Location: Gurugram
About The Role
As a Junior Merchandiser, this individual will be responsible for working in coordination with Senior
Merchandisers/buyers. S/he will ensure that all inventory requirements and customer needs are
completed in a timely manner. S/he will be responsible for sourcing materials and working with
multiple vendors. Needs to be detail oriented, confident, highly organized, sensitive to timelines and an
excellent communicator.
Key Responsibilities/What You Will Do
- The Jr. merchandiser will be responsible for looking after the sampling requests.
- Responsible for sourcing trims and fabrics required to make the end product.
- Writing, placing, and tracking purchase orders.
- Creating technical packs and managing product development timelines
- Ensuring products are purchased at the right time, to specification and at a good price.
- Review product samples and suggest the necessary changes required.
- Tracking product cycle from conceptualization to sales.
- Researching new suppliers and sharing recommendations to the Senior Merchandisers.
- Constantly building customer and market understanding with market research- offline/online
- Vendor follow ups and give feedback to vendors regarding quality and other aspects.
- Maintaining a comprehensive fabric/trim library
- Compiling reports on product performance and statistics.
- Manage Packaging, vendor database, WH team/design/content/E-comm team
coordination.
Qualifications & Skills/What You Need
- 1-3 years of relevant experience
- Bachelor's/Master's degree in Fashion Management.
- Should be a good team player and able to work under deadlines.
- Open to travel locally for sourcing of materials.
- Animal lover/Pet Parent preferred.
- Good knowledge of merchandise planning/analytics
- Good understanding of product development processes
- Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Comfortable working with excel sheets and presentation formats.
You Will Feel Right At Home With Us If
- You have strong communication, data analysis and collaboration skills.
- You are passionate about pets and love innovating.
Skills: product development strategy,excel,merchandise planning
