Assistant Merchant

Ace Hardware
📍 Oak Brook, IL, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 08, 2026

Job Description

**The Job**

As an **Assistant Merchant,** you are 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 position is designed as a support role, as well as development step in all aspects of the buying department to prepare a candidate for full category responsibility as a Merchant I.

**The Assistant Merchant:**

+ Executes the current year plan that has been laid out by the Merchant
+ Is 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.
+ Is expected to consider enterprise (retail, EJD, international) impact with all decisio...

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Job Details

  • Location Oak Brook, IL
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category other-general
  • Posted Date June 08, 2026
  • Application Deadline June 13, 2026