About the Role
As Merchandise Specialist you will be responsible for Buying Office activities including style setup, purchase order creation and sample coordination. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors to ensure day-to-day office tasks are completed and items are placed on site and displayed correctly.
What You'll Do
- Work with K-Link Team to identify attribute due dates, facilitate vendor attribution in K-Link and on-time Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) of orders
- Create, maintain and submit purchase orders for processing
- Edit and import purchase orders before shipment of goods
- Manage Buying Office samples (including tagging, organizing and purging) for advertising, marketing or vendor meetings
- Ensure samples are submitted to item production team and live on site
- Leverage sample tracker tool and manage On Hand Not on Site (OHNO) report to communicate effectively with the office, and locate and activate missing items on the website
- Communicate and follow up with Vendor and Product Development teams regarding missing samples
- Communicate with Vendors and Product Development about buy plans
- Work with the buying team to validate the accuracy and completeness of buy plans
- Communicate with Direct Ship Vendors about Delivery Schedule Numbers (DSNs)
- Work with the buy team to submit buy plans to K-Link team
- Build relationships with vendors and internal business partners to support buying teams
- Additional tasks may be assigned
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What Skills You Have
Required
- Adept problem-solving abilities
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and excellent attention to detail
- Preferred
- Ability to learn new technologies and train others
- Capability to assume a project-based role
- Change agent, ability to influence peers to adopt new processes and technologies