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Merchandising Manager
Lord & Taylor
New York, NY, United States
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Job Description
MERCHANDISING MANAGER
Location: New York City
Reporting Relationship:The Merchandising Manager is a role within Owned Brands reporting to the Merchandising Director.
Company Description
Hudson’s Bay Company is one of the fastest-growing department store retailers in the world. In North America, HBC’s leading banners include Hudson’s Bay, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Gilt, Saks OFF 5TH, Find @ Lord & Taylor, and Home Outfitters. In Europe, HBC’s banners include GALERIA Kaufhof (the largest department store group in Germany), Galeria INNO (Belgium’s only department store group), and Sportarena. At HBC we are a company of adventurers who explore uncharted territory, challenge convention, and work with imagination and fun.
Major Responsibilities
The Merchandising Manager is a liason between the cross-functional teams on the Mens' Owned Brands team. The Manager will help in building the strategy for the line by analyzing sales history and trend and then executing the strategy by working closely with the Buyers, Design team and Global Sourcing team to ensure the best product is offered and booked at the right prices, to maximize sales and margin.
The Merchandising Manager is also responsible for managing DPL (Domestic Private Label) relationships outside of our sourcing agent's matrix. This involves sourcing new vendors and maintaining relationships with existing vendors.
Role responsibilities include:
1. Sales Analysis: Review weekly sales performance, Class analysis by commodity, Quarterly post-mortems, identify opportunities for growth; management recaps as needed.
2. DPL Management: Build relationships with Vendors by doing showroom visits, developing product w/ Vendors & Design, negotiating costing, creating DPL tracking charts and managing the overall communication
3. Merchandising tools: Box template, seasonal target retails and projections, data sheet, post-buy line sheets
4. Visual Merchandising Guidelines: Partnering with Buyers to create guidelines and executing setup at Flagship stores.
5. Administrative Tasks: May include filing and data entry in addition to any other tasks as required.
Qualifications
Professional Qualifications
• Minimum of 2-4 years in retail merchandising/product development, preferably Men’s apparel
• Familiarity with apparel development process as it relates to working with vendors and garment costing
• Retail math skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Works well in a team environment
• Strong leadership and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Excellent attention to detail
• Accuracy in reporting
• Ability to adhere and enforce development calendar deadlines
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and react to change
Educational Credentials
Bachelor’s Degree is required, preferably in relevant discipline.
Travel
Office environment with less than 5% of travel within the United States.