Assistant Merchant - Sundries

Responsibilities

• Functions as liaison and point of contact for vendors, merchandise, supply chain, operations and marketing teams to resolve issues and communicate expectations.
• Generates financial reports and analyzes data to draw conclusions and provide insights and recommendations to help reach and exceed sales and margin plan.
• Maintains and manages purchase order activity based on established merchandising plans for assigned categories.
• Maintains awareness of merchandise, consumer trends and competitive environment through competitive shopping, price checking, vendor meetings, trade shows, and demographic research.
• Monitors inventory levels and open-to-buy positions and creates and maintains SKUs to ensure timely and accurate delivery of merchandise.
• Participates in vendor selection process. Interviews prospective vendors and provides recommendations to the merchants.
• Performs slow-turn analysis, reviews sales and margin performance, and provides recommendations for markdowns and price adjustments based on trends and analyses.
• Plans and coordinates vendor correspondence, vendor meetings, product demonstrations/samples and promotional events.
• Maintains detailed assortment plan, identifies issues, and recommends solutions to the merchants.
• Responsible for coupon management and maintaining the advertising plan.
• Reviews and analyzes advertising and promotion results, summarizes findings, and presents conclusions to the merchants.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business or operations related field
• 1-3 years of professional merchandising or retail operations experience
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced environment

Pay

$58,000.00 - $74,000.00*

This is a hybrid role. Tuesday through Thursday are in-office days at BJ's Club Support Center in Marlborough, MA and Monday and Friday are remote days.

At BJ’s Wholesale Club, we carefully consider a wide range of non-discriminatory factors when determining salary. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, education, experience, and qualifications.

The pay range for this position is $58,000.00 - $74,000.00.