Location: Midwest
Category: Apparel, base layer, active
Hybrid (3-4 days in office)
Our client has a rich history, great tenure and continues to grow! Work in a fun, face paced, and family-oriented work environment. Enjoy work life balance. This company cares about their employees, customers and the quality of their product.
Summary:
The Merchant position is responsible for developing and executing merchandising strategies that ensure the continued growth of the business.
Job Description:
Business analytics: Consistently drives sales performance by analyzing sales and assortment along with competitors’ assortments, pricing and catalog/web presentations. Use analysis to recommend with confidence the optimal product, pricing, and promotional strategies to Design and Marketing.
Product Selection and Communication: Selects assortment, colors and sizing that are consistent with the brands and based on financial history, customer votes, competitive landscape, and emerging trends. Communicates and influences this product strategy to Design and Marketing partners.
Inventory Management: Partners with Inventory Planning to rank and forecast products based on history, customer feedback, inventory turn, and customer service goals. In addition, monitors inventory levels to determine timing of price changes, sales, and clearance.
Market Knowledge: Builds a broad knowledge base of the relevant competitor’s products, pricing, and promotional strategies. Collaborates with design to ensure this knowledge is incorporated into design strategy
Vendor Relationship Management: Builds ‘win-win’ relationships with all suppliers working collaboratively with sourcing by clearly communicating needs and goals and by quantifying and confidently asking for what is needed from each vendor.
Pricing: Determines item pricing based on a combination of financial goals using both margin goals and pricing landscape with the competition. Cost engineering garments and pricing with perceived value between products.
Quality: Collaboratively works with Product Development team to ensure that all products meet or exceed the customer’s needs and expectations.
Qualifications:
Bachelors degree or equivalent
5 to 7 years buying or merchandising experience
Demonstrated success in managing and growing a business
Strong analytical skills, understanding of financial metrics and understanding of business development
Highly developed communication skills
Demonstrated ability to work effectively cross-functionally and to influence ideas internally
Demonstrates strong leadership skills
Interested? Click here to apply. Please include job code M-MPR0124