Merchandising Manager, Lounge

Spanx

Merchandising Manager, Lounge

Atlanta, GA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    You’ll love it because you will…

    • Be the cross-functional product category champion for Lounge 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

    Qualifications

    We require…

    • 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.
    • Building Relationships, Strategic Thinking, Delivering Results, Resilience, Initiative, Commercial Thinking

    Additional Information

    Spanx is proud of our continued Progressive People Practices…

    • 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!

  • Industry
    Manufacturing