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Merchandising Project Manager

JOB SUMMARY

The role of the merchandising project manager will be to develop and manage various activities, all of which support a project’s resolution. Projects could include, but are not limited to; onboarding of new customer accounts as well as new brand partnerships, developing and maintaining merchandise databases, managing new merchandise timelines and/or product lifecycle calendars and ultimately facilitating and driving a project towards completion.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Develops and facilitates timelines and project task tracking while maintaining an open action item list and implementation plan
  • Performs a variety of complex tasks that require data research and supporting documentation for proposed solutions
  • Supports and maintains relationships with cross-functional departments and develops relationships with key contacts by reacting quickly to requests often with tight deadlines
  • Facilitates new business projects, such as onboarding of new customer accounts or external brand partnerships
  • Responsible for setting and leading meetings with all key stakeholders involved to track progress, communicate deadlines, and push for time sensitive deliverables
  • Participate in a wide variety of special projects that will help optimize system processes and streamline implementation strategies
  • Manage current and prospective brand engagement requirements per their contractual parameters and timelines by linking all necessary stakeholders within departments such as Design, Sourcing, Marketing, Sales, etc.

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED SKILL/EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • 3+ years of data-driven analysis including analyzing, reconciling, and summarizing large amounts of data with precision and high accuracy
  • 3+ years of experience with client onboarding
  • Experience working independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment with all levels of the organization
  • Experience identifying, defining and resolving problems in a timely and accurate fashion
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills with an acute attention to detail
  • Highly effective oral and written communication skills; both internal teams and external customer facing
  • Experience responding to rapidly changing demands, prioritizing and delivering on-time results
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office with advanced Excel skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Project or similar project management software
  • Ability to quickly learn, adapt to different software platforms including experience utilizing ERP systems

 

PREFERERED QUALIFCATIONS

  • Apparel industry experience a plus
  • SAP experience

COMPETENCIES

  • Process Management – taking a systematic approach in contributing to making the company’s workflow more effective, efficient and capable of adapting to an ever-changing environment
  • Quality Focus – ensuring that all work in one’s own area of the business, throughout the organization, by vendors, suppliers, etc. is performed with excellence and to high standards for quality and integrity
  • Planning and Priority Setting – identifying the priorities, processes, and practical actions that are necessary to achieve an objective or an idea. This requires developing detailed action or project plans, including objectives, accountabilities, time frames, standards, review stages, and contingencies.
  • Information Seeking – being driven by an underlying curiosity and desire to know more about things, people or issues; this involves going beyond routine questions and includes digging or pressing for exact information, resolving discrepancies by asking a series of questions, or conducting less focused environmental scanning for opportunities or miscellaneous information that may be used in the future
  • Communicating – providing the information required by others in a concise, direct, and unambiguous way; perceiving how the message affects the receiver and striving to ensure that the receiver clearly understands the specifics and function of the message
  • Negotiating – identifying key bargaining points for all parties and working effectively toward win-win solutions.
  • Organizational Savvy – gathering and accurately assessing information related to the organization’s formal and informal communication channels and power relationships