Senior Assistant Merchant (Buyer)

Brand Overview

At maurices, we're all about feel-good fashion for real life. We're committed to our service with style promise and to offering affordable fashion that takes women from workday to weekendand all of life's adventures in between. With inclusive sizing from 024, maurices is known for versatile styles across key categories like denim, dresses, tops, and more. We've been doing this since 1931, and today you'll find us in over 800 communities across North America and online at maurices.com. At maurices, it's more than clothes - it's where fun, friendship and fashion come together! We believe in putting people first and that starts with you. We're a collaborative team that leads with kindness, values authenticity, stays curious, and moves with agility. We work smart, have fun, and support one another in a generously flexible environment that empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. We're headquartered in the heart of Duluth, Minnesota overlooking the beautiful shores of Lake Superior. Our original hometown offers the perfect blend of natural beauty, four-season adventure, and a vibrant college town atmosphere.

Position Overview

The Senior Assistant Merchant is responsible for supporting the Merchant or Sr. Merchant in creation and execution of omni-channel product strategy and collaborating cross-functionally to ensure execution that drives sales and margin aligned with the company's targets.

Key Responsibilities:

Business and Strategy

• Participates in the development of seasonal objectives for department by coordinating with cross-functional partners
• Develops seasonal line plans to architect assortment that aligns with the company's financial goals and needs of the business, including but not limited to pyramid and Average Unit Cost (AUC)
• Has fundamental working knowledge of financial reports and utilizes them to analyze business and provide strategic reaction plans to the Merchant or Sr. Merchant

Product

• Collaborates to build compelling assortments that drive sales and margin goals while delighting the customer
• Has full understanding of Product Life Cycle and its deliverables
• Assists Merchant or Sr. Merchant to create seasonal testing strategies
• Collaborates cross-functionally to deliver consistency in execution of great profitable product that upholds our value proposition
• Audit the site to ensure all content is correct so it is accurately depicted to the customer

Collaboration & Development

• Works with driving cross-functional communication and motivating the team to be customer-focused, innovative, fast and team-oriented
• Works closely with the merchandise coordinator on data entry and product information to ensure accuracy for associate/customer facing materials in all channels and accuracy of reporting
• Acts a key omni channel liaison between design, technical design, sourcing, planning, allocation, site, and marketing partners
• Exhibits company values and leadership principles

Education/Skills and Experience Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree preferably in business, retail merchandising, or fashion merchandising

Experience:

• 1-4 years in merchant roles

Skills/Traits/Personal Characteristics:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in conflict management and problem solving
• Intimate understanding of competition, target customer, and brand specific fashion trends
• Ability to innovate change through visionary thinking
• Flexibility and resiliency; comfortable working in "grey areas" that are constantly changing
• Entrepreneurial spirit with strong analytical, decision-making, and organizational skills
• Adapts to a fast-paced environment where change is constant, and communication is key

Location

Corporate Office-maurices-Duluth, MN 55802

Position Type

Regular/Full time

Pay Range:

Annual Salary: $60,000.00 - $70,000.00

This position is eligible for an annual incentive compensation based on company performance.

How We Work: Our Smart Work program pairs the best of in?person collaboration with the flexibility to work remotely, guided by business needs and the nature of each role. Corporate associates work at least three days a week in our offices, with teams setting core days to brainstorm, build relationships, and move work forward. The goal is simple: help you do your best work, stay connected to your team, and maintain healthy work?life balance.

What We Offer: We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your health, financial security, and work-life balance. Full-time associates are eligible for a suite of benefits. Choice of three medical plans, including a PPO plan or High-Deductible plans. High-Deductible plans offer the option of a Health Savings Account, with employer contribution.

Additional benefits include Dental, and Vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare and Dependent Care), Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage, Voluntary Life, Spouse, and Child Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability coverage. maurices provides, at no cost to our associates, Basic Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability coverage, access to our Wellbeing platform with Personify Health, and an Employee Assistance Program available for associates and their families. After 6 months of employment, you may be eligible for our 401(k), which offers an immediately vested Safe Harbor matching contribution. maurices supports continued education with our Tuition Assistance program, available after 1 year of employment.

Associates also have access to PTO benefits, including vacation (with accrual or flexible options based on role), annual sick time awards, holiday pay, and two weeks of New Parent Leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement. We offer continuous opportunities for learning, connection building through Associate Resource Groups and for our Duluth based associates, free access to a state-of-the-art onsite Fitness Facility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Company is committed to hiring and developing the most qualified people at all levels. It is our policy in all personnel actions to ensure that all associates and potential associates are evaluated on the basis of qualifications and ability without regard to sex (including pregnancy), race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability that can reasonably be accommodated without undue hardship, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. We do not discriminate in any of our employment policies and practices. All associates are expected to follow these principles in all relationships with other associates, applicants, or others with whom we do business.