The Merchandiser, Purchased Retail Brands drives SanMar's retail apparel business by building strong brand partnerships and leading seasonal product strategies.
Requirements
- Act as SanMar’s primary contact for retail brand partners
- Build strong, long-term relationships with retail brand partners
- Facilitate pricing negotiations, recommendations, and conflict resolution with brand partners
- Identify growth opportunities and new product potential across retail brands and premium product categories
- Analyze sales and marketplace data to identify trends and inform assortment strategy
- Partner with category management and planning to achieve revenue and margin goals
- Contribute to financial analysis and provides insights to improve profitability and operational efficiency
- Communicate SanMar’s product and assortment strategies with retail brand partners and internal cross-functional teams
- Recommend product positioning and develops seasonal line plans with brand partners
- Champion product positioning with marketing and sales throughout the go-to-market process
- Maintain line planning, pricing, and product creation documentation
- Integrate marketplace trends and consumer insights into seasonal concepts and assortment planning
- Review and approve style details, CADs, and brand prototypes
- Create and deliver clear, impactful presentations for internal reviews, leadership, brand partners, and sales teams
- Manage the preparation, coordination, and proofing of sales tools
- Plan SKU-level assortments to balance productivity, inventory, and profitability
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Comply with all policies and standards
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401k plan and matches $1 for $1 up to 4% of earnings, matched & vested at every pay cycle
- Life insurance
- Short/long-term disability coverage
- Paid maternity/paternity leave
- Pet insurance
- Paid Time Off
- 8 paid holidays
- 1 paid family day off