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Merchandiser, Sports Licensing
Fashion Industry Company
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Forget what you know about old-school industry rules. When you work at Company, you’re choosing a different path. From day one, we’ve been on a mission to democratize fashion and make shopping fun again. Our teams make style accessible to everyone, creating high-quality, must-have fashion essentials for the whole family, with love, season after season.
We opened our first store in 1994 in San Francisco and have been on a roll ever since. Today, customers can find fabulous fashion at affordable prices online and in one of our 1,000+ stores globally. Company celebrates a workplace that’s just as diverse as our customers. Fun, fashion, family and value are at the heart of everything we do. We cultivate a community of playful personalities that thrive in a fast-paced environment where our employees can be their most authentic selves. Here, we’re family.
Company – a brand for everyone a place for you!
Job Summary:The merchandiser of Sports licensing at Company will have the unique responsibility of working closely with external licensors and vendors to assort the properties that are trending in the market while managing the product development with our licensees. This role requires strong communication and organizational skill as there are many cross functional partners internally and externally to work with.
Key Responsibilities:
• Manage licensor/licensee relationships
• Contribute to the success of the Department through developing and driving seasonal strategies for category/class that meet or exceed the Division and Business Unit's financial goals.
• Provide analysis to support the development of Department seasonal strategies that meet financial targets.
• Rank styles based on historical and current product performance and identify redundancies in the product assortment.
• Review monthly open-to-buy for category/class; provide accurate monthly/seasonal receipt flow information; execute to the sales margin and promotional markdown cadence.
• Provide information to develop key concepts, key items, promotional strategies and assortments that are commercially viable and provide exciting store experiences.
• Understand product trends, historical data and departmental input at category/class level in order to manage in-season opportunities or risks.
• Understand competitive environment; proactively see market knowledge through exposure to competitive retail outlets.
• Influence others to achieve results.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with members of cross-functional teams (Design, Production, Planning, Distribution).
Required Skills:
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of retail buying experience.
• Experience as a Merchandiser or equivalent.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Possess a working knowledge of financial measurements.
• Demonstrate a point of view about product assortment and business opportunities.
• Maintain a cooperative team environment that promotes high performance standards and attainment of goals.
• Demonstrate strong listening, verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Customer oriented.