Merchandising Operations Specialist: 23-02128

Primary Skills: Merchandising, Strategy, Vendor Relations

Contract Type: W2 Only

Duration: 3+ months of contract with possible Extension

Location: Plantation, FL (Hybrid)

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide daily support for brands of interest to get them trained, setup, and launched on client website as quickly as possible. Remain engaged with critical priority vendors to help with moving the vendor through each onboarding step quickly and smoothly.
• Support and execute against the Merchant growth strategy for each category you support. Core responsibilities include maintaining alignment on assortment priorities with Category Managers. Members of the team demonstrate this by maintaining and sharing accurate and updated weekly pipeline reporting.
• Act as the first line of defense for gating assortment opportunities based on good business judgment and available guidance from Category Managers.
• Relentless and proactive outreach to vendors with brands and products that have been identified as assortment priorities by the Category Managers.
• Continue to provide Category Managers with accurate and meaningful weekly progress updates on critical vendors in onboarding.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Interest in eCommerce, buying, account management, product management, category management, consulting, analytics, finance or marketing
• Either 1-3 years' experience in relevant work and/or ability to demonstrate how past experiences and skills are transferable to the role
• Experience in Excel/SQL

ABOUT AKRAYA

• Akraya is an award-winning IT staffing firm and the staffing partner of choice for many leading companies across the US. Akraya was recently voted as a 2021 Best Staffing Firm to Temp for by Staffing Industry Analysts and voted by our employees and consultants as a 2022 Glassdoor Best Places to Work.