.The JobThe International Assistant Merchant is responsible for all aspects of support for a product category, including but not limited to category review support, promotional planning, show prep, retailer communication, SKU on-boarding, and maintenance and special projects as assigned.The International Assistant Merchant:- Executes the current year plan that has been laid out by the Merchant.- Responsible for all aspects of support for a product category- Assists with teams' responsibilities and projects, including category reviews, promotional planning processes, show preparation, retailer communication, SKU onboarding and maintenance, and special projects as assigned.- I expected to consider enterprise (International, Mexico and Leveraging ACE USA) impact with all decisions.What you'll do: Category Review Support- Support merchant in all phases of category review process.- Request and prepare all category analytics.- Participate in all aspects of vendor meeting prep, meetings, item selection, plan-o-gram build, marketing, and execution to retailers.- Maximize category wholesale margin.Promotional Planning Support- Support in organizing and securing all vendor marketing assessments.- Assist in solicitation of promotional items from vendors.- Assist with promotional item submission forms, target pricing, correction notices and AD proofingRetailer Communication- Support with daily retailer customer service.- Assist with communication to relay new programs, changes, or issues.Convention Planning Support- Assist in selecting and inviting vendors to attend semi-annual convention.- Lead prep of show materials including drop ship forms, as well as submission for convention promotional Skus.- Assist in planning merchant area theme and execution for respective categoryInventory/Supply Chain Support- Assist in diagnosing and resolving vendor service issues.- Assist in inventory planning for promotional items.- Lead processing of initial orders for new programs.Systems Support- Lead SKU on-boarding for department.- Lead all item master data and price changes.Product Development- Assist in solicitation of information, test reports and general information for new items.- Assist in the creation of packaging for new items.- Work with vendors and cross functional teams on new product development.Special Projects- Lead department and cross-functional projects as assigned.- Lead category refreshes (L1) guided by the International Merchant.What you will need: Competencies:- Ace International Assistant Merchant Competencies_- _ Product passion_ - Natural and fanatical curiosity around product and retail marketplace, demonstrated and put into action._- _ Strategic thinking _- has advanced business acumen to draw insights from gathered data._- _ Influencing _- Builds and leverages internal / external network (vendors, retailers, cross functional team members, etc.) to drive results and improve processes