The Role
This individual will be responsible to assist the Retail management team with all day to day aspects of the merchandise operations.
Company Overview:
Legends is a holistic agency that specializes in delivering solutions for legendary brands. We approach each project with our 360-degree service solution. Our Global Planning, Global Sales, and Hospitality service solutions collaborate on every project to ensure success across each of our six verticals including professional sports, collegiate, attractions, entertainment, international, and conventions.
Our intellectual property is our people. It's our expertise that makes up Legends. We know what it's like to be on the team, business, or athletic department side, which drives our passion in creating solutions for our partners. Collectively, our leadership has over 300 years of experience in sales and sponsorship, analytics and valuation, hospitality and operations.
Responsibilities:
This individual will be responsible to assist the Retail management team with all day to day aspects of the merchandise operations.
- Assist Retail Manager with weekly department scheduling, monitoring of department labor costs, budgets and forecasts.
- Verify sales reporting, cash handling and payroll accounting reports.
- Prepare various cost and operational reports.
- Assist with establishing yearly retail sales and profit goals, work on financial goals, cost of goods and profit plans.
- Coordinate mid-year and annual retail business plan.
- Maintain awareness of product trends, developments in merchandising and retail, hot and cold selling items, and maintain established relationships with vendors.
- Monitor and recommend suggestive selling programs with client interaction as required.
- Maintain retail operations supply inventory.
- Maintain and organize retail and retail signage fixture inventories.
- Evaluate and purchase suitable merchandise, based on guests’ and clients.
Qualifications:
- The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree with a minimum of two years Retail/Business Management or equivalent preferred, including minimum of one year of buying experience.
- Knowledge of merchandising/retail marketing strategies, good analytical business through process and problem solving skills.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to multi-task and prioritize in a deadline-oriented environment.
- RetailPro POS experience is preferred
- Must be detail-oriented and extremely organized with the ability to learn new programs and procedures quickly.
- Customer service oriented with the ability to interact with all levels of management.
- Must be proficient on Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Must be flexible to work extend hours due to business requirements including late nights, weekends and holidays.
- Must be able to work in a team environment.
Practice safe work habits, follow all safety policies and procedures and regulations, complete company-wide safety training and any additional job specific safety training.
Follow and encourage your team to follow all safety policies and procedures, including but not limited to looking for and reporting any unsafe work conditions, and complete company-wide safety training and any additional job specific safety training.
Report all safety incidents (injuries and illnesses) into the company’s risk management system (Origami Risk) on the same day that the safety incident has been reported to you.
Legends is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, or genetic information.