Merchandiser

•    Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of work and experience.

•    Minimum 3-5 years of retail buying, product development, merchandising and/or planning experience.

Nice to have:

•    Fluency in MS Office suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

•    Clear and effective written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills.

Responsible for independently developing, sourcing, and curating compelling and profitable product assortments for our clients. Negotiate and develop strategic supplier relationships. The merchandiser must earn the trust of internal and external customers by building assortment strategies that deliver creative and profitable products that represent the clients’ brands and speak to the end customer. May be responsible for developing direct reports.

BDA’s ideal merchant is ambitious in nature, detail oriented, comfortable working in cross-functional teams, and passionate about the retail and ecommerce industry. They are organized and adept at time management skills.

•    Participate in Assortment Analysis meetings and contribute to pre-assortment strategy discussion.

•    Define seasonal product strategies that identify future opportunities and trends.

•    Ability to take current trends and translate into creative product applicable to client business type.