Merchandising Assistant

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Job description

Purpose Statement:

The Merchandising Assistant supports the day-to-day coordination and administrative tasks for the Wakefern Buying Teams for their assigned Product Division. This position will support Category Manager(s) in the areas of administrative duties, reporting, workshop preparation, and item maintenance. This position will be responsible for coordinating across divisions and gathering information necessary for Category Managers to deliver on their strategic plan. The Merchandise Assistant will connect the dots between meeting category objectives, divisional objectives and the organizational objectives.

Qualifications:

To be successful in this role, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. If requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Core Functions:

30% - Reporting

• Pulling, organizing and presenting reports to CM in their assigned product divisions (Nielsen, Microstrategy, etc.)
• Pulling market share information/trends and providing this information to Buying Team on a routine basis
• Monitoring quality control at DC or store level through systems reporting (Pegga, Greenlight, etc.)

35% - Administrative Duties

• Responsible for reviewing and coordinating around expiring contracts, reviewing contracts needing to be re-issued,, or contracts needing updates w/ CM (Including adding new items onto existing contracts)
• Review Item Billing reports (Negative GP/Low GP/High GP) to research billing inaccuracies on cost/retail and working w/ CM to issue rebills where necessary
• Prepare and organize presentation decks for Committee/Meetings from content provided by Category Manager

15% - Workshop Preparation

• Going to competitor stores for specific item research for research and presentations
• Setting up workshop events for the Buying Team and cross functional departments
• Monitoring scorecard performance for items along with rejection rates

20% - Item Maintenance

• Item set up/maintenance/discontinuation - communication with internal departments (ex: Data Integrity) regarding items once CM approves, on-holds, turning on/off flags (CGO flags, item segmentation, etc.). Managing disc item and maintenance for associated processes)
• Online Imaging - Reviewing scorecards from eCommerce and communicating with suppliers to troubleshoot all imaging issues. Ensuring they are properly uploaded in the WFC systems

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• High School Degree or Equivalent/2 Year Associate Degree preferred
• Proficient to expert level in Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to solve practical problems using reasoning skills while paying close attention to detail.
• Self-starter: Able to identify work that needs to be accomplished and does it without required instruction.
• Ability to organize priorities, multi-task, focus on details and work independently