Merchandise Analyst

• Supporting seasonal programs and planogram execution: Developing strategic plans based on analysis / Diving into data to identify insights and opportunities/ Carrying out those strategic plans under direction
• Promo support
• Reports and initiatives tracking
• Analyzes market trends and consumer behavior within categories
• Shapes and executes strategies for the front store and collaborates with cross-functional enterprise partners and external partners to achieve goals
• Assists with product assortment, including selection, pricing, promotional strategy, and inventory levels in partnership with other business partners
• Identifies opportunities with product innovation expansion within the category
• Collaborates with the support team for their business, including pricing, Finance, Inventory Planners, Planogram designers, Store Operations and Core counterparts to achieve the merchandising objectives as it relates to the Strategic plan
• Works with vendor management to include collaborating, interviewing, developing strategies, and negotiating
• Finds supply chain efficiency and solves DSD distribution gaps
• Run and provide reporting as needed
• Post ads and seasonal programs assessments
• Secure seasonal and incremental opportunities as applicable
• Support CM and Director with assigned projects as applicable
• Handle day to day email requests from internal teams and external suppliers
• Business maintenance (zone alignments, vendor maintenance, cost corrections etc.)
• Support the Housewares category
• Pull insights on the businesses and review the week’s report
• Pull BOH report to call out active items that are out of stock and set up weekly meetings to review stock outs and communicate to planner and vendor if needed
• Help with Ad plans, submissions, and vendor communications (managing scans, sending their promotional plans, reviewing what is working and what is not so we can adjust)
• Evaluate weekly comp ads to review pricing strategies and shoppers in the different markets
• Determine and identify items in stores that need to be cleaned up and place them on markdowns until the inventory is depleted
• Support on following up with store opportunities when needed and provide updates and resolutions from field and vendors
• Comp shop on key brands to review the retail
• Make changes to pricing systems based on approval. Assist on COG forms and submission
• Pull necessary reports as needed to analyze the category that will be resetting
• Assist and create presentation decks that might be needed for our teams
• Fill out NIF forms and vendor creations for resets and midyears
• Work with vendors on sending RISD any necessary samples and or fixtures
• Support on seasonal update tool for categories by timelines needed
• Assist on filling out the promo off shelf template, setting up displays and submitting
• Keep track of programs and track seasonal purchase orders and call out issues. Work with Inventory Planners
• Seasonal tracker report
• Framework order support
• Off shelf Support

Bilingual- Spanish/English language skills highly preferred

Full Benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401k w/match and PTO/Vacation