Merchandise Assistant

**MERCHANDISE ASSISTANT

Our Values:** At Morris Furniture Company, our values represent our distinctive core beliefs-the Morris way of doing business. Our Mission is “Making Homes Great” and we bring our mission to life through our values of: Professionalism, Quality, Ownership, Collaboration, Integrity and Fun.

Purpose: The Merchandise Assistant is part of the Merchandising Team working collaboratively with the Buyer to ensure a strategic approach to purchasing quality in-demand goods being sold in our various showrooms. The Merchandise Assistant is responsible for various tasks including assisting the Buyer in the selection of items and accurate record keeping for all items ordered.

General Description of duties: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

• Process and follow-up on all pricing changes with accuracy
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date vendor lists
• Assist in creating a product assortment that meets different price points and customer needs
• Generate reports related to department meetings as needed
• Manage inventory transfers to ensure correct product placement and movement
• Communicate product information and updates to the Marketing and ECommerce departments
• Stay proactive with market and product trends to adjust the assortment as necessary
• Gather necessary product information for purchase orders
• Build strong relationships with store leaders to provide ongoing support for specific requests
• Develop and distribute sales materials to stores
• Execute company policies and procedures for vendor purchase orders
• Perform all other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Manage multiple, on-going, and high priority assignments at the same time
• Works as part of a collaborative team and works independently to accomplish given responsibilities
• Proficiency with Microsoft office and Excel
• Ability to travel to different company showrooms
• Develop and maintain strong cross-functional relationships

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Associates or Bachelor’s in related field preferred
• Experience in a retail environment preferred

Work Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, bend, twist, crouch, crawl, climb, use hands to finger, talk and hear. Specific visual abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus. Employee is occasionally required to lift, push, pull and/or move up to 100 pounds.

This job description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilites that are required of the employees.