Concept Merchandiser

Company Description

Are you looking for a new opportunity with excellent prospects for future development? Here at COS we are looking for a Concept Merchandiser to join our North America team based in New York. This role will report directly to the COS NA Head of Merchandising. 

This role will drive profitable net growth through maximizing sales. You will be responsible for driving the commercial plan in collaboration with Store Sales Team, based on collection beliefs and focuses.  

 

Job Description

What you will do:

•Adapt the global commercial beliefs to local needs throughout the commercial planning on concept level

•Analyze sales weekly, optimize net selling through setting clear commercial focuses, work closely with Visual Merchandising and Marketing to drive strategies that maximize product availability and quantify KPI goals and execute through to follow up

•Maximize selling potential by securing the right space management in store according to the current stock situation and sales drivers

•Supply organization with commercial focuses in order to set the right priorities to drive concept both short and long term

•Act on the sales opportunities/threats together with your Regional sales team

•Review your commercial plan periodically, reactive to latest trends, and set quantified improvements for next year.

•Create analysis, drive reporting efficiencies, and hindsight seasonal and quarterly finding

•Work closely with store, e-commerce, and supply chain merchants to ensure holistic, omni approach that maximizes selling via product availability

•Set the allocation strategy on store segments for your concept and update it in correspondence to selling and stock

•Maximize selling in store by securing stock levels support sales and minimize reductions

•Follow up size availability in store and give feedback on supply chain setup

•Optimize stock balance between new and previous seasons with allocation and weekly active pushes

•Act with replenishment when demand exceeds supply or vice versa

•Responsible for reduction cost of your concept.  Optimize the effect of reductions through sale, activities and price adjustments.

Qualifications

We are looking for:

•Past merchandising experience

•Sales-driven, customer-focused and results-oriented

•Analytical and fluent with excel data and reporting

•Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross functionally

•Must be able to make decisions and take own initiative

•Ability to coach and train all levels of employees on subject expert knowledge

•Minimum 20% domestic and international travel is required

Additional Information

Compensation:

Salary Range is $90,000 - $92,500 annually

 

Benefits:

COS believes in rewarding our employees for their many contributions to our shared success. That’s why we offer a full range of inclusive benefits that enable wellness, both in and outside of work.  We pride ourselves on being a do-good company and we have a comprehensive benefit package that matches that ambition.  Please note, benefits may have eligibility requirements based on employment status.

 

We offer: 25% Staff Discount - Medical, Pharmacy Vision and Dental Coverage – Employee Assistance Program - Vacation, Wellness, Holiday and Parental Pay – 401K – Commuter Benefits, Health and Dependent Care FSA. Plus, additional Voluntary Benefits.

 

Our Career site will have more details, click on Benefits at career.cos.com

 

*This job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, responsibilities assigned for this job at the company’s discretion.

 

**COS, in good faith, believes that this posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at this location at the time of this posting. COS may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications. This range may be modified in the future.

 

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