Merchandiser, Promotional Products

The role

The Merchandiser is responsible for the creative vision, design direction, and development of client product assortments. This role translates brand strategy and market trends into products that align with client identity and customer base.

What you will do

• Participate in Assortment Analysis meetings and pre-assortment strategy discussion.
• Serve as a brand steward by developing knowledge of client guidelines and aesthetic standards.
• Drive creative direction for graphics, embellishments, and packaging.
• Ensure art assets, decoration methods, labeling, and product details align with brand standards.
• Present product concepts and creative rationale to internal and external teams.
• Translate trends into creative, market relevant product.
• Negotiate, build and source strategic and profitable product assortments.
• Select color standards within seasonal color stories.
• Review tech packs and lab dips for accuracy and communicate approvals.
• Attend fit reviews for pre-production and TOP samples.

Required qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of retail buying, product development, merchandising or planning experience.
• Fluency in MS Office suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Experience initiating, recommending, and implementing merchandise strategies.
• Strong understanding of and ability to apply market intelligence.
• Understanding of retail and the service environment.
• Experience identifying and interpreting product trends.
• Experience analyzing and applying consumer data.
• Track record of building profitable assortment plans.
• Skilled at cross functional influence.
• Experience working with accounts or retail stores to deliver profitable and relevant assortments.
• Works and communicates effectively with cross divisional leadership.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s Degree in Merchandising, Buying, Marketing preferred, or equivalent combination of work and experience.
• Custom cut and sew experience a plus.
• Experience developing custom hard goods/soft goods is a plus.
• Smartsheet experience a plus.
• PLM/Oracle experience a plus.

Benefits

• robust PTO
• vacation
• a paid volunteer day
• holidays
• summer Fridays
• medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance
• 401k
• tuition reimbursement
• mental health and financial wellness programs
• professional development opportunities

Before you apply

• Must live within commuting distance from the Woodinville, WA office to be onsite 4 days a week.
• Must be 18 years or older to apply.

About the company

BDA is a global Merchandise Agency. They create branded merchandise experiences that connect people to the brands they love.