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The role collaborates closely with merchants to streamline processes, support order management activities, resolve day-to-day challenges, and ensure execution aligns with business objectives. Acting as a central liaison across cross-functional teams, the MOA will facilitate communication, remove obstacles, and help maintain efficient workflows. The Merchandising Operations Associate will also partner with Distribution Centers, Supply Chain, and other key stakeholders while supporting the onboarding and development of Assistant Buyers to ensure seamless merchandising operation.\nA Day in the Life\nBusiness Acumen\nProactively generates ideas, insights, and solutions to address anticipated issues and streamline existing processes for merchant partners\nSeek opportunities to build business knowledge and is viewed as the subject matter expert for assigned merchant categories.\nIdentify and quantify business benefits of proposed solutions, and tracks benefits after implementation.\nDemonstrate a “can-do” spirit and propensity for creative solution-based results.\nAnalysis\nThrough data analysis, identify opportunities to improve and streamline merchandising practices, determines actions needed to address, and provide recommendations for execution.\nDemonstrate critical thinking and validate work for accuracy.\nInfluence order writing decisions by collaborating with vendors, buyers, planners and supply chain to advise merchant partners on best practices to minimize DC processing time and handling costs.\nRelationship Management\nDevelop strong working relationships with Merchant Partners, Supply Chain and Merchandising Operations teams.\nResolve order challenges through solution focused collaboration between vendors and merchants.\nMaintain a reputation of credibility and responsiveness to others to merchant partners along with other cross-functional teams by adhering to SLA.\nInfluence and persuade others to drive partners to consensus by being a champion of change management.\nResolve challenges in a proactive and decisive manner and set high standards for self and others.\nModel Core Values in everyday interactions.\nEncourageand participate in team activities which helps support an inclusive environment.\nBuild an executive presence through the presentation of recommendations to merchants and their leadership.\nEducation and Process Management\nDevelop SOPs and deliver best practices for order writing.\nAbility to identify and determine best training approach based on the individual audience.\nDevelop merchant training curriculum and materials for onboarding classes, refreshers, and new process launches.\nDeliver training materials related to merchandising operations and is viewed as the first point of contact for resolving issues and answering questions.\nAdapt training approach based on merchant partner’s learning and communication style.\nIdentify training tools and technology that enhance the learning experience, improve engagement, accelerate learning, and provide on demand access.\nFacilitate communication between merchants and other cross functional teams to develop efficient, seamless solutions for order management to reduce merchant workload.\nScope and Impact\nThe Merchandising Operations Associate will be the primary point of contact for merchant operational questions and to resolve all order writing questions and concerns raised by the merchants and vendors.\nThe Merchandising Operations Associate is responsible for driving the product flow initiative to maximize profit by reducing cost and time of processing goods.\nThe Merchandising Operations Associate will have frequent interaction with Merchant Leadership, Buyers, Assistant Buyers, Vendors, Supply Chain, and Merchandising Operations managers.\nYou'll Come With\nBachelor’s degree or a combination of education and experience\n2-3 years of experience in merchandising required\nOff-price retail experience preferred\nExperience with merchandise systems is preferred\nStrong communication skills (written and verbal)\nStrong analytical skills\nExcellent organization skills and detail-orientation with the ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage time\nAbility to manage through conflict and problem resolution\nStrong computer skills with thorough knowledge of Microsoft Excel\nAbility to identify and apply systems solutions to business problems\nAbility to work independently\nAbility to adapt to changes\nPeriodic travel including but not limited to market, vendors, corporate offices (NY, NJ, CA) and DC locations (NJ, CA, GA)\nCome join our team. 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