Job Description
The Site Merchandising team at Abercrombie & Fitch is responsible for translating company strategy, product and marketing initiatives into our growing international eCommerce business. Deliver experience strategies to support seasonal brand marketing, promotional campaigns & ongoing reactionary customer communications
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?
- Responsible for publishing and merchandising new products to domestic and international websites in collaboration with the Copywriter, Photo Studio & Merchant teams according to weekly floorset calendars and launch deadlines
- Validate staging website daily for data accuracy, categorization, strategic product vision and customer experience prior to deployment to production environment
- Optimize taxonomy, grid pages, sorting rules, product pages, recommendations, and search
- Execute weekly promotional strategies in partnership with Promo and Pricing teams through category creation and merchandising
- Collaborate with Product Channel Merchants, Marketing Strategy & Site Content teams to understand product strategies and bring seasonal wireframes to life digitally
- Coordinate with Testing and Analytics teams to execute A/B tests
- Participate in cross-functional meetings as the site expert of owned area, giving recommendations on site strategies, execution, and hindsight
- Support customer experience across mobile, desktop and app through technical features with a deep understanding of site functionality, including limitations and opportunities
- Communicate effectively with cross-functional partners (IT, Marketing, Site Content, etc.) to prioritize, mitigate, resolve, and report on production issues and causes
- Partner with site merchandising team to evolve merchandising tools based on business needs
- Work necessary off-hours including occasional weekends and holidays to support the business
WHAT WILL YOU NEED TO BRING?
- Bachelor's degree required
- Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
- 2-3 years of experience in Site Merchandising, Digital or Merchandising
- Passion for eCommerce, fashion retail and the A&F brands
- Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Excel & Teams applications
- Experience working with PIM, IBM WebSphere Commerce or similar eCommerce platforms
- Proven leadership experience and ability to thrive in team-based settings
- Self-motivated with the discipline to complete owned tasks independently
- Desire to take on the responsibility of running a portion of a multi-billion dollar business
- Ability to easily communicate technical requirements and creative ideas in a team environment
- Ability to balance between technical execution, customer analytics and the creative process
- Knowledge of merchandising techniques and best practices
- A superb eye for attention to detail, style, and composition