Assistant Merchant - Sundries

BJ's Wholesale Club is powered by more than 30,000 team members who make a real impact every day. The Merchant Assistant is responsible for process management, implementing merchandising policies and procedures, and providing analytical support to the merchandise team.

Responsibilities

• Functions as liaison and point of contact for vendors, merchandise, supply chain, operations and marketing teams to resolve issues and communicate expectations
• Generates financial reports and analyzes data to draw conclusions and provide insights and recommendations to help reach and exceed sales and margin plan
• Maintains and manages purchase order activity based on established merchandising plans for assigned categories
• Maintains awareness of merchandise, consumer trends and competitive environment through competitive shopping, price checking, vendor meetings, trade shows, and demographic research
• Monitors inventory levels and open-to-buy positions and creates and maintains SKUs to ensure timely and accurate delivery of merchandise
• Participates in vendor selection process
• Interviews prospective vendors and provides recommendations to the merchants
• Performs slow-turn analysis, reviews sales and margin performance, and provides recommendations for markdowns and price adjustments based on trends and analyses
• Plans and coordinates vendor correspondence, vendor meetings, product demonstrations/samples and promotional events
• Maintains detailed assortment plan, identifies issues, and recommends solutions to the merchants
• Responsible for coupon management and maintaining the advertising plan
• Reviews and analyzes advertising and promotion results, summarizes findings, and presents conclusions to the merchants
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

• Bachelors degree in business or operations related field
• 1-3 years of professional merchandising or retail operations experience
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

• Weekly Pay: Get paid every week so that you can manage your money on your terms.
• Free BJ’s Memberships: Enjoy a complimentary The Club Card Membership, plus a free Supplemental Membership for someone in your household.*
• Generous Paid Time Off: Take the time you need with vacation, personal, sick days, holidays, bereavement, and jury duty leave.*
• Flexible and Affordable Health Benefits: Choose from three medical plans, and access optional dental, vision, Health Savings Account (HSA), and flexible spending account options to fit your lifestyle.*
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan: Build your financial future with a company match (available to team members 18 and older).*
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Accumulate funds through after-tax payroll deductions that can be used to purchase shares of BJ’s common stock at a 15% discount.*

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