Job Description
Job Title: Merchandise Specialist
Location: Fully remote. (They can live in any state that we have a Nordstrom or Nordstrom Rack location in.)
Duration: 05-month contract (with possible extension)
Work Schedule: Monday–Friday, (40 hours/week)
Start Date: Targeting Aug 2026
Pay Rate: $18.52/hr on W2 // Seattle Based Candidates: $21.29/hr on w2
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision.
Job description:
The ideal Merchandise Specialist - Contractor is a motivated self-starter who is committed to providing outstanding customer service every day.
A day in the life…
#TM1
Location: Fully remote. (They can live in any state that we have a Nordstrom or Nordstrom Rack location in.)
Duration: 05-month contract (with possible extension)
Work Schedule: Monday–Friday, (40 hours/week)
Start Date: Targeting Aug 2026
Pay Rate: $18.52/hr on W2 // Seattle Based Candidates: $21.29/hr on w2
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision.
Job description:
The ideal Merchandise Specialist - Contractor is a motivated self-starter who is committed to providing outstanding customer service every day.
A day in the life…
- Manage & meet vendor SLAs and escalations; organize your own workflow to meet deadlines provided by the business and vendors
- Gather information and prioritize completion of item set-up, maintenance, and systematic ordering execution
- Make educated decisions on data needs, product attributes, and classification to ensure speed and quality are met
- Understand retail math and decisions made on product setup (including pricing) and PO management needs – i.e. shifts of PO (USD))
- Point of contact for internal teams and vendors; answer questions regarding item data, setup, and PO management
- Identify and communicate new best practices or efficiencies across the team
- Utilize tools and systems to support established business processes and any additional processes as business evolves
- Follow through on commitments; meet or exceed timelines
- Demonstrated ability to balance speed/productivity with accuracy/attention to detail
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Excel/Outlook)
- Advanced time management and prioritization skills
- Established interpersonal skills with the ability to form productive partnerships
- Experience with analyzing data, identifying root cause, and using data to tell a story
- A strong sense of ownership and operate as a self-starter
- A strong sense of team and demonstrated experience extending yourself to others
- Problem solving skills, a desire to continue evolving, are curious & ever-changing
- Understanding of customer needs, wants, and expectations
- Hourly - Full Time (40 hours)
- Monday to Friday
- Fully remote. They can live in any state that we have a Nordstrom or Nordstrom Rack location in.
#TM1
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Seattle, WA (Remote) |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $18.52 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 1,000 to 1,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1968 |
| Website | https://www.tailoredmanagement.com/ |
About Company
CONNECTING TOP TALENT WITH TOP-TIER OPPORTUNITIES
Tailored Management is a global staffing firm that specializes in partnering with large organizations that run their contingent labor program in a VMS/MSP environment. We have the unique capacity to support programs across all scopes and geographic locations from a single headquarters, successfully elevating program performance across the board and minimizing costs, miscommunication and delivery times. But what do we really do? We bring together the best talent with the greatest opportunities.
Skills
- Best Practicesunmatched
- Business Processesunmatched
- Business Supportunmatched
- Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- Data Collectionunmatched
- Detail Orientedunmatched
- Establish Prioritiesunmatched
- Follow Throughunmatched
- Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
- Mathematicsunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Microsoft Officeunmatched
- Microsoft Outlookunmatched
- Needs Assessmentunmatched
- Pricingunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Developmentunmatched
- Purchase Ordersunmatched
- Retailunmatched
- Root Cause Analysisunmatched
- Service Level Agreement (SLA)unmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched
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