Business, Supply Chain & Logistics

Minneapolis, United States | Posted on 10/30/2026

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Our worldwide brand leader client in the plush industry is hiring for an exciting Merchant - Associate position in their Minneapolis office. They are looking for a detail-oriented merchandising professional with sharp critical thinking and collaboration skills. This role is hybrid being in the office M, W, TH and opportunity to work from home T and F unless there is an occasional business need.

This is such an exciting organization to be a part of!

Associate Merchant will assist in the overall business performance of defined category or seasons and develop key relationships with both internal and external stakeholders– will partner with Senior Merchant / Director of merchandising. This role will support the execution of product line business plans and meet company and seasonal financial goals. The Associate Merchant will be responsible for meeting sales and margin goals for a season, calendar adherence, and overall ownership of assigned seasons.

The Associate Merchant is someone with a strong desire to grow and contribute knowledge and skills in the industry andwho enjoys team collaboration. While focusing on internal execution, the Associate Merchant must be knowledgeable and have good awareness at the retailer and consumer level. They will partner with Senior Merchants to develop a product line that represents the brand and is aligned with the merchandise strategy for each delivery.

The Associate Merchant will be responsible for their own seasonal category. They will demonstrate a high energy leveland be a self-starter and a team player.

• Utilize the Merchant Process to ensure allcross-functional partners and leadership team are aligned to the seasonal modelline being produced.
• Work with internal and teams for product concepts,branding and create various product and seasonal line assortments that meet the overall business goals, product strategy and profitability
• Facilitate seasonal meetings with the team to ensure key milestone deliverables are met
• Support Senior Merchant/Merchant with out of season –urgent requests/opportunities from sales team – building presentations andother tasks as assigned
• Understands the competitive marketplace product andtrends – has a pulse on where the market is moving – outlines formats, colors,materials, and fabrics- compiles and communicates findings and opportunities
• Directly involved in all aspects of product development from initial concept, sampling through sourcing, price negotiations and execution to meet TNA and deadlines
• Develops model line summaries that enable thecross-functional team to fully understand consumer/customer needs and deliverables and associated tactical plans that provide direction tocross-functional partners on “how” to execute strategy
• Accountable for the model line assortment, ensures BOMaccuracy on all materials/specifications, and GM’s and growing the category/season
• Presentation offormats & creative direction for product-to-product Core, Fashion, Trend –as well as SKU rankings – will partner with Assortment Planner to ensurebalance amongst the line
• Fabric optimization – ensures that core fabrics are used across not only the seasonal line, but also the entire brand portfolio –
• SKU Rationalization– reduction of the long tail SKU’sthat are not generating enough GM
  -or hitting MOQ’s – will be responsible for creating new SKUs that hit the GM’s and MOQ’s - Presents and communicates the seasonal product lines or category to internal management, stakeholders, as well asretailers.
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