Merchandise Analyst, 12-month Fixed-term Contract - Vancouver, Canada - MEC Mountain Equipment Company

MEC Mountain Equipment Company

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

The Merchandise Analyst supports the merchant team within a buying group in achieving deliverables in all aspects of procuring product to better serve members and MEC. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Responsibilities and Duties

Issue purchase orders within OpentoBuy parameters; responsible for PO creation and follow up with vendors.
Review weekly PO status reporting, followup on outstanding PO confirmations, and late ASNs based on ship/DC dates.
Execute PO adjustments and cancellations based on information from vendors.
Review past cancel date POs for cancellations, reissuance/escalation.
Review and resolve inbound PO discrepancies, and product information discrepancies.
Responsible for gathering and inputting data; building, analyzing and maintaining reports to support merchandise decisions utilizing systems such as MMS & D36
Create and track vendor funded markdowns and credits.
Responsible for supporting merchants with assortment planning activities, such as product set up.
Support merchants with merchandise event/promotional execution including but not limited to item selection templates and marketing campaign templates.
Support the business on product recalls, entering pertinent information into the system for the business to act upon.
Assist merchant in setting up new vendors and assist in product set up through template completion with vendor and hand off to crossfunctional merchandise operation partners.
Assist merchant with running size sorting functions.
Assist merchant with price and PO changes as relates to DCR and adjustments from vendors.

Qualifications

Minimum Education Required: Bachelor's Degree
1 year administrative professional or related experience.
1 year experience using basic Microsoft Office functionality, but strong Excel skills considered a key asset.
Strong proactive and time management skills.
Strong analytical skills, ability to priorities and manage conflicting deadlines.
Strong communication skills, and ability to work in cross functional teams.
Experience with JDA and MMS is an asset.