Site Merchandiser Specialist : Seattle : Temporary

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:04:18 EST

Our client is looking for a talented, enthusiastic, detail-oriented Site Merchandiser Specialist with strong communication, organizational, and analytical skills to join our strategic vendor support team. You will work directly with a strategic vendor partner to develop their business, acting as a liaison and executing a joint business plan.

The Site Merchandiser Specialist position offers an exciting introduction to our on-line retail business and a broad training ground for future success. This role will work directly with a strategic vendor to grow their business and achieve qualitative and quantitative goals while working with multiple internal teams and management. The role will develop skills and work across all three functional areas (Vendor Management, In-stock and Site Merchandising) to grow and improve their vendor's success. This role is an ideal start to a dynamic career path with our client for the ambitious candidate who is eager to drive a business.

The Site Merchandiser Specialist role will be responsible for the following:
· Acting as the ‘business owner’ for his or her vendor in their respective categories, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business
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· This entails owning forecasting, monitoring, and reporting, along with driving strategic projects and promotions to achieve business objectives
· Proactively negotiating costs, promotional opportunities, and other business inputs for the vendor — autonomously
· Conducting pricing and ROI analysis to recommend initiatives that optimize profit margin
· Managing Purchase Orders and In-Stock analysis for the strategic vendor
· Producing and scheduling content on product detail pages and homepages
· Helping with numerous marketing and email efforts, analyzing site promotion performance and making recommendations on marketing plans
The successful candidate is an effective communicator and problem-solver and is able to balance the needs and requirements of both the client and the strategic vendor. Our environment is very fast-paced, and requires someone who is flexible, detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable working with multiple teams and management.

Basic Qualifications
· Bachelor's degree
Experience using Excel and database tools

Preferred Qualifications
· 1+ years of retail and/or online experience preferred
· Experience in marketing and/or finance, with a track record of successful relationship management, strong analytical acumen, and experience generating and managing reporting and analysis
· Exhibits a strong bias for action and is results-oriented, detail-oriented, and self-motivated
· Strong database, excel and computer skill
· Highly organized, flexible, easily adapts to changes
· Ability to work in a highly-demanding, but collegial environment where teamwork is a must
· Strong communication skills
· Intermediate-level software and editing tools (including XML and Excel)

Buyer I : Seattle : Temporary

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:30:03 EST

The ideal candidate should be flexible, action and results oriented, self-starting, have strong analytical skills, and be comfortable with computer databases and tools. He or she must have a proven track record in taking ownership, driving results and moving with speed to implement ideas in a fast-paced environment. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to succeed at: team-building, creating technical documents and training materials. He or she must be able to develop clear thinking and business rationale for new features & services and interact with technology development teams to bring customers ease-of-use and innovation.

To ensure the Buyer is successful, he or she must be able to:

- Think strategically and tactically
- Recognize and recommend opportunities to improve the customer shopping experience
- Demonstrate ability to manage multiple tasks
- Demonstrate strong communication skills

Basic Qualifications
- Rigor and organization
- Good relationship skills
- Strong mastering of Excel (functions, pivot chart table)
- Excellent communication skills

Preferred Qualifications
- High computer literacy, with ability to learn new systems fast
- Good analytical skills and sense of priority
- Quick thinker with ability to think commercially and analytically

Stephanie Falls

Site Merchandiser Specialist : Seattle : Temporary

Buyer I : Seattle : Temporary