Senior Director Merchandising

Senior Director Merchandising is responsible for driving traffic and financial performance through the development of selling strategies inspired by deep customer insight, for our Office Supplies & Pack/Ship businesses.

Requirements

• Develop team with a deep understanding of customer needs and shopping behaviors through research efforts, field feedback, and frequent live interactions on store visits.
• Develop a realistic and effective business plan and account for strategic implications for each product line to achieve budgeted goals in sales, margin, supply chain impact including turns, and drive execution of plan.
• Choose items and vendors for product lines.
• Expert level negotiating expected with vendors for lower total delivered cost, volume incentives, rebates, advertising and other applicable allowances.
• Expert level merchandising of assigned line(s) demonstrating innovation, creativity, and proven results in driving sales and profitability while ensuring service levels with minimum inventory investment and maximum gross margin.
• Review and approve financial and item forecasts with Planners and supervise others in their product lines.
• Create and help implement new programs and partner effectively with Marketing, POG, Inventory Management, Stores, NAD and other functional areas as needed to achieve corporate goals.
• Utilize appropriate resources to gather data.
• Facilitate the sharing of business insights among team members and increase team productivity by proactively sharing knowledge and information.
• Interpret financial statements, total cost to serve the product, financial levers and metrics used in merchandising to understand current and future trends.
• Facilitate discussions to enable teams or diverse groups to recognize and achieve common goals.
• Demonstrate expertise in processes; identify process inefficiencies and process performance gaps.
• Lead others through difficult decisions.
• Supervise and develop Product Specialists, and all levels of Category merchants setting and managing to goals and reviewing performance regularly.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Visa Sponsorship
• Four Day Work Week
• Generous Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance