Associate Merchandiser (Hybrid role in Irvington, NY)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Own the assortment for an assigned category set: contribute to silhouette balance, fabrication direction, color, and pricing decisions in alignment with overall brand and merchandising strategies
• Partner with Design on style development within assigned categories; bring a merchant perspective to line reviews, flagging commercial opportunities and gaps
• Present category assortment recommendations at internal milestone meetings with a clear rationale tied to business performance, customer needs, and brand strategy
• Participate in line editing decisions within categories in partnership with the Merchandising Manager
• Analyze weekly, monthly, and seasonal selling performance for assigned categories; develop independent reads with proposed actions
• Build and maintain competitive awareness for owned categories: proactively tracking relevant silhouettes, fabrications, and pricing positioning across the market
• Contribute to monthly and seasonal hindsight and go-forward strategy with category-level perspective and data-supported recommendations
• Work with sourcing and have working knowledge of material inventory to utilize for special packages
• Participate in cross-functional meetings with Design, Production, Planning, and Sales as the merchant voice for assigned categories
• Responsible for style set up, color allocation and sample order for assigned categories and maintaining all tools with accuracy
• Perform other related duties and assignments as required.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Fashion Merchandising, Business or a related field or equivalent experience
• 5 years in women’s apparel merchandising with direct ownership of a category
• Proven analytical ability with experience interpreting data, trends, forecasts and margin metrics
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• Exceptional organizational skills and follow-through, able to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment
• High proficiency with merchandising systems and advanced Excel skills