Assistant Merchant, Canada

At Bath & Body Works, everyone belongs. We are committed to creating a culture of belonging focused on delivering exceptional fragrances and experiences to our customers. We focus on recruiting, retaining, and advancing top talent. In addition, we work to improve our communities and our planet to help the world live more fully.

The Assistant Merchant is responsible for supporting the development and management of Canada strategies to grow the business on a consistent, profitable basis for Bath and Body Works Canada. The Assistant Merchant aids in the creation of these strategies and tactics based on a deep understanding of the Canada business, target customer and the competition. They will assist in the delivery of sales and profit growth by owning promotional pricing and cadence execution across stores and direct, managing assortment and SKU product lifecycle, analyzing performance to support key brand priorities and/or initiatives, and supporting in-store and online product launches.

Responsibilities
• Works with Senior Merchant to develop clear strategies and tactics to drive volume, customer engagement and profit for the Canada business
• Actively analyze the business to provide significant insights into performance – assessing category and customer
• Assist the creation of internal presentations to executives and cross-functional teams, from concept brainstorming to drafting documents to preparing meeting materials
• Responsible for owning and ensuring the precision of in-season/core assortment roadmaps
• Assist in meeting preparation, report evaluation and analysis.
• Assistant merchants are expected to share their POV and recommendations based on current results and category strategy
• Research the competition: understanding other retailer’s assortment, pricing, and promotional strategy
• Visit stores regularly to proactively solicit feedback from customers and sales associates
• Curiosity to move processes and workflows forward, driving efficiencies and speed to eliminate redundancies and enhance agility
• Seen as the category guide and “go to” person by their cross-functional partners
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align SKU inclusion lists to business strategy, coordinating assets and marketing against product inclusions, and resolve SKU pricing and retail discrepancies
• Ensure accurate pricing/digit execution and communication to cross functional partners
• Participate in promotional alignment meetings, implement timely and clear calendar changes, and relay communication needs across all teams to ensure execution
• Manage all attributing information within Centric (dual-pathed in the Assortment Database), governing product lifecycles, channel ownership, reporting classifications, and downstream systems such as InRiver and RELEX
• Relay floorset phasing to partners across stores and web so inventory and plans reflect accurate timing, and monitor lifecycle edits from US roadmaps to make associated changes in the Assortment Database and Centric
• Manage and maintain BOPIS eligibility during non-SAS and SAS timeframes

• Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience

• Lead with Curiosity & Humility
• Build High Performing Teams for Today & Tomorrow
• Influence & Inspire with Vision & Purpose
• Observe, Engage & Connect
• Strive to Achieve Operational Excellence
• Deliver Business Results

• Robust medical, pharmacy, dental and vision coverage. Plus, access to our onsite wellness center and pharmacy located at the Columbus, OH home office.
• 401k with company match and Associate Stock Purchase program with discount
• No-cost mental health and wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Opportunity for paid time off and paid parental leave. Plus, access to family and lifestyle programs including a family building benefit, childcare discounts, and home, auto and pet insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement and scholarship opportunities for post-secondary education programs
• 40% merchandise discount and gratis that encourages you to come back to your senses!