Wholesale Merchandising Assistant, Lauren Apparel & Dress

About the role

The Wholesale Merchandising Assistant, Lauren Apparel & Dress will support the Lauren Wholesale Merchandise Planning team in driving seasonal assortment execution, account performance, and brand presentation across wholesale partners. This role is highly detail-oriented and analytical, partnering cross-functionally with Sales, Global Merchandising, Planning, and Operations to ensure class strategy execution, elevated assortments, and brand focused in-store merchandising.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and validate accuracy of weekly business reporting and style selling
• Manage Anaplan Entry from Adoption to GTM
• Prepare and maintain all tools relative to the assortment planning process
• Preseason Adoption Prep
• Paginations
• Ranking Files
• Buy Tool / Tagging Files
• Various ad-hoc projects that will require a full understanding of product life cycle
• Coordinate and help drive Market showroom activities to optimize WHSL priorities
• Sample liaison between Sales/Merchandising
• Participate in pre-season merchandising meetings to understand product and global assortment strategies in order to deliver balanced assortments for wholesale

Qualifications

• Strong retail analysis with well-developed retail math skill set
• Solid written & verbal communication skills and facility with Excel/Powerpoint
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with strong, client-service approach
• Ability to work independently and manage shifting priorities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Detail-oriented, well-organized, and comfortable working with large amounts of data
• Ability to thrive in a diverse, fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Passion for the Ralph Lauren brand, lifestyle positioning, and performance/luxury apparel

Pay

Salary range: $20.6 - $33 hourly