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Retail Merchandising Manager

Careers Integrated Resources Inc New York, NY (Onsite) Contractor
Title: Retail Merchandising Manager
Location: New York NY - hybrid (2 to 3 days in office)

Contract: 5 Months and Possibility of Extension
Pay Rate - $52.00/hour on W2


Specific Skills Needed:
Top 3-5 mandatory and/or minimum requirements:
• Excel hard user
• Finance basic
• Power BI

GENERAL FUNCTION
The Retail Merchandising Sr Manager for AFA is responsible for the buying strategy, assortment and allocation for Apparel, Footwear, and Accessories for stores and Vaults.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Partner with Global AFA team and Global AFA category team to work on collection development by sharing Retail NA needs
• Develop assortment strategies and lead the buying and allocation end to end process for Retail NA stores in partnership with global teams.
• Responsible for sharing the Smart Shopper assortment with global team
• Partner with VM on the AFA drop to coordinate field teams activities
• Lead product buying debrief with leadership and field teams as well as product knowledge materials.
• Partner with Distribution Center to build the drop calendar, manage and allocate the AFA drops quantity and guarantee the right replenishment levels
• Creates an efficient communication process between assortment execution team, Global AFA team, Global AFA category team and maintain good relationship with both sides.
• Trouble shot product masterdata problems by partnering with masterdata team
• Lead/coordinate AFA cross functional activities and projects with other leaders within the organization
• Support projects that impact inventory movements (obsolete, NRR, stores to stores, reporting, etc. along with needed cross functional partners
• Partner with Operation and Finance to deliver recurring requests (i.e. labor hours estimate, exclusion list)
• Support cross functional department with ad hoc product request (samples, events, PR) and brief requests
• Build and Manage reporting on performance and inventory
• Lead reoccuring AFA product performance meetings
• Manage End of season sales and markdown related activities

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in retail, finance, marketing or related fields
• Working knowledge of Planning, Buying and Merchandising principles
• Proficient computer skills, Excel, merchandising and planning systems (DPM, RPAS, Planning Files, AFS1, and FMS1)
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and system
• Finance and accounting principles, able to communicate financial plans and results from a merchandise perspective
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills - able to extract conclusions from available data
• 5+ years’ work experience in retail planning, buying or merchandising

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience working international teams and projects

Experience in buying and Apparel Industry

Top 3-5 mandatory and/or minimum requirements:
• Excel hard user
• Finance basic
• Power BI

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience working international teams and projects Experience in buying and Apparel Industry
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Job Snapshot

Employee Type

Contractor

Location

New York, NY (Onsite)

Job Type

Management

Experience

Not Specified

Date Posted

05/13/2026

Job ID

26-11500

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