Job Description
Bridal Merchandiser
This is a valuable role within the Product department – learning and growing alongside a team of other Merchandisers under the JA Inc. umbrella. In this role you will be responsible for multi-brand Merchandising, collaboration with other departments with initiatives, and enhancing our product as an industry expert.
This is a full-time role, reporting to the Merchandising Manager within the Product Department.
Job Responsibilities -
Merchandising:
- Responsible for creating design calendar for sketch submissions and deadlines as well as marketing calendar for social media images and posts
- Prepare a merchandising plan including collection must-haves, suggested trends, themes, assortment gaps, per designer and per factory with pricing
- Travel to Trunk Shows, Bridal Events, and have regular store check-ins to leverage the merchandising team; staying on the pulse of retail partners requests, consumer asks and the needs of the evolving industry (Roughly 3 visits per quarter to your major market)
- Comprise travel reports after every trip outlining the above
- Assist with updating CS Guide each season with new styles/swatches. Remove any discontinued styles
- Work together with product team with line review set up: Unpacking, steaming, organizing showroom, tagging all samples, merchandising all samples
- Entering new designs, sketches, and factory numbers into PLM
- Assist with filing and merchandising sketches
- Assist with photography to ensure styles are being shot correctly (straps in correct spots, accessories included, etc). Create shot list with recommendations on how to shoot
- Responsible for organizing all photographs, ensuring correct naming, uploading to our systems, and sharing with Tech Designers / Product Ops
- Assist with marking holds/reworks/and cancels into PLM
- Enter Similar Styles into PLM for Marketing to put on website
- Assist Customer Service, Sales, and Marketing with any product related issues or inquiries
- Track, inspect and inventory product from Line Review to and from shoots (partner with Loaner Coordinator)
- Inspect, clean, and repair all gowns when they are received back from shoots (with help from inspection department)
- Create a library of available supplies and manage the selection, inventory and shipment to any shows, shoots, etc.
- Help organize and sell Robin Hood’s and designer originals (with Loaner Coordinator and Sales Department)
- Perform product inspections as needed by the Operations Department
- Collect feedback from reps and retailers to stay current with trends in different regions
- Merchandise new design sketches and provide changes/edits to designers before submission to factories. Analyze each brand to ensure proper assortment of all collections, reduce duplication, and identify any voids
- Attribute sketches to determine and analyze line assortment on boards
- Assist with the global pricing of all new styles for each brand
- Prepare weekly meeting notes to review with your manager – counseling and collaborating on the daily, monthly and quarterly operations of the role and department
Marketing/Merchandising Crossover:
- Style of the Month – Assigned Brands
- Create Sales Presenters for each brand. Maintain updates when necessary
- Assist with adding in alt options images
- Enter Trends, Matching Accessories and Similar Styles into PLM for Marketing to put on website
- Assist on photo shoots as needed: support by helping organize supplies, coordinate materials and attending to ensure dresses are clean, steamed, and ready to shoot
- Assist with creating shot lists for photoshoots and noting key product info to ensure styles are being shot correctly
- Assist with photoshoots for Lookbook photos
- Assist with internal photoshoots
- Assist with retouching notes on alt options
- Support Wholesale Marketing Coordinator with Point-of-Sale Material distribution and inventory maintenance
- Market assistant (help with markets by setting up and as sales support)
- Team with Marketing to merchandise website PLP's for each brand during B2C launches and website refreshes
- Review inventory on a monthly basis to communicate with the social media team strong styles to push
Main Requirements:
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Must be able to travel as apart of our strategy
- Experience in ERP and Creative Suite
- Preferably experience in fashion retail/wholesale; bridal experience is a plus
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