Merchandising Intern

What's the Short Version?

The Merchandising Intern is responsible for supporting the Merchandising team during an 8 week program. The intern will assist the merchandising team with a wide range of product categories and tasks, providing administrative support while learning and participating in the full product creation process including Design, Merchandising, Development, Quality Assurance, Compliance, Color, and Demand Planning. During the 8-week period, the Merchandising Intern will create and present an original merchandising project for one or two chosen categories in apparel, headwear, or bags.

 

What Will You Be Doing?

• Research competitor and market offerings and compile documentation by building reference spreadsheets and compelling visual decks
• Support various merchandising product projects such as or market mood / fabric boards, identifying product assortment gaps/opportunities, and design briefs
• Assist merchant team with seasonal line plan building by executing research for overall fashion trends, historical business analysis, styling suggestions, pricing, etc,
• Assist in the preparation of samples for merchant presentations, customer visits, management meetings, etc
• Conduct a variety of general administrative tasks for the department or departments as assigned.
• Job shadow various members of the department and assist them as needed.
• Participate in intern cohort activities including: professional development workshops, warehouse tours, and meetings with leadership.
• May prepare correspondence, reports, documents and/or other written materials.
• May perform or support special projects.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all policies and standards.

 

What Are We Looking For?

• Currently working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Fashion, Merchandising, or related field
• Strong attention to detail, organizational, analytic, and problem-solving skills
• Strong desire to learn along with professional drive
• Ability to take direction and absorb information quickly
• Administrative skills which must include excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Responsive to staff needs, including professionalism, respect and consideration of others

 

What's Our Offer?

Pay: You`ll earn $21.39 on an hourly basis.

Paid Time Off: You`ll accrue paid time off on a weekly basis based on hours worked.

 

What Should You Expect?

Hybrid: SanMar's Eastpointe office is located in Issaquah, WA in the Seattle metropolitan area. Employees are required to work in our offices Tuesday through Thursday each week and additional days may be added based on business needs. Our standard working hours are 8:00-5:00 PST. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Work environment is moderately quiet. Ability to work on computer for multiple hours with frequent interruptions. Quarterly travel may be required.