Merchandise Analyst

At Southern Tide our mission is to share our love for the coastal lifestyle through premium products experiences and service.

We offer competitive benefits packages which may include generous vacation policy health and wellness coverage 401k with company match discounted stock purchasing options for education reimbursement and amazing product discounts!

Crew Position:

• Understand the overall concept of Southern Tide including the lifestyle customer merchandise and positioning in the marketplace to drive company sales.
• Create update and maintain direct to consumer purchasing and promotional related documents (e.g. planning/allocation tools purchase orders custom product requests RAs transfers markdowns POS promo codes etc. using various systems.
• Prepare and distribute key weekly/seasonal reports analyzing and interpreting retail selling information for each channel of business.
• Understand store formats and volume (edited/average/high volume) and allocate merchandise accordingly.
• Analyze sales to stock performance by class category and style to maximize in stock positions providing product inventory and promotional recommendations as needed.
• Manage replenishment program for the ecommerce and direct stores and generate weekly replenishment allocations from the distribution center based on sales and inventory analysis.
• Maximize sales and inventory turn by generating and maintaining adequate inventory levels based on sales trends by location regional seasonality store capacities minimum presentations for key items/programs selling curves product lifecycles promotional cadence and brand initiatives.
• Optimize inventory and capitalize on demand by identifying opportunities to transfer inventory between channels from store to store outlets or wholesale.
• Build opening assortments for new stores based on format climate and pro forma using like store analysis. Monitor receipts being held for new stores to ensure planned inventory levels are being met.
• Recommend changes and/or enhancements to the current procedures and systems for the allocation and replenishment functions.
• Maintains open lines of communication with store management to meet individual store inventory needs and assist in the handling of any inventory management issues/projects at the store level.
• Assist in coordination and of seasonal product presentations and ad hoc projects as needed.
• Assist in the keying of seasonal orders as necessary.

What all hands on deck looks like...

• Executes with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Proactive and solutionoriented with excellent problemsolving skills and strong sense of curiosity
• Organizes and expresses ideas clearly concisely and accurately both verbally and in writing
• Successful in multitasking prioritizing and staying organized while maintaining an adaptive attitude
• Champion for the brand; genuine passion for fashion current trends competition and the market

Know the ropes...

• Bachelors Degree in Merchandising Business or related field
• Generally 2 years in retail buying or fashion merchandising
• Proficiency in retail math and analytics: comfortable handling and manipulating large data sets
• Strong fundamentals in Microsoft Office and advanced Microsoft Excel skills required (i.e. pivot tables vlookups and macros) with ability to build reports and work with limited systems resources
• Experience in planning or inventory control a plus

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