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Merchandising Operations Associate
Bellevue, WA / Hybrid
Bluehawk Consulting is seeking a Merchandising Operations Associate to support a globally known company that is embarking on an innovation journey and radically transforming its digital commerce capabilities to meet accelerating international demand!
Project Overview
As a Merchandising Operations Associate, you’ll play a vital role in the Category Merchandising team through accurate input and maintenance of all category line plan data and timely communication of updated information. You’ll manage data across multiple systems and understand the architecture of product lines. You will also organize and maintain the category product samples and assist Merchants in setting up critical meetings. In addition, you’ll participate in ad hoc cross-category projects as assigned. The role is perfect for a team player with drive, curiosity, and strong interpersonal skills and who knows how to build relationships and deliver results in a complex and fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Act as a liaison between the Category Merchandising, Production, Logistics, Merchandise Development and Project Management teams.
- Assist the merchants in developing, implementing, and managing new scalable processes related to business and product strategy.
- Autonomously manage product data entry, integrity, and accuracy.
- Create ad hoc reports based on business needs (i.e., management requests, inventory & sales reporting, etc.).
- Coordinate and schedule meetings and help with meeting preparation as required.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Skills & Experience
- One to two years relevant experience in a product, merchandising, retail sales, or buying role.
- Additional one-year related experience in place of a degree.
- Analytical skills and understanding of Merchandising KPIs.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, both formal and informal.
- Ability to work independently, balance multiple priorities at once and meet tight deadlines.
- Tolerance for ambiguity.
- Ability to manage against a calendar with critical milestones and subsequent deliverables.
- Thorough attention to detail, understanding the importance of consistency.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
- Ability to lift and carry samples and bags weighing up to 50lbs.
How you’ll be successful:
- Passion for the organization: Develops an understanding of the brand, the impact it has on our people, culture, business, fans, and communities, and applying that knowledge and passion to everything you do.
- Challenging the Expected: Approaches challenges with curiosity and creativity, embracing the possibility of failure as an opportunity to learn something new, develop innovative ideas, solve complex problems, and identify unique opportunities.
- Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates integrity and respect by leading with empathy, listening to others, seeking out different perspectives, and taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and results.
- Dedicated to Quality: Takes ownership to maintain and promote high standards, looks for new ways to learn and improve, and embraces a growth mindset to seek and apply feedback from others in an effort to continuously improve.
- Building Relationships: Develops and strengthens relationships, adopting a “team first” mentality and working collaboratively to solve problems and meet shared goals.
- Delighting Customers: Listens and understands the interests and needs of our customers and stakeholders.
Education
Required Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Marketing, or related field.
Our Diverse and Inclusive Culture
Bluehawk Consulting is a Kirkland, Washington-based management consulting firm helping Fortune 500 clients improve their performance, increase their efficiency, and enhance organizational value while reducing costs.
We are a team who love to accomplish great things together!
We excel at hiring talented people who are driven to create solutions for our client’s most challenging projects. Uniting amazing talent with meaningful work experiences is our passion; fostering an environment that embraces individuality and unique gifts embodies our values and fuels our purpose.
We Value:
- Our diverse team, they make us great!
- Consultative, client-focused and interactive approaches
- Innovation, actualizing potential, and a positive outlook towards change and accepting challenges
- Learning, listening, and communicating openly with respect
- Passion, energy, zeal – we have lots of it
- Humor, lightness, and flexibility
We care about creating a supportive environment and positive employee experience. Employees will receive competitive pay, health insurance, including medical, dental, and vision coverage (choose between our Base Plan with HSA or Buy-up PPO plan), 401(k) with company match, 12 paid holidays, and up to 15 days of paid time off (PTO) per year. We also offer life insurance and a short-term disability benefit.
Salary Range for this position: $63,000 – $70,000
Bluehawk is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.
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