Buying Trend Forecaster

Company Description
Flawless Style. Impeccable service. Always within reach: The Mint Julep Boutique is your one-stop shop for all things fashion.
At The Mint, we embrace variety in fashion and aim to meet the continually evolving style needs of our customers. From urban to classic, timeless to trendy, and workday to weekend, we recognize the necessities in a wardrobe and seek to always provide on-trend, transitional styles that are readily available. Our mission is to consistently surpass the expectations of engagement and connectedness that people have of boutiques, and to couple that with the best customer service around!
Located in beautiful Auburn, AL, our team is made up of enthusiastic individuals with big ideas and big hearts, passionate about our products and constantly pushing the boundaries. We love to inspire and to be inspired. We love our jobs, and we believe in hard work. Above all, we believe that work should be fun, and together, we have lots of it.
Job Description
At The Mint, we're looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Buying Trend Forecaster to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in our product development process. You will be responsible for researching, analyzing, and forecasting the latest trends for both women and girls in fashion, lifestyle, and culture. You will identify current and future trends, and share your insights with our design team in order to help inform our product offerings and ensure they remain on-trend.
We are looking for someone who is both knowledgeable and passionate about women's and girls' fashion, so if you think you have the perfect combination of skills and attitude for this role, we'd love to hear from you!
Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze, and predict future fashion trends with accuracy and insight
• Stay up-to-date on the fashion industry to understand and anticipate upcoming trends for both women and girls, as well as identify opportunities that can be capitalized upon
• Create a comprehensive, up-to-date monthly trend forecast, ensuring coverage of all relevant aspects such as styles, colors, materials, and details
• Provide high-resolution images for each trend, ensuring they are current and reflective of the latest market trends
• Present insights in a visually appealing and easy-to-understand format with our design team in order to help inform our product offerings and ensure they remain on-trend

Qualifications
We employ highly motivated people who work hard and love what they do. To be successful in this role, you must have a passion for fashion and a deep understanding of the fashion industry. You should have a keen eye for detail, excellent research skills, and the ability to think creatively and critically. Strong communication and presentation skills are essential, as well as the ability to work independently and collaborate with the team. You must also be a fast-paced worker and self-starter who can deliver under deadlines.
In addition to passion, excellence and a do-what-it-takes attitude, we have some specific qualifications that we are looking for in our Buying Trend Forecaster :

• Bachelor's Degree in fashion design, merchandising, or a related field
• 2+ years experience in fashion design, merchandising, or a related field
• Proven experience in trend forecasting, particularly within the fashion industry
• You should have a keen eye for detail, excellent research skills, and the ability to think creatively and critically
• Strong communication and presentation skills are essential, as well as the ability to work independently and collaborate with the team
• Excellent research skills and attention to detail
• Ability to consistently meet deadlines
• Familiarity with WGSN style reporting is highly desirable
• Ability to create visually compelling presentations
• Experience with graphic design tools to enhance the visual presentation of reports is highly desirable
• A portfolio showcasing previous trend forecasts or similar work is preferred

Additional Information
Working for The Mint Julep Boutique is not only fun and rewarding, our employees also enjoy fantastic benefits! A brand new corporate office, product discount, monthly catered lunch, health/ dental/ vision insurances, and 401k are a few of the perks we offer employees. We also create opportunities for growth and learning, and we strongly believe in developing each other as well as our company culture.
Certain dates are required during the year: week before Memorial Day and Memorial Day, week before Labor Day and Labor Day, week before/days leading up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and the week before/days leading up to Christmas.
The Mint Julep Boutique provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, or any other category protected under applicable law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
The Mint Julep Boutique is an equal employment opportunities (EEO) employer.
Pay: $60,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year
This job posting is being managed by Forrest Johnson Recruiting on behalf of The Mint Julep Boutique.