FULLBEAUTY Brands™
is the premier fashion and lifestyle destination for the plus size customer. We are an online and catalog marketplace offering a curated collection of the finest family of plus size brands and thousands of products.POSITION SUMMARY:The Senior Merchant leads the merchandising and buying process for one of the largest areas within their Brand/Division. The Senior Merchant responsible for planning and executing goals set to achieve sales plan, mark up, return rates and profit (EBIDTA). The Senior Merchant leads a team of Merchants and partners with the Inventory Planning team to support fulfillment, Creative Services to support catalog/web creative, Sourcing to aid in achieving set price goals & fit quality standards, Marketing to analyze and respond to customers' needs and promote products according to branding, and E-Commerce to drive online KPIs.
The Senior Merchant is also involved in company initiatives and interacts with senior management.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Present overall trend direction each season for assigned area including research analysis summary and key items identified.
- Review key performance indicators actual vs. plan. Determine root causes of why execution worked/didn’t work and develop action plans to maximize opportunities and minimize risks.
- Develop strategy, product, assortment plans and pricing in assigned categories by analysis of past business, shopping market and other retail stores and determine assortment by season.
- Develop seasonal strategies for presentations by lifestyle both online & offline.
- Interact daily with Creative, E-Commerce, Inventory/ Planning, Global Sourcing, Domestic Vendors and Technical Design teams to coordinate merchandising objectives and support cross collaboration.
- Manage vendors or collaborate with Global Sourcing to develop new product according to the brand positioning, source piece goods, negotiate costs to meet margins/AIMU goals, ensure quality standards, and use our fabric/materials base to improve service levels.
- Provide technical and managerial leadership to recruit, integrate, develop direct reports ensuring goals and activities are aligned with individual and business expectations.
- Partner with team leader to mentor and share expertise with merchant team to support their development.
- Represent merchandising team on special committees and/or transversal initiatives or projects as needed.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree, Masters/MBA a plus
- Minimum 7-8 years of merchandising and product development experience
- Expertise in product development, trend and branding
- Apparel experience (Catalog and/or web) is required
- Strong leadership skills required
- Strong analytical skills required
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is a must
FULLBEAUTY Brands™
is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
90000.00 To 110000.00 (USD) Annually
