Wholesale Regional Merchandising Assistant, Men’s

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:

RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren’s reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company’s brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world’s most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through:
Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

To work in conjunction with key functional areas (merchandising, account planning, sales, sourcing and BP&A) to assist in the development, forecasting and retail delivery of a well-balanced, lifestyle appropriate assortments that provide both volume and margin growth for our retail partners and reflects the seasonal RL merchandising vision for the Menswear WHSL businesses.

• Attend and participate in all merchandising and business related meetings
• Prepare and maintain all tools relative to the assortment planning process
• Assist with projection management from initial pre-planning stage through line opening
• Ensure accuracy of all style information submitted to production/merchandising
• Define items in system to needed brand, season, and delivery
• Develop and update various tools for market prep to be used as selling tool for all account planning and sales meetings
• Various ad-hoc projects that will require a full understanding of product life cycle

Salary range: $20.6 – $42.85 hourly

• 1-2 years of apparel industry experience, preferred

• Ability to be flexible and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• High level of accuracy, detail orientation and organization skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Assertive and solution-oriented when faced with obstacles
• General understanding of customer, marketplace and product
• Basic understanding of the product lifecycle

• Retail Math
• Microsoft Excel / Word / Power Point