Merchandising Analyst 1

About the Role

The Merchandising Analyst 1 is an entry-level role supporting the merchandising team in building and maintaining product assortment, pricing, and performance evaluation. This role focuses on developing foundational knowledge of category economics, item setup, and reporting while executing tasks accurately and on time.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluates quotes, supports sourcing decisions, and completes accurate new item setup with strong documentation and data integrity.
• Conducts industry, category, brand, item, and customer trend research to identify early insights and support merchant decision-making.
• Pulls and summarizes performance data to support negotiations, including category, brand, item-level, margin, freight, allowance, and rebate analysis.
• Prepares negotiation materials, summary insights, and recommendations for merchant review.
• Supports vendor initiatives by managing timelines, trackers, status updates, follow-ups, RFQ development, basic product testing, and vendor/product trainings.
• Executes Cost to Serve and pricing strategy support by pulling standard reporting, evaluating financial target metrics, and flagging low-margin, low-velocity, or pricing misalignment opportunities.
• Creates initial shopping documents and annotations for Operations to support accurate execution.
• Executes web enhancements and coordinates with Web Content to optimize category experience while following brand guidelines for launches and product improvements.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups)
• High attention to detail and organizational skills
• Basic understanding of eCommerce platforms and product lifecycle
• Communicates clearly and professionally within internal teams; asks questions early and seeks feedback
• Provides timely status updates to merchant or analyst lead
• Limited supplier communication, typically tactical and supervised
• Demonstrates reliability and consistency in deliverables; escalates issues appropriately

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed while sitting/standing and interfacing with a personal computer.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing.
• Requires the regular use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
• Requires occasional bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, and reaching.
• Requires the ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull medium weights, up to 50lbs.

Remote Work Qualifications

• Access to a reliable and secure high-speed internet connection (Cable or fiber internet connections preferred: at least 75mbps download/10mbps upload).
• Access to a home router and modem.
• A dedicated home office space that is noise- and distraction-free, with a strong wireless connection or a wired Ethernet connection (wired preferred).
• A valid, physical address (PO Boxes are not supported).
• The desire and ability to work and communicate with other team members via chat, webcam, etc.
• Legal residents of: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, or WY.
• W2 only. H-1B Visa Sponsorship Not Available.

Education

This role does not require a degree.