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Associate Merchant – Women’s Jobs in North Vancouver, BC at Arc’teryx
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Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
As an Associate Merchant, you support in the execution of a profitable product assortment for our women’s product line. Your work aligns with the strategy (as delivered by the Director, Merchandising) and supports our company goals, consumer needs, and focuses on brand opportunities to bring innovative solutions to market.
This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is expected to be performed on-site. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.
Meet your future team:
The Merchandising team is responsible for delivering the seasonal product line for our product categories, supporting the overall design creative direction, while driving company sales, gross margin, and inventory productivity goals in both our wholesale and vertical channels. This high performing team works closely with the Design and Product Creation Development teams to create future seasonal line plans, and partners with the Merchandise Planning and Allocations team to maximize in-season sales performance.
If you were the Associate Merchant now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:
Supporting the execution of the merchandising strategy across all product groups for women’s
Supporting the successful execution of your dedicated product categories delivering on our 5-year brand vision in addition to sales, gross margin and inventory productivity goals, in partnership with merchandising and planning teams across all global business channels
Contributing to the management of the product lifecycle for each model from development to commercialization to eventual redesign, replacement or retirement
Supporting our overall strategic direction on seasonal selling plans, supporting our overall strategies (grow, diminish, hold, exit, launch, sell-thru vs sell-in)
Supporting communications with international buying teams to ensure that regional needs are incorporated into the global line plan
Supporting the product framework and assortment structure that guides merchant execution within retail, wholesale key account and digital channels to maximize sales, profit and global brand positioning
Researching and analyzing the global marketplace, identifying key consumer and market insights to inform the concept work, development and range of new products
Collaborating with the merchandising team to write and present product briefs for each new product, aligning with the category strategy, seasonal story-telling focus, and Brand Vision
Gathering global go-to-market product knowledge and provide global commercial teams and partners with sell-in tools and product information consistently across all channels
Identifying hangtag and packaging requirements seasonally and work with Development, Creative and Marketing to ensure the necessary pieces are created
Working closely with the other Merchants to complete shared tasks, such as hangtag selection, product and material naming, photoshoot direction, sample coordination, etc., in a timely manner
Maintaining all aspects of your line list in the appropriate information system
Upholding Fair Labor Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing, throughout the Arc’teryx supply chain
Here are some things you could be working on in the future:
Supporting the successful execution of the seasonal merchandise strategy throu…
Title: Associate Merchant – Women’s
Company: Arc’teryx
Location: North Vancouver, BC
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