Merchandising Temp

About the role

At Five Below, our growth is driven by associates who embrace our purpose: creating an amazing experience filled with unlimited possibilities, priced so low you can always say yes to the newest, coolest stuff. We foster a culture that inspires big ideas, super energy, and passion—making Five Below a WOWplace to work. This role is based in Philadelphia.

Responsibilities

• Run reports and analysis as needed for the Buying team in a timely and accurate manner.
• Collaborate with the team to suggest newness and freshness for the assortment.
• Manage purchase orders, including tracking on-order status and revisions.
• Ensure successful preparation for style outs and walkthroughs.
• Own sample management and all aspects of item setup, including data entry, merchandise operations communication, customs/trade, and vendor follow-up.
• Ensure all final samples are available for ads, floor sets, and style outs.
• Aid in the development and assortment of specific classes and product lines to deliver trend-right merchandise.
• Review packaging and verify testing with compliance; follow through on samples to ensure quality matches orders.
• Execute Comp Shop recaps and analysis as needed.
• Manage the PO revision process, including reviewing revisions with buyers, logging changes, and communicating with PO analysts.
• Handle order request data entry and ensure accuracy before POs are requested.
• Manage item change requests for the buying team and follow up to the PO stage.
• Follow up with cross-functional teams (supply chain, merchandise ops, planning) to ensure timely approval of items and POs.
• Run and update ladder plans to provide business insights.
• Track shipments and communicate issues between the merchandise team, DC team, and vendors.
• Facilitate processes for MOS, markdowns, RTVs, attribute creation, deal pricing, marketing project requests, and chargebacks.
• Develop relationships with cross-functional teams such as finance, merchandise ops, allocation, planning, marketing, customer service, and supply chain.
• Resolve and communicate issues at the DC, including overages, shortages, UPC discrepancies, and import order delays.
• Maintain open communication with the vendor community on a daily or weekly basis.

Benefits

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