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Merchandise Specialist

KOHLS

Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 • Full Time • 9/8/2025

About the Role

As Merchandise Specialist you will be responsible for Buying Office activities including style setup, purchase order creation and sample coordination. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors to ensure day-to-day office tasks are completed and items are placed on site and displayed correctly.

What You’ll Do

  • Work with K-Link Team to identify attribute due dates, facilitate vendor attribution in K-Link and on-time Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) of orders

  • Create, maintain and submit purchase orders for processing

  • Edit and import purchase orders before shipment of goods

  • Manage Buying Office samples (including tagging, organizing and purging) for advertising, marketing or vendor meetings 

  • Ensure samples are submitted to item production team and live on site

  • Leverage sample tracker tool and manage On Hand Not on Site (OHNO) report to communicate effectively with the office, and locate and activate missing items on the website

  • Communicate and follow up with Vendor and Product Development teams regarding missing samples

  • Communicate with Vendors and Product Development about buy plans

  • Work with the buying team to validate the accuracy and completeness of buy plans

  • Communicate with Direct Ship Vendors about Delivery Schedule Numbers (DSNs)

  • Work with the buy team to submit buy plans to K-Link team 

  • Build relationships with vendors and internal business partners to support buying teams

  • Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

Required

  • Adept problem-solving abilities

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills and excellent attention to detail

  • Preferred

  • Ability to learn new technologies and train others 

  • Capability to assume a project-based role

  • Change agent, ability to influence peers to adopt new processes and technologies