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Brand Merchandising Associate Handbags & SLG Collection Jobs in New York, NY at Ralph Lauren
Title: Brand Merchandising Associate Handbags & SLG Collection
Company: Ralph Lauren
Location: New York, NY
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren’s reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company’s brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world’s most widely recognized families of consumer brands.
At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.
The Associate Merchandiser is responsible for day-to-day merchandise activities to support the Brand Merchandising Lead. They are responsible for weekly meeting documentation, system and report creation, and line opening materials/tracking. Merchant teams play a key role in all major events throughout the process (i.e. design final, adoption, line opening, pricing).
In Office: Required 3x a week.
Research
Identify growth opportunities and protect needs of business for product category.
Comprehensive knowledge and adherence to product category, calendar milestones, line development and status.
Weekly analysis and knowledge of global business performance; partnering with regional teams to understand needs of regional businesses.
Knowledge of competition and trends, identifying new opportunities appropriate for brand.
Financial
Provide support and direction for the merchandising process.
Partner with the planning team on Global Line Plans – creating super season category strategies inclusive of style and SKU plans with a focus on delivery flow – understanding sales history, top volume drivers, fashion and price tier matrices and new market opportunities.
Assist manager in driving Assortment Plan to Win – focus on core, seasonal core, and seasonal product flow and balance.
Prepare analysis on sales trend and sell through, volume drivers, and SKU productivity to influence business driving recommendations.
Manage OK to BUY process.
Partner with Merchandising Ops Associate to ensure accurate & timely data entry & system updates for all merchandising item definition and line changes; ensuring all cross-functional teams are in alignment.
Assist with ad hoc projects and work with the team as requests arise.
Communication
Partner with cross-functional team members to drive business objectives.
Design: work closely together on the line creation – driving a balance with fashion and price tier while merging business and brand intentions and maintaining the integrity of the GLP.
Product Management: partner to meet category margin targets, understanding all cost components and cost saving challenges.
Regions + Channels: partner on upfront business needs to incorporate into line creation and provide daily support on product needs through both the development and in-store life cycle.
Communicate & distribute all critical merchandising information to key functional areas on a timely basis.
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