Merchandising Assistant Jobs

We are the champions of childhood

Hanna Andersson is a Portland, Oregon-based premier kids and baby clothing brand. Our clothes are made to play, made to last, and designed to let kids be kids. We have core commitments to design, quality, and sustainability, and we believe in helping families create meaningful everyday moments. These principles guide the Hanna Way, and lead to an experience authentically different from other children’s brands.

We cultivate our unique brand by hiring team members who believe in these values, own a customer service mindset, and who are innovative, results-oriented, and comfortable working in a collaborative and growth-driven work environment. We all share in our brand’s success, and we actively encourage our team members to maintain a healthy balance in their daily lives.

How you’ll play:

As a Merchandising Assistant, you will be responsible for merchandising support to the team on all merchandising activities, including: product lifecycle management/systems work, assortment building and planning, merchandise reporting and samples, analysis of data and results, and creating any support materials for cross functional teams. You should be a self-starter, highly engaged and able to represent the passion for our brand, our products and our company.

Product Management:

• Build and maintain seasonal assortment boards (accurate style numbers, descriptions, color codes, scale of prints, alignment and spacing, etc.)
• Owns communication with cross-functional team members on changes and updates made
• Style creation and setup for all style/colors
• Maintain all data in PLM system (MSRPs, flows, attributes, hierarchy, descriptions) using data entered into Line Plan tools by Merchants
• Ensure data accuracy between Line Plan tool and PLM system for all inputs

Support Merchants in weekly, monthly and seasonal analysis and hindsight:

• Refresh Top 30 boards in weekly business review deck for all categories
• Populating visuals in seasonal hindsight decks

Assist Merchandise Manager in all other merchandising activities:

• Process mail
• Print and distribute assortment boards for milestone meetings
• Assists with competitive benchmarking
• Attendance and support of Merchants at key milestone meetings
• Help to keep files and documents organized in Merch Sharepoint and Merch folders
• Communicate with Merchants when tasks are completed or support is needed

Sample Management:

• Organization of merch sample racks as needed
• Assists in meeting room setups and cleanup

What you'll bring:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work extended hours as needed
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• 1-2 yrs corporate environment experience in related field preferred
• Knowledge of PLM systems and Adobe Illustrator a plus
• Must have a sense of urgency and self-motivation
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• College degree in Business, Fashion Merchandising, or equivalent experience
• Strong interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to communicate throughout an organization
• Strong computer skills; proficient in MS Office Suite including Outlook, Excel, and Word

How Hanna supports a happy, meaningful life:

Hanna Andersson believes that health and well-being should be shared by everyone. Thus, we offer the following benefits and perks for our team members:

• Short/long term disability
• Medical/dental/vision with HSA & Healthcare FSA
• Time off policy of 120 hours at hire, 4 days of paid time off for volunteering, and 8 regular paid holidays plus 3 floating holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Generous Merchandise discount
• Wellness program
• 401(k) with employer match
• A role that offers a flexible work environment with remote and in-office options

Hanna Talent Cultivation Standards:

With a rise in cyber-criminal activity, please note Hanna will never:

• Ask for bank account or financial information during the recruiting process
• Extend an offer without speaking to you via phone or video call
• Ask for any sensitive personal information via email, text, or other forms of instant messaging
• Interview you via email and/or send you a list of questions in lieu of an interview

Legitimate email communication will only be done to and from @hannaandersson.com email addresses. Please examine messages carefully to ensure this is the domain you are receiving messages from, as cybercriminals may also utilize domains that look similar but may have one letter off (such as @hannaander$son.com).

Hanna Andersson provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Hanna Andersson prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation of any kind. Hanna Andersson encourages applicants of all ages.