Director Of Merchandising Jobs

Position: Director of Merchandising

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Responsibilities:

• Manage 5-10 direct reports
• Execute quarterly gross goals, yearly departmental strategies and align team KPI's.
• Accountable for the team's price changes and maximizing margin opportunities by monitoring key commodities and trend relevant to the business.
• Direct ad hoc projects that are required to meet the demands of day-to-day business activities, providing the merchandising teams with proper direction, resources and support to successfully achieve outcomes.
• Lead and develop talent across multiple teams including: performance reviews, growth development plans, succession planning and hiring of talent.
• Manage overall relationships with manufacturers.
• Oversee the team to ensure sourcing penetration on pertinent vendors are maximized.
• Daily negotiating and interaction with vendors on partnership programs and national merchandising programs.
• Lead the team in daily activities for achieving weekly gross profit objectives, and mitigation of financial risk
• Lead new customer start-up on planning, implementation and execution, as well as focus on customer relationships and overall perception.

Submit your information to Brittany Wenger for consideration at [email protected].

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