• Develop a relationship with customer to ensure merchandising/products reflect what customer wants to buy.
• Partner with leader and cross functional team to build, assort, and plan the line for designated categories.

• Sample Management.
• Responsible for overseeing and managing product data integrity of designated categories.
• Review all content and imagery for designated categories across all channels of the Brand.

• Create strong partnerships among cross functional areas including planning, trend/design/tech design, product development/sourcing, marketing/digital commerce and creative.
• Assist in the development and execution of seasonal merchandise plans and pricing strategies in partnership with leader.
• Communicate with product development team and design team on a recap of best and worst sellers.
• Ensure ongoing coordination with digital commerce and cross-functional teams on final assortment and any updates as needed.

Experience/Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• 1-2 years of experience with an apparel retailer preferred; can include internship experience
• Excellent MS Office & Outlook skills with emphasis on Excel
• Strong interpersonal skills; excellent written and verbal communication; work effectively and collaboratively with cross-functional teams
• Strong organizational skills, ability to multitask, prioritize and complete tasks on tight deadlines
• Possess analytical skills, ability to draw smart conclusions and make thoughtful recommendations
• Innate sense of fashion and ability to analyze and translate trends
• Ability to be extremely detail oriented while working in a fast-paced environment
• Innate sense of fashion and ability to analyze and translate trends
• Must be a creative and critical thinker, with the ability to problem solve
• Must be self-motivated, driven to succeed and have a passion for learning

Company Benefits

• 401k with company match
• Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision and Life/ADD Insurance
• Flexible and generous Paid Time Off policy
• Merchandise Discount
• Company Bonus
• Pet Insurance
• Boston Proper Values
• Team loves to work hard and have fun