Merchandise Controller - 2nd shift

Job Opportunity

Excellent opportunity to join one of the largest retailers in the world. We are looking for an individual who demonstrates: strong attention to detail, a willingness to learn and grow, flexibility and adaptability, reliability and accountability, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Major areas of responsibility include:

• Ensuring merchandise meets purchase order specifications.
• Ensuring that merchandise is seasonally appropriate for zones serviced by their facility.
• Proactively addressing vendor compliance issues and opportunities in the way vendors pack, ticket, and ship merchandise.
• Ensuring that the merchandise is of the correct value to our customers in terms of fashion, quality, price, and brand.
• Challenging company retail price and ensuring that "comparable at price" on ticket reflects the company standard of 20-60% off.
• Ensuring balanced mix of color, size, style, and quantity in the lay-up through packing process by adhering to company shipping philosophy.
• Ensuring merchandise meets fiber content, labeling, care, and country of origin legal requirements.
• Ensuring appropriateness of logos, graphics, hangtags, and merchandise to our stores.
• Identifying poor size breaks and communicating to Planning to adjust pack size.
• Evaluating merchandise not ordered and assigning appropriate description and retail.
• Possessing an in-depth knowledge of merchandise technical terms, fabrications, and company standards relating to quality and size requirements.
• Creating/maintaining problem status logs to ensure special handling of problem orders.
• Developing and applying in-depth understanding of all DC and Merchandise systems to effectively problem solve.
• Partnering/collaborating with all appropriate resources in the DC and Home Office to resolve issues in a timely manner.
• Building and maintaining effective working relationships with hourly associates, DC management, and P&A.
• Understanding impact vs. intent and adjusting communication style to achieve optimal outcome.
• Comprehending the implication of their actions to the company's bottom line as it relates to shrink and profit.
• Ensuring that damaged/problem merchandise and RTVs are identified and processed according to established guidelines.
• Ensuring proper handling and timely execution of LPRs. Collaborating with operations to resolve issues centered around overages/shortages.
• Identifying and communicating proper receiving, handling, and routing of other DCs' merchandise.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent job experience preferred. Minimum job skills required to perform this job include:

• Strong organizational and time management skills as well as flexibility and ability to prioritize.
• Strong PC skills including Lotus Notes, Lotus 123, Excel, Word.
• Strong problem solving and negotiation skills in addition to strong oral and written communication skills.
• Displays strong follow through skills to resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Utilizes active listening skills to effectively communicate at all levels.

1-2 years experience merchandising. Hourly pay rate: $21/hr. 2nd shift hours are Monday thru Friday 4PM-12:30PM.