Merchandising Business Office Assistant

Bring Your Amazing Self to Work

At Macy's, Inc. we're on a mission to create a brighter future with bold representation for all. This is our Mission Every One. We know that each person here is unique. So we respect and invest in each individual to create growth, pride, and satisfaction. If we are able to bring our whole selves to work, it translates into a more abundant and wider array of ideas and energy for all to benefit from. Our success will be built on amazing colleagues, working together.

 

Job Overview

The Assistant, Merchant Business Office, supports the Business Director and DMM in the merchandising organization to drive sales, margin, and turnover. They pull standard reports to assist with divisional marketing and reporting recaps. A fundamental requirement is their ability to build trust with teams and key collaborators.

 

What You Will Do

• Organize Marketing-related meetings to ensure timely preparation.
• Provide historical data for analyzing the productivity of advertised items, including advertising recaps.
• Manage the division calendar and ensure the team is aware of important deadlines.
• Execute corporate reporting for Merchandising leaders, including sending weekly business recaps and best sellers to the GMM and the team.
• Actively engage in market strategies to boost business performance.
• Prioritize decisions that benefit the company as a whole.
• Influence partners effectively to achieve desired outcomes.
• Continuously develop professionally through ongoing training and development.
• Innovate solutions for customer and company challenges.
• Foster open communication and value constructive debate to bring the best ideas forward.

 

Skills You Will Need

Analytical Skills: Ability to pull and analyze historical data for evaluating the productivity of advertised items and making informed decisions.

Organizational Skills: Proficiency in managing calendars, organizing meetings, and ensuring timely preparation to meet deadlines effectively.

Reporting and Communication Skills: Capable of executing corporate reporting for Merchandising leaders and communicating insights clearly through written and verbal means.

Decision Making and Influence: Ability to prioritize decisions for the benefit of the company, influence partners effectively, and tailor messages to gain support and commitment from others.

Innovative Thinking: Proactively seek innovative solutions for customer and company challenges, encouraging creative thinking within the team.

Risk Taking and Resilience: Comfortable with taking risks and celebrating risk-taking regardless of the outcome. Demonstrates resilience, tenacity, and high energy, able to bounce back rapidly from adversity.

Change Management: Embraces change with realistic optimism, persists through challenges and setbacks caused by change, and encourages the team to adapt to change effectively.

Collaboration and Relationship Building: Collaborative and consultative approach with a strong ability to establish trust and build relationships across all levels and functions of the organization.

 

Who You Are

• Dedicated to fulfilling ideals of diversity, inclusion, and respect that Macy’s aspires to achieve every day in every way.
• Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a related field are encouraged to apply. 2+ years of experience in retail or ecommerce buying or planning. 
• Regularly required to sit, talk, hear; use hands/fingers to touch, handle, and feel. Occasionally required to move about the workplace and reach with hands and arms. Requires close vision.
• Able to work a flexible schedule based on department and company needs.

 

What We Can Offer You

• An inclusive, challenging, and refreshingly fun work environment
• Competitive pay and benefits rooted in principles of equity
• Performance incentives and annual merit review
• Merchandise discounts
• Health and Wellness Benefits across medical, dental, vision, and additional insurance
• Retirement Savings Plan with 401k match opportunity
• Employee Assistance Program (mental health counseling and legal/financial advice)
• Resources for continuous learning, career growth, and leadership development
• 8 paid holidays
• Paid Time Off (first year prorated depending on start date)
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Guild education benefit funds 100% of tuition, books, an