Senior Merchandise Manager: Living Room & Office Furniture

Job Title

Job Scope: Exempt jobs (job codes SSC1169 72) are responsible for managing profit and loss for assigned merchandise assortment(s).

Job Description

Essential Job Duties:

• Assists with the development and execution of strategic merchandise plans to maximize product sales and manages profit and loss for each merchandise assignment. Ensures that merchandise plans are aligned and compliment overall Merchandising business plans and strategies.
• Gathers earnest and industry trade data acquired from various sources, including trade shows, along with customer, competitor, market, financial, and operational data. Translates that information into executable and effective market intelligence reporting. Analyzes overall product demand forecasting future merchandise demand and product need.
• Evaluates vendor capabilities as merchandise suppliers and selects those best suited to compliment the company's merchandising strategies. Develops and grows business relationships with supplier/vendors.
• Recommends changes in procurement processes to improve service, quality, and/or reduce costs. Creates executable inventory plans and vets opportunities for new business.
• Evaluates vendor reliability and develops new supply sources where vendors/suppliers are no longer competitive. Improves or increases merchandise assortments and executes merchandising plans that are profitable by managing quality, sourcing, and delivery.
• Assists in defining product and distribution standards for assigned merchandise assortment(s) and assesses the capabilities of suppliers/partners to meet those standards. Monitors supplier performance and reconciles quality and/or fulfillment concerns to ensure quality standards are consistently met.
• Monitors associated merchandising costs, performance schedules, and cope of assigned contracts/subcontracts to ensure customers are getting the best quality at the best value.
• Collaborates with management to address all profit and loss issues.
• Collaborates with various cross-functional teams in support of the execution of merchandising strategies.
• Collaborates with Marketing to create promotional/campaign calendars and provides insights for campaigns.
• Follows prescribed legal guidelines and requirements.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5-8 years of merchandising experience in Lifestyle classifications with 3+ years of management experience.
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Must have proven ability to collaborate with others to understand and complete project goals.
• Must have excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communications skills and be able to professionally interact with suppliers and employees at all levels of the company.
• Must have excellent time management and decision-making skills and be able to prioritize and organize tasks and projects. Must have the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with competing deadlines, work independently, and be proactive.
• Must be able to pay attention to detail and work effectively and collaboratively across various departments to meet goals and deadlines. Must have highly developed and creative problem-solving and project management skills.

Special Note to all employees who are managers or above:

• Ability to influence people across the organization
• Ability to coach your reports to grow a high-performance team
• Experience hiring and leading diverse teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• SQL skills
• Graduate degree in Merchandising, Supply Chain, Business, Economics, or a related field.

Education/ Licensing/Certification:

Graduation from an accredited institution with a bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, Economics or a related field or any combination of education and/or experience based on the table above is required.

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to sit and/or stand for long periods at a time.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is company policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and associates. This policy includes our commitment to ensure that all employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status (including Vietnam era veterans), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other non-job-related characteristic protected by law.