Manager Merchandising

Job Description

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You’ll love it because you will

Be the cross-functional product category champion for Apparel and conduit between design, product development, production, planning, marketing, and sales;

demonstrate the end-to-end understanding of the product lifecycle

• Deliver assortments that bring stories to life at retail in a compelling and relevant manner that excite our existing consumer, and entice new consumers looking for wardrobe solutions
• Collaborate with the team to build an integrated line plan framework; edits / assorts product collections that draw both the customer in and drive results
• Apply foundational retail math (turn, gross margin, markup, sell-thru, etc.) to drive informed and profitable pre-planning and in-season decisions around assortment mix, depth, and productivity
• Understand the competitive landscape and models opportunities with data and analytics
• Collaborate with manager to leverage products and product mix to elevate the brand and drive revenue growth and profitability
• Support milestone meetings and presentations with tool building and setup
• Perform general category maintenance, including data entry and sample management
• Establish cross-functional relationships to promote best practices and process adherence while fostering teamwork

Qualifications :

• 5+ years of relevant product merchandising or planning experience is preferred
• Strong communication skills, ability to present with confidence; gauge audience reaction, interest, and understanding, and adjusts communication style or content accordingly
• A strategic thinking ability. Thinking broadly and considers important issues that impact success today and in the future;

develops strategies to achieve critical outcomes; proactively seeks opportunities to introduce change

Resilience and a positive attitude! Works productively under pressure; maintains a positive outlook; controls emotions;

handles failure or criticism well and learns from it.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint
• An ability to be creative and analytical simultaneously
• Strong analytical skills including retail math, margin analysis, and inventory management. A comfort level to influence and rally teams with the analyses.

Additional Information

Company Healthcare Plan : $0.00 out of pocket (Employee only benefit)

Fertility testing and treatment are included in Spanx’s medical plans, even without the diagnosis of infertility.

• Parental Leave Policy : Primary caregiver receives 16 weeks AND will have the option to work a half-time schedule (20 hours per week) for up to four additional weeks with full-time (40 hours per week) pay.
• Mental Health Days : 10 days
• 401K : Matched up to 4% with immediate vesting.
• PTO & Company Holidays : PLUS two full weeks of companywide closures (one in the Spring; one between Christmas and NYE)
• Flex Friday : Year-round half day Fridays!

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