PIM Assistant - Entry Level
Purpose of Position:
The PIM Administrator will assist in analyzing and optimizing online merchandising, and will be accountable for gathering, entering, maintaining, and monitoring core product data to ensure compliance with policies and data quality requirements. This position interacts cross-functionally with Buying, Planning, Marketing and Technology, focusing on the continuous improvement of existing procedures and protocols around data management operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist in building and merchandising product assortment based on company guidelines and customer first mindset
- Continuous product presentation improvements including short, long descriptions, key features, photography, and restriction codes
- Work with vendors to gather relevant product content
- Maintain site integrity by executing daily content refreshes
- Coordinate with Buying, Planning and Marketing teams to ensure promotional readiness
- Analyze data daily to optimize the customer experience and make suggestions/take action to improve conversion rate
- Understand categorical seasonality and customer buying trends
- Create, maintain, and improve the item master database by reviewing the item requests, creating new items, or adjusting the settings of existing item numbers in a timely manner
- Execute plans and procedures to improve existing item master processes
- Proactively monitor and control data quality. Identify item related problems and issues and offer insights and recommendations based on these findings
- Ensure new data elements are not duplications of existing core data elements
- Ensure timely inactivation of obsolete data elements
- Work with business process owners in defining standard operating procedures, process flows, and related documentation for all master data
- Assign items to the appropriate store organizations
- Maintain the “Approved Supplier List” throughout the product life-cycle
- Maintain and report on items and assist with order entry as needed by the business
- Create and distribute business analysis spreadsheets
- All other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Strong 10-key experience
- Proficiency of Microsoft Office software, with advanced proficiency in Excel
- Excellent ability to problem-solve and analyze data to make solid business critical decisions and/or recommendations
- Excellent organization and prioritization skills with the ability to deliver expected outcomes with a sense of urgency
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong analytical skills, detail-oriented and extremely organized
- Strong problem-solving skills with a penchant for action and enthusiasm to learn and improve business processes
- Experience analyzing an assortment of data sources
- Experience writing product descriptions
- Love of outdoor products is a plus
Education/Experience:
- Associate’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing or relevant field preferred
- A minimum of 2 years of experience in marketing and/or eCommerce preferred
Travel Requirements:
This position does not require travel.
Sportsman’s Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer.