Merchandising and Product Assistant

Merchandising And Product Assistant

Are you ready to make a difference? About School Specialty : School Specialty is dedicated to transforming education for the better. Our success is fueled by a team of passionate innovators who are committed to making a positive difference in the lives of students. Are you ready to make an impact?

Job Summary : The Merchandising Assistant's main responsibilities focus around maintenance of item and supplier data integrity. Additionally, they are charged with supporting their Merchandise Manager in the day to day from new item creation, product assortments, re-sourcing or development of exclusive product, all the way through procurement.

Work Location : This will be an onsite role in our Greenville WI location.

Compensation Information : Hourly range of $18.00-$23.00 plus an annual incentive plan.

What you'll do :

• Creates accurate and complete engineering change orders (ECO's) for supplier / item information to ensure Oracle is updated accordingly
• Obtains all item data, including standard images and copy from suppliers and maintains all necessary Oracle fields.
• Provides necessary information for supporting necessary system data platforms.
• Reconciles item data to maintain accuracy.
• Maintains active components within Bill of Materials.
• Maintains data to track cost, status and supplier profiles.
• Resolves inquiries / issues with product by working with Merchandise Manager.
• Assist Merchandise Manager in tracking Supplier Agreements and returning signed copies to suppliers.
• Works with Merchandise Managers in areas such as supplier maintenance and communication, new product submissions, assortment evaluations, new product development, competitive assortment and pricing research, supplier meetings, etc.
• Assists the Bids & Quotes department with product knowledge and in finding alternate items as needed.

What we expect you to bring to the table :