Buck Mason
Planning, Merchandising and Visual
PlanningandMerchantOperationsAssociate
“Planning and Merchant Operations Associate at Buck Mason. Skills: merchandising, buying, planning, data analysis, reporting, process management, cross-functional coordination, vendor/stakeholder management, operational metrics, resource planning, continuous improvement. Support buying/planning managers in building and maintaining seasonal buy sheets, line lists, and assortment plans. Prep materials for line reviews, and seasonal hand-offs — pulling decks, taking notes, owning follow-ups”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure all product information is aligned and updated; keep timelines on track; every style is correctly built in our systems before POs go out the door; recurring weekly and monthly reports on sell-through, in-stock position, on-order, and core KPIs; surface trends and anomalies in the data
Industry & Context.
looks past the numbers and asks "why"
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
2-4 years of experience in merchandising, buying, planning, or merchandising operations (relevant internships count), Excel skills — pivot tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, comfortable working with large data sets, Detail-oriented to a fault — you catch the typo, the missing SKU, the wrong delivery date, Organized and able to juggle multiple workstreams without dropping the ball, Clear written and verbal communicator who knows how to ask the right questions, Passion for product, process, and the Buck Mason brand
Nice to Have
Exposure to PLM, ERP, or inventory management systems is a willingness to learn is a must
What You'll Do.
Support buying/planning managers in building and maintaining seasonal buy sheets
Prep materials for line reviews
and seasonal hand-offs — pulling decks
Maintain product information across merchandising systems (style numbers
Partner with product development
design and production team to ensure all product information is aligned and updated across all chase missing information to keep timelines on track
and maintain purchase orders with accuracy on styles
and communicate updates to cross-functional teams
Own SKU setup — making sure every style is correctly built in our systems before POs go out the door
Build and distribute recurring weekly and monthly reports on sell-through
Pull ad-hoc data for the merchandising team — best/worst sellers
Help maintain the merchandising calendar and flag at-risk milestones
Surface trends and anomalies in the data — we want someone who looks past the numbers and asks "why"
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with product development, design and production team; communicate updates to cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Clear written and verbal communicator; knows how to ask the right questions
Process & Methodology
juggling multiple workstreams without dropping the ball, maintain the merchandising calendar and flag at-risk milestones
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