Site Merchandising Assistant - Brand Specialist

About:

Bloomingdale's makes fashion personal and fun, aspirational yet approachable. Our mission is to guide and inspire our customers to make style a source of creative energy in their lives. We will always strive to make Bloomingdale's like no other store in the world. Everyone plays a critical role to bring our mission to life. Regardless of position, we believe all colleagues have a voice and access to share their thoughts with every level of leadership. Our colleagues are passionate, driven, entrepreneurial and collaborative. We welcome and embrace diversity of background, thought and opinion while having a lot of fun along the way.

Job Overview:

The Assistant Site Merchandise Manager is a central role on the Bloomingdale's Site Merchandising & Optimization team, responsible for executing merchant strategies online. The Assistant Site Merchandise Manager will help optimize website merchandising, navigation and content execution in order to support conversion and sales plans.

Essential Functions:

• Oversee on-site navigation and attribution of products within your family of business
• Set-up and test website landing pages and banners to ensure proper display and linking across devices (desktop/tablet, mobile web and mobile app)
• Create, sequence and maintain curated online product assortments to visually represent and support key merchandising trends
• Set-up and test website promotions to ensure proper offer functionality pre and post-launch
• Track products featured in marketing exposures to ensure availability for purchase
• Use Core metrics analytics platform to monitor traffic, engagement and conversion across key categories and brands
• Provide data-driven recommendations to improve online messaging & merchandising execution
• Monitor and maintain the quality of search results for your family of business and core brands
• Monitor and maintain online cross-sells and upsells for your family of business and core brands
• Support digital marketing execution by implementing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) recommendations and assisting Search and Affiliate teams with linking support
• Assist Merchandising Managers with competitive analyses to stay current on industry trends

Qualifications and Competencies:

• We encourage candidates with either a bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in a related field to apply
• 1-2 years direct experience

• Practices open and continuous communication, values keeping others informed, effectively presenting information in a clear, concise manner
• Excellent leadership, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across functional lines and at many levels
• Ability to think creatively, strategically and technically
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on department and Company needs
• Knowledge of MS Office computer programs are required