Merchandise Controller | Temporary

Job description

External Requisition Header Required. Your surprise is waiting! Explore career opportunities at Marshalls, where we strive to provide opportunities for growth, recognition and work-life balance. Marshalls delivers customers great value on ever-changing selections of brand name and designer fashion at prices generally 20%-60% below department and specialty store regular prices on comparable merchandise, every day. With over 1,000 stores nationwide, it’s a great time to join the Marshalls team.

 

Bridgewater-886: Merchandise Controller

Job Summary

Acts as a liaison between the Distribution center and Home Office Merchandising Department by representing the interests of Merchandising and Planning and Allocation and properly conveying that information to production departments with the DC.  Ensures merchandise is effectively inspected, checked to see that all merchandise meets the company value requirements for fashion, quality and brand.

Responsibilities

·  Ensures merchandise meets purchase order specifications.
·  Ensures that merchandise is seasonally appropriate for regions/stores serviced by the Bridgewater DC.
·  Proactively addresses Vendor Compliance issues and opportunities in the way Vendors pack, ticket and ship merchandise
·  Ensures that merchandise is of the correct value to our customers in terms of fashion, quality, price and brand.
·  Challenges Marmaxx retail price and ensures that “compare 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 process.
·  Ensures merchandise meets federal requirements such as fiber content, labeling, care, and country of origin.
·  Ensures appropriate placement of logos, graphics, and hangtags on merchandise being sent to our stores.
·  Identifies poor pack size breaks or lumps of sizes/colors and communicates to Planning to adjust pack size.
·  Evaluates merchandise received that was not ordered and assigns appropriate description and retail in conjunction with planning.
·  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 (SCAN and mainframe) 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.
·  Attend quarterly store visits and present information gathered.
·  Facilitate and/or aid with all required merchandising classes such as unveiling best practice updates, evolving merchandising procedures and requirements.
·  Understand impact vs. intent and adjusts communication style to achieve optimal outcome.
·  Comprehends the implication of their actions to the company’s bottom line as it relates to shrink and profit.
·  Ensures that damaged/problem merchandise and RTV’s are identified and processed according to established guidelines.
·  Ensures proper handling and timely execution of LPR’s.
·  Collaborates with operations to resolve issues centered around overages/shortages.
·  Identifies and communicates proper receiving, handling and routing of other DC’s merchandise.
·  Actively engage with and support production to facilitate the necessary resources to ensure we actualize our DC’s mission statement on a daily basis: “The right merchandise to the right store, at the right time...damage free.”
·  Monitor progress toward a solution in order to keep merchandise flow moving through the lanes.
·  Must be willing to complete other tasks as deemed by management.

 

Requirements

 

·  Minimum formal education, if any, required to perform this job Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent job experience.
·  Minimum job skills required to perform this job (for example: programming languages, strong interpersonal skills, computer software packages)
·  Strong organizational and time management skills as well as flexibility and ability to prioritize
·  Strong PC skills including Microsoft Office and Microsoft Outlook.
·  Strong problem solving and negotiation skills in addition to strong oral and written communication skills
·  Displays strong follow through skills to resolve problems in a timely manner.
·  Utilizes active listening skills to effectively communicate at all levels.

 

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You can also feel good knowing that Marshalls is part of The TJX Companies, Inc., a Fortune 100 company and the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide. Our retail chains include TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Sierra, Winners, Homesense and T.K. Maxx.
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Nearest Secondary Market: Virginia
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