RN Care Manager – Pediatrics
Centene Corporation
Senior Manager, Merchant
Claire's
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $95,680 - $128,960 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- oversee curating commercial, global, trend right assortments
- drive the merchandise strategy for given departments
- develop and lead a highly performing team
- delivering consistent results for key KPIs, such as sales and gross margin
- collaborate closely with the Director of Merchandising, and cross-functional partners
- keep the customer at the center through evolving knowledge of the market, customer behavior, trends and product influence
- adopt a strategic standpoint to effectively manage a team throughout the buy cycle and trading of departmental assortments
- develop robust seasonal merchandise assortment strategies, roadmap and considered investments for multiple departments
- partner with design and PD to develop assortments that support category objectives
- work with planning counterpart to align on high level investment roll up vs plans and sales forecasts
- trade the business weekly, guiding the team to analyse product performance and KPIs
- encourage the team to take ownership of levers to drive the business
- manage product tracking for departments to ensure on time delivery
- analyze sales risk and elevate to upper management
- develop and maintain strong cross-functional relationships with Design, Product Development, Marketing, Planning, ISP and other merchandising partners
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in fashion merchandising, business, or related field
- 7+ years’ merchandising or retail buying experience
- Strong leadership skills: demonstrate the ability to coach and develop a high performing team
- Work autonomously
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, collaborative environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and solution oriented decision-making
- Strong organizational, planning, presentation, and written and verbal communication skills
- Sense of urgency with demonstrated success in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment
- Proactive, use initiative to navigate roadblocks
- Flexibility and the ability to prioritize multiple deliverables
- Thrive in business environments with developing structures
- Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines and reporting
- Consumer led: understanding of current trends and how they apply to the Claire’s/Icing customer
- Innovative & open minded individual
- Team player
- Strong communicator
- Excellent retail math skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint and Excel).
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- voluntary welfare plans
- bonus plan eligibility
- 401(k) match
- vacation time
- sick time*
- paid leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
merchandisingretail buyinganalytical skillspresentation skillsretail mathproduct performance analysissales forecastingseasonal merchandise assortment strategiesKPI managementcustomer behavior analysis
Soft skills
leadershipteam developmentproblem-solvingorganizational skillscommunication skillsflexibilityinitiativecollaborationself-motivationattention to detail
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in fashion merchandisingBachelor’s degree in business
