Job Summary:
Acts a liaison between the Distribution Centers and the Home Office Merchandising Department by representing the interests of Merchandising and Planning and Allocation. Ensures merchandise is effectively inspected and checked and that all merchandise meets the company value requirements for fashion, quality and brand.
Major Areas of Responsibility:
- Ensures merchandise meets purchase order specifications.
- Ensures that merchandise is seasonally appropriate for zones serviced by their facility.
- Proactively addresses Vendor Compliance issues and opportunities in the way Vendors pack, ticket and ship merchandise.
- Ensures that the merchandise is of the correct value to our customers in terms of fashion, quality, price and brand.
- Challenges Marmaxx retail price and ensures that “comparable at price” on ticket reflects the company standard of 20-60% off.
- Ensures balanced mix of color, size, style and quantity in the lay-up through packing process by adhering to company shipping philosophy.
- Ensures merchandise meets fiber content, labeling, care and country of origin legal requirements.
- Ensures appropriateness of logos, graphics, hangtags and merchandise to our stores.
- Identifies poor size breaks and communicates to Planning to adjust pack size.
- Possesses an in-depth knowledge of merchandise technical terms, fabrications and Marmaxx standards relating to quality and size requirements.
- Creates/maintains problem status logs to ensure special handling of problem orders.
- Develops and applies in-depth understanding of all DC and Merchandise systems to effectively problem solve.
- Partners/collaborates with all appropriate resources in the DC and Home Office to resolve issues in a timely manner.
- Builds and maintains effective working relationships with hourly associates, DC management and P&A.
- Identifies and communicates proper receiving, handling and routing of other DCs’ merchandise.