Divisional Merchandise Manager - Apparel And Accessories

Company Description

Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers has spent 30 years helping men, women and kids everywhere look and feel good. Developing comfort technologies is at the foundation of all that we do—delivering stylish, innovative, and quality products at a reasonable price. From our diverse footwear offering to a growing range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.

With international business representing over half of our total sales, we have product available in more than 180 countries and significant opportunities for continued expansion worldwide. We sell our collections direct to consumers through more than 4,450 Skechers stores around the globe and Skechers e-commerce sites, as well as through a network of third-party partners.

A MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR GLOBAL LEADER IN THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY.

The Divisional Merchandise Manager (DMM) manages the merchandise direction and strategy to ensure achievement of company business goals for both retail stores and our Ecommerce business. In this role, you will develop, execute, and drive inclusive merchandise strategies that delight the customer while meeting or exceeding the financial goals of the business. You will work closely with your cross functional partners using customer insights, market data and business performance to bring great products to market. The DMM will develop strategy with the team of merchandisers and ensure customer satisfaction and maximize business performance and profitability by executing business plans that maximize sales, margins, and inventory turnover.

Essential Job Responsibilities-

• Direct and drive merchandise assortments that meet global, digital, and regional customer needs aligned to the overall department strategy, resulting in increased earnings.
• Analyze store and web selling, directing to ensure optimal product assortment and placement on the website to achieve online sales goals.
• Guides team to increase knowledge of market trends, strengths, and weaknesses in the industry and within competitive sets.
• Responsible for assortment plans by gender, category, and classification.
• Regularly influence leadership team decisions and initiatives.
• Coach and lead the buying team to realize goals while collaborating with Merchandise, Planning, Marketing, and Allocations Teams.
• Build partnerships with corporate teams and attend assortment meetings to understand seasonal product direction.
• Develop and drive overall category strategy to deliver on top-down sales targets. Collaborate with planning team to set seasonal sales and inventory plans to ensure we are supporting areas of growth and setting realistic targets.

Supervisory Responsibilities-

• Work side-by-side with product development team to create and maximize product and Marketing strategies.
• Lead top-quality team of Merchandising professionals and develop their skills/contributions to company performance.
• Ability to align with, collaborate and influence cross functional partners and peers.

Qualifications

JOB QUALIFICATIONS-

• Ability to plan, prepare and execute strategic business plans.
• Strong leadership profile and experience at training and developing a team.
• Highly organized with an ability to adapt to quickly changing priorities and initiatives.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred and a minimum of 10+ years of leading apparel buying.
• Must display a high degree of professionalism, tact, and diplomacy.
• Demonstrated ability to predict and maximize trends.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with all levels of management, build partnerships and direct teams.
• Ability to develop effective processes and procedure that support business growth.
• Knowledge, relationships, and passion within the apparel industry.
• Must possess strong organizational and time management skills, with strong attention to detail and ability to prioritize multiple projects and priorities.

Additional Information

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The salary range for this position is $64,480 - $200,000/year.

Benefits

• Onsite wellness programs at company headquarters including fitness classes, acupuncture, and chiropractor.
• Paid Parental Leave: including time for fathers and adopting parents.
• Paid vacation, sick, personal and holiday time.
• Employee stock purchase program
• Short term & long term disability and life insurance at no cost to the employee.
• Employee product discount of 50%; employee sample sales and family and friends discount throughout the year.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Savings Account (FSA) offerings.
• Competitive 401k plan and employer matching.
• Extensive medical, dental, and vision plans with multiple carries, including EPO,HPN and PPO plans.
• Skechers Company Culture and growth strategy is deeply infused with internal career growth and opportunities for learning.
• Pet Insurance available.