Assistant Merchant - Brand Partnerships

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The Assistant Merchant is responsible for supporting the execution of channel-specific assortment strategies, maintaining product roadmaps and buy calendars, coordinating key milestones, and cascading information to cross-functional teams for Expanded Distribution channels, including ULTA, Amazon, College Bookstores, and emerging retail partnerships.
They will assist in the delivery of sales and profit growth by helping manage the execution of retailer-specific assortments, coordinating product launches, maintaining accurate merchandising documentation, and ensuring alignment across multiple teams and timelines.
Responsibilities
• Assist Senior/Merchant on growth-driving brand strategy, channel-specific assortment and planning, competitive patterning, performance analysis and hind-sighting.
• Assist the creation of internal presentations to executives and cross-functional teams, from concept brainstorming to drafting documents to preparing meeting materials and supporting retailer-facing assortment reviews and presentations.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate channel-specific assortment roadmaps, buy calendars, and product launch timelines. Leverage core Merchant documents, seasonal line plans, and assortment updates to ensure alignment across Expanded Distribution channels and communicate changes to cross-functional partners.
• Support the accuracy and maintenance of channel-specific assortment documentation, including product information, launch timing, and assortment changes.
• Collaborate with Commercialization Services and cross-functional partners to monitor timelines, anticipate / communicate issues and drive deliverable dates on time across multiple retail channels.
• Supports the Merchant in developing channel-specific assortment plans that align with brand priorities, retailer strategies, and business objectives.
• Analyze data in weekly business meetings to share result driving insights, customer feedback, and channel-specific assortment and merchandising opportunities.
• Assist in meeting preparation, sample management, report evaluation and analysis. Assistant merchants are expected to share their POV and recommendations based on current results, category/ brand and channel strategy.
• Research Retailer Partners understanding their strategies on assortment, pricing, and promotion.
• Research the competition: understanding other retailer’s assortment, pricing and promotional strategy.
• Maintain and manage multiple channel-specific product roadmaps and buy calendars, ensuring alignment with core Merchant documentation, assortment updates, and key business milestones.
• Coordinate the organization, shipment, and transportation of product samples between the company's two distribution centers, corporate offices, and other designated locations to support retailer meetings, assortment reviews, and key initiatives.
• Manage multiple projects, competing priorities, and cross-functional timelines simultaneously, proactively tracking deliverables, identifying risks, and communicating updates to ensure timely execution.
• Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships, serving as a key point of coordination across Merchandising, Sales, Planning, Supply Chain, and other business partners to support successful channel execution.
• Support the development and maintenance of processes, tools, and tracking documents to improve communication, organization, and operat

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