Merchandise Manager, Home & Floral

The Merchandise Manager, Home & Floral is market facing and has P&L responsibility for sales, gross profit and gross margin, and balance sheet responsibility for finished goods inventory. Within the Merchandising division the Merchandise Manager, Home & Floral has primary responsibility for customer satisfaction and brand building strategies for this product category. Among their reporting duties are the following: competitive intelligence, assortment planning, product pricing, budgeting and forecasting, inventory planning, coordination with marketing and sales initiatives.

• Identify and execute strategies to drive sales and profits through detailed analysis.

• Conduct competitive analysis and utilize information to inform business strategy.

• Develop and maintain an assortment strategy to achieve budgeted goals in revenue, sales, margin, supply chain impact, and drive execution of plan.

• Source product from external vendors to support category growth.

• Ensure company and vendor deadlines are met through timely communication.

• Achieve the sales and GM budget through optimizing assortment, pricing, promotion and strategy.

• Manage and execute to the Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) of the business plan in conjunction with your business partners.

• Partner with Marketing, Creative Services, Inventory Management and Store Operations in executing plans that meet corporate objectives and consumer needs.

• Track and evaluate expiring merchandise through coordination efforts with inventory planning; prepare recommendations for appropriate action to resolve immediate issues and eliminate expiring product in the future.

• Partner with inventory planning team to assure that products are delivered in a timely manner to minimize out of stocks and lost sales.

• Manage direct report expectations through strong communication and organization skills.

• Strong communication skills, ability to multi-task and manage to a deadline are required.

• Maintain current knowledge and understanding of regulations, industry trends, current practices, and new developments in purchasing, and supply chain.

• Update job knowledge by participating in conferences and educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

• Other duties as assigned.