Senior Retail Merchandisers/Buyers @ L.L.Bean, Inc. (Freeport, ME)

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:59:15 GMT

Company: L.L.Bean, Inc.
Location: Freeport, ME

Description:

L.L.Bean is expanding its retail presence across the country! Come join our team and be part of our success.

A career at L.L.Bean is everything you want your job to be: high energy, rewarding and personally satisfying. As a result of our growing retail presence across the country, our Retail Home Office has exciting professional opportunities for Sr. Retail Merchandisers/Buyers.

Based at our corporate location in Freeport, Maine, our Sr. Merchandisers/Buyers are responsible for the development and execution of the assortment plans as well as specific categories for both softgoods and hardgoods. Additional responsibilities include cross-functional tasks associated with forecasting and visual presentation to meet both brand and financial goals for the assigned area. Other responsibilities will include:

· Developing the most compelling, competitive assortment for each store for each floor set/season.
· Assuming responsibility for top line sales and bottom line margin.
· Creating merchandising vision for each floor set/season to turn over to the Visual team.
· Participating in strategic planning for assigned areas.
· Taking a lead role with other Merchandisers in teaching, training, and coaching on job-related skills.

The successful candidate possesses 5+ years’ retail merchandising experience and holds a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Strong financial management acumen, inventory management experience and product development expertise are also necessary.
If you possess excellent oral and written communication skills, are a creative problem solver, and thrive in a fast-paced environment where managing multiple priorities and deadlines is the norm, we’d love to hear from you.

We recognize the importance of diversity in creating a better world and a stronger organization. L.L.Bean is an equal opportunity employer.

To Apply:

http://www.llbean.com/customerService/employment/

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Senior Retail Merchandisers/Buyers @ L.L.Bean, Inc. (Freeport, ME)