Assistant Merchant

About Boston Proper: 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.

Our Mission: 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.

Job Description: 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.

• Perform research analysis of the designated categories and identify trends and opportunities

that can be applied to the core customer.

• Responsible for sample management of designated categories.

• Communicate photo sample deadlines to external market vendors and track missing samples

to ensure deadlines are met.

• Responsible for packing samples for designated categories for the creative photography

shoot.

• Responsible for data entry and maintaining accuracy into PLM system for designated

categories.

• Responsible for maintaining accuracy of copy and imagery for designated categories across

web and catalog.

• Create strong partnerships among cross functional areas including planning,

trend/design/tech design, product development/sourcing, marketing/digital commerce and

creative.

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