Senior Associate – SRB Curated Merchant

Senior Associate – SRB Curated Merchant

Requirements

• ~4+ years of experience within an e-commerce or corporate retail organization preferred. Preferably experience in buying/retail merchandising or retail home furnishing planning.
• A strong interest in building a career in buying and/or supplier relationship management
• A passion or knowledge of industry trends, style and product design
• Ability to understand a brand vision, aesthetic, and customer base and how to bring that to life through the product assortment
• Ability to cut data and think critically about the business; ability to understand and interpret sales and performance trends and apply learning to the business
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and the ability to influence cross-functionally
• A personable and energetic communicator, eager to build relationships with new business partners – both internally and externally
• Ability to communicate and feel comfortable speaking directly with C-suite level suppliers from large companies
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects at once; you don’t miss the details and can work autonomously and with partners to drive projects and tasks to completion
• Ability to ‘hit the ground running’ – a self-starter capable of achieving specific target goals

Responsibilities

• Drive store-specific customer experience improvements, collaborating with merchants on initiatives such as swatch programs or other localized enhancements.
• Manage and maintain the Retail Assortment Tracking Tool (RATT), ensuring data accuracy and integrity.
• Coordinate and communicate product lifecycle decisions (discontinuations, swaps, drops) between merchants, P&A, Visual Merchandising, and Store Teams.
• Collaborate with leadership and P&A to establish frameworks and targets for seasonal product additions, and mobilize teams to achieve those goals.
• Coordinate merchant input for alignment and finalization decks, as well as seasonal hindsight reports.
• Collect and synthesize feedback from store managers regarding product performance, presentation, and customer needs.
• Proactively identify and address product availability issues, collaborating with merchant teams to implement corrective actions for problematic items/suppliers.
• Contribute to signage development by providing input into creative briefs and ensuring alignment with merchandising strategies.
• Conduct planogram scans to assess product placement and identify opportunities for optimization.
• Support store flip operations and address store-specific needs related to merchandising and visual presentation.
• Serve as a liaison between stores and promotional teams, focusing on high-priority items featured in key promotional periods.
• Partner with merchants and store teams to develop and deliver product knowledge and training materials.
• Provide weekly business updates, analyzing sales data and making recommendations to merchants, visual merchandising, and P&A teams, particularly ahead of seasonal floor flips.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in buying/retail merchandising or retail home furnishing planning preferred.