DKNY Looking For ASSISTANT MERCHANT – KARL LAGERFELD PARIS AT New York, New York Full Time

 Our people define our company. AM Retail Group associates are smart, ambitious, engaging & fun people, who strive for excellence in everything they do. Working here requires commitment, innovation & flexibility. The entrepreneurial drive of our associates is at the heart of our quest to improve & innovate.  

We have an immediate opening for an energetic, passionate & experienced Full Time Professional to join our Merchandising team as an Assistant Merchant (Karl Lagerfeld Paris).  

This position provides daily coordination and serves as liaison between departments to support the Merchant.  Performs a wide variety of high-level administrative support to include: merchandising strategies, product selection, in-season analysis, product development, communication with the marketing team managing markdowns and promotions, and creating product knowledge.  Provides data entry and analysis, process coordination, product maintenance and Merchant support.

Job Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion/Retail Merchandising, or similar required.  
• Minimum 2-3 year retail experience in store leadership role or corporate Merchandising function required.
• Successful completion of a retail merchandising, fashion, or buying internship program preferred.
• Experience with business numbers and metrics and exposure to allocation, planning and/or buying that provided retail management systems experience is preferred.
• Possesses written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly preferred previous SKU intensive category management. 
• Must be proactive, multi-tasking and detail-oriented with a well-developed set of interpersonal skills that allows for working with multiple departments and multiple levels of associates often times in an ambiguous environment.
• Computer/Excel skills, independence, decision-making skills and strong organizational skills also required.
• Basic business acumen required.

Responsibilities: 

Systems Data Entry and Maintenance

• Create all style creations and purchase order entry forms after each market.
• Set-up, coordination and maintenance of all vendor information such as requesting shipping updates, communicating and resolving SKU issues and follow-up on samples.
• Style maintenance including but not limited to: price changes, stat code updates, attribute details.
• Coordination with Distribution/Logistics and vendors with tracking of shipments.
• Liaison between buyer, tech PO set up, planner and vendor to accurately understand purchase orders being written and accurately being communicated to vendor. 

Price Management and Promotions

• Assists with pricing strategy on all product styles.
• Assists with the management of markdowns and exit strategies for product.
• Keying of price changes and making sure they “tie” back to visual merchandising direction and final audit of on all product data in merchandising systems.

Buying Responsibilities

• Manage the SKU assortment and assortment line sheets for categories.
• Coordinates the manage of the life cycle of the product while in stores.  Partners on tactical implementation of the Company’s merchandising strategies for current, new and old product.
• Provides communication coordination between stores, merchandising and the distribution center to ensure that product new receipts are timely and communicated.
• Assists with visual floorsets seasonally and monthly.
• Assists with product development approval samples and details for categories.
• Partners with allocation to analyze sales history and maximize store sales.
• Coordinates with Buyers on developing key categories, reviewing samples, coordinating with open-to-buys and achieving key financial measures.

Miscellaneous Duties & Projects

• Sample maintenance.
• Ad hoc reporting, data analysis and making recommendations.
• Weekly presentations of product analysis to executive group.

Other Information: 

This position is not eligible for relocation. Local Candidates only. Please include salary requirements. 

AM Retail Group is a division of the G-III Apparel Group. 

Being successful at AM Retail Group means putting the best ideas to work, taking action and following through. You will be challenged by smart, committed co-workers and pushed to be your best. This is a place where your individual talents and creativity make a difference. We are a dynamic company that provides competitive salary and excellent benefits including medical, dental, 401k, life, disability and more!  

Equal Opportunity Employer  

AM Retail Groups family of retail stores include:  DKNY, Donna Karan, Karl Lagerfeld Paris, Andrew Marc, Wilsons Leather, G.H. Bass & Co.