Trade Coordinator Job at Monica Vinader (Seattle or San Francisco)

Job Description

The Trade Coordinator role is an exciting opportunity to help support key functions across the North American business. This position will support the wholesale department, while gaining immense exposure across all functions of the business. We are looking for someone agile, who is excited by new challenges, and flexible to our ever changing needs as the business continues to outpace growth plans. This position will be in our Nordstrom stores a minimum of 4 days per week supporting our teams with training, visual merchandising & events with ad hoc work from home days to complete admin work.

Job Responsibility

Empower store teams across region to meet and exceed consumer sales targets
Proactively feedback assortment, inventory, and key business opportunities from the field
Participate in creation of sales team incentives and engagement tools to drive sales & brand awareness
Lead on-floor selling to drive sales and lead by example with the store teams
Lead Brand Story, Product Knowledge, and Engraving training via formal & on-floor training sessions
Instill brand Visual Merchandising standards to maintain best representation across all locations
Manage Nordstrom DSAs & Contingent Workers (recruitment, onboarding, training, development)
Plan & lead Trunk Shows throughout region
Support ad hoc Trunk Shows & brand events across the US
Maintain high levels of inventory accuracy and organization across all events
Own Shop-in-Shop upkeep via proactive visits, providing clear briefs if in-depth repairs are required
Ensure MV fixtures and engraving equipment are in proper visual and working condition across all doors
Partner with US Operations and Account Management teams to deliver ad hoc trade ops projects
Liaise with Customer Care team to support store team repair, special order, and packaging inquiries
Support Nordstrom bi-annual inventory cycle as required
Support Piercing & Welding Roll-Out
Become a brand ambassador in piercing & welding policies, procedures, and brand points of difference
Support launch of new piercing & welding locations via ad hoc travel or admin support
As a People Manager: Coach and develop your direct reports to deliver their role to the best of their ability
Maintain a foundational understanding of company policies that affect your team, including any team members in other territories or business divisions, and ensure those policies are applied fairly and consistently
Recognise and celebrate successes
Manage your team’s performance, attendance and any incidents that arise
Support your team in prioritising their wellbeing, providing guidance on workflow management and prioritisation to enable work/life balance
Lead by example, showcasing the MV behaviours, competencies and values
Empower your team to make decisions, providing guidance and support and identifying the learning opportunity from our ‘test and learn’ behaviour
Collaborate with the People & Culture team for advice on complex or sensitive matters

Requirements

Communicates Effectively: You tailor messages to the audience and drive two-way communication
Collaborates Proactively: You build alignment across functions and encourage open dialogue
Coaches & Develops Others: You provide timely feedback and grow your own and the team's capability
Workflow Management: You plan resources, adapt timelines, and set clear expectations
Dives Deep: You use data for decision-making and encourage team curiosity by testing assumptions
Focuses on the Right Thing: You prioritise team or individual work based on value and risk
Delivers Results: You drive team accountability and hold standards
Challenges & Commits: You facilitate debate and align the team after decisions
Embraces Change: You guide the team through change and maintain focus
Reflects & Learns: You encourage team learning and retrospectives
Functional/Technical Expertise: You support technical delivery and provide guidance to others as a subject matter lead
Applies Knowledge with Impact: You link team actions to commercial value and solve real problems
Stays Current: You promote upskilling in the team and share new developments
Are hands-on, solutions-focused, and entrepreneurial
Collaborate openly with humility, honesty, and humour
Embrace learning, teaching, and personal growth
Stay resilient, adaptable, and self-motivated in a creative environment
Speak up when you don’t know—and act fast to figure it out
Ability to document your authorisation to work in the United States

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