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Director of Merchandising
Our client, a merchandise company in the EDM & festival space, is looking for a Director of Merchandising.
Responsibilities and Duties:
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key vendors and developing collaboration opportunities
• Responsible for establishing new vendors, vendor negotiations and buy backs
• Analyze sales trends in conjunction with historical data, using this information to develop strategies for new product lines and planning for the team
• Aware of timely trends in the market place via trade shows, publications and competitive shopping to develop new, exclusive products via domestic and international sources.
• Leading the product development team to curate compelling and on-trend collections + optimizing processes with vendors
• Working with the marketing team to present product to customers with cohesive branding and styling
• Leading the inventory management team to ensure efficient inventory management processes and levels
• Actively research and observe the competition on design, pricing and marketing standpoint to keep the brand ahead of its competitors
• Leading the Merchandise Coordinator team to ensure products are being released and posted on time (Webstores & Amazon)
• Developing team members through coaching and goal setting
Qualifications and Skills:
• Minimum of 5 years experience involving sales and inventory planning, sales forecasting in fashion
• Minimum of 4 years of prior supervisory experience
• Bachelor's Degree
• Excellent leadership/management skills
• Strong analytical skills with an emphasis on product, trend and sales analysis
• Strong Microsoft office and Excel skills
• Possess basic knowledge of international production processes
• Ability to organize collection strategies, and create a balance merchandise assortment
• Strong interpersonal skills and written communication
• Strong project management skills including the ability to plan timelines and manage multiple projects
• Detail oriented
• Demonstrate knowledge of the target customer and of product trends; customer oriented
• Strong retail and math skills
• Strong decision-making ability
• Ecommerce experience is preferred