What are the responsibilities and job description for the Merchandising Assistant, Women's and Girls position at vineyard vines?
Merchandising Assistant, Women's and Girls
About us:
vineyard vines is a highly successful, privately held, American clothing and accessory retailer founded in 1998 on Martha’s Vineyard by brothers, Shep & Ian Murray. With Shep & Ian still at the helm today, vineyard vines has experienced exponential year over year growth and now operates over 120 retail locations including an outlet division, a successful e-commerce business, domestic distribution center, and expanding corporate headquarters. In addition, vineyard vines is carried in major department stores such as Nordstrom and Bloomingdales as well as numerous specialty boutiques across the US.
vineyard vines was founded on a state of mind that Every day should feel this good.
You don’t need to be on a beach, by the ocean or on vacation to have Every day should feel this good moments. It’s a state of mind that we all experience, and one where everyone is invited. At vineyard vines, we don’t just live an #EDSFTG life away from our desks—we bring it to work with us, too.
In our stores, at our Harbor Drive headquarters or working remotely, our company culture is fun, encouraging and welcoming to all. We work hard and play harder, and we never take ourselves too seriously. And while we have many company goals, our number one priority is making vineyard vines a great place to work for all employees.
Our team is our family, and we’d never have grown to where we are today without them.
We’re committed to building an inclusive team across all channels, departments and stores within our community. We hope you’ll join us and see what the smiling pink whale is all about
Overview:
The Merchandising Assistant is responsible for supporting the Women’s & Girls Merchandising team and playing a critical support role in the detailed management of the product life cycle process. This is an entry level role within the Women’s Merchandising team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the cross-functional liaison to execute seasonal assortments from concept through commercialization.
- Perform multiple administrative responsibilities such as preparing reports and recaps for daily and weekly meetings. Actively track submits and other deliverables to ensure key product development and financial deadlines are met and in preparation for presentations
- Manage sample process, which includes accurately sorting newly adopted styles by category; discard and/or archive samples on a seasonal basis to ensure sample requirements (PPs and TOPs) are met.
- Create product assortments that offer both basics and fashion with price points being well balanced.
- Manage assortment sheet creation and distribution while also overseeing Centric system maintenance.
- Create Product Knowledge for Retail Stores and Product Details for web and digital business.
- Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with Design, Production and Planning to understand and learn the product development lifecycle
- Maintain effective internal relationships by using professional communication and efficient processes
- Stay abreast of industry fashion trends and competitor activity through weekly market research, competitive shopping, and analysis
What you bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in fashion merchandising, business, or related field
- Experience in a retail environment and/or experience in merchandising preferred; could be full-time or through internships
- Ability to work as part of a team and interact effectively with others
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Outstanding attention to detail and accuracy required
- Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities
- Ability to react quickly with a strong sense of urgency
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint and Excel)
Every-day will feel this good because:
- We have a fun-spirited entrepreneurial culture filled with truly "good" people
- We have flexible working hours and work from home days to accommodate your personal life
- We offer a generous employee discount so you can rep our lifestyle on-and-off the boat
- We offer a competitive salary package, 401-K, commuter benefits, and paid-family leave, health savings, flex spending accounts, life & disability insurance
- We have an onsite gym as well as health & financial wellness programs to keep you active
- We offer 2 summer Fridays to take off in addition to a competitive vacation policy & holiday calendar
