Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

u>Primary Duties & Responsibilities

u>Support and execute merchandising strategy for North America

• Assist in executing marketing and site campaigns, including curated product lists, seasonal themes and collections
• Lead gap and competitive analysis at the market level and partner with merchandise managers on category strategy
• Collaborate with the Category Manager to implement product strategies and ensure timely product launches
• Manage the setup of new products in the system, ensuring accurate data entry for product descriptions, pricing, images, and attributes
• Cultivate and maintain strong vendor relationships through regular communication and collaboration
• Create and maintain visual merchandising boards to communicate product assortments to cross functional partners monthly
• Stay on top of industry trends via competitive shopping, social media, search interest, trade shows, etc.

u>Support site initiatives to drive growth

• Partner with the site merchandising team to curate and manage product assortments, seasonal collections, and landing pages
• Assist in optimizing site merchandising elements, including product categorization, filters, and attributions to enhance the customer experience and drive conversion
• Monitor product placements and ensure accurate representation on the website, including pricing, photography, and product descriptions
• Ensure correct product categorizations are assigned to all products based on ecommerce and search optimization best practices
• Support photography process with the Creative and Merchandising teams to ensure products arrive to photoshoot in a timely manner to support lifestyle and product photography, including managing and updating the sample database
• Manage accuracy of product data via Product Information Management (PIM) tool and submit tickets to resolve issues via Jira

u>Assist with product lifecycle management/u>

• Adhere to Product Development and MPP (Master Project Planning) calendars, and support deadlines a with internal and external partners to meet key deliverables for new product introductions each quarter
• QA all new product introductions to ensure SKUs are merchandised on the correct pages, orderable with the correct imagery, copy, and pricing
• Support pricing strategy for end-of-life products
• Manage accuracy of product data via Product Information Management (PIM) tool and submit tickets to resolve issues

u>Reporting & Optimization:/u>

• Generate reports on product performance and merchandising initiatives to track progress and optimize future efforts.
• Provide recommendations based on data insights to continuously improve merchandising strategies.

• Manage ad hoc projects, as needed

Desired Candidate Profile

u>Requirements and Qualifications/u>

• Bachelor's Degree or relevant experience
• 2-4 years of relevant experience in eCommerce and/or Merchandising
• Fluent in English and European language is a plus (preferably German)
• Strong written, oral communication
• Self-starter who takes ownership and initiative and can excel in a fast-paced, high growth, entrepreneurial environment
• Proactive thinker with the ability to focus on meeting larger business goals
• Balance urgent and effective action, commitment to excellence, and take initiative to resolve problems and work quality
• Ability to work with limited resources and willingness to be involved in many aspects of a growing company
• Genuine interest/passion in the promotional products industry

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint