Region Vice President, Merchandising

Summary of Job Purpose:

• Manages group of Merchandising associates at home site
• Leads Regional Merchandising teams at 1-3 sites
• Achieve department and company goals which includes but is not limited to: exemplary customer order fulfillment while managing inventory to the optimal DSO (Days Supply On Hand), support Regional profitability through product cost and equity management, participate and support sales growth strategies, deploy inbound logistic strategies, drive replenishment strategy that contributes to warehouse operational efficiencies.
• Drive execution of corporate strategies such as Category Management and Product Assortment Management consisting of both national and local assortments to meet sales demands
• Collaborate with Market Directors to execute market replenishment to achieve KPI goals
• Collaborate with Regional & Market leadership teams to achieve KPIs
• Accountable for the overall performance, management and development of the Regional merchandising departments

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage item cost (product and freight) accuracy
• Support cross functional item assortment management process
• Manage shrink and approve credits as needed
• Interprets, trains and consistently reinforces Company policies, procedures and tools
• Provide field feedback to the region, market and corporate teams for action and/or alignment
• Drive and support corporate and market initiative implementation through all Regional functions to achieve/exceed Annual Operating Plan
• Monitor market analytics (NPD) to increase market share
• Participate in supplier and broker reviews to evaluate sales and gross profit growth opportunities
• Build, manage and develop regional merchandising teams through regular department meetings; on-going interaction & communication; monitor associate morale; and respond to ideas to improve associate engagement and enablement
• Align and create strategy with Corporate, Market and Regional leadership to execute activities that grow company gross margin and earned income
• Manage Merchandising leaders and teams align with market replenishment team to achieve inventory management Service Level, DSO (Days Supply On Hand), A&O (Aging & Obsolete), and Spoilage goals while maximizing operational efficiencies

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in lieu of degree sufficient to successfully perform essential job functions.

REQUIRED MINIMUM EXPERIENCE:

• 8+ years management/professional experience. Significant category management, merchandising and/or operations experience within a retail, wholesale or distribution environment preferred.

PREFERRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Strong excel skills
• Master’s degree

ABILITIES AND SKILLS:

• Proactive attitude of identifying and addressing issues as they arise
• Ability to manage conflict and reach quick resolution with facts and dialogue
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to and lead change
• Ability to work cross functionally and build relationships across the organization/enterprise
• Ability to successfully perform job requirements in a remote work environment
• Ability to develop & implement innovative strategies to maximize sales & gross profit potential while driving customer loyalty & Sales Consultant engagement
• Strong written & verbal communications skills
• Ability to build high-performing teams & enable a culture of best practices
• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals of different backgrounds

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT

• Up to 50% travel may be required for this role.
• 1 – 3 times per month to sites within region.

IMPORTANT:

This role is considered a talent pipeline for Region and Market leadership roles. Any individual who is offered and accepts this role must be willing to relocate to be considered for further advancement.

NOTICE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the environment and level of work being performed by this job. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only tasks to be performed by the employee in this job. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other job related duties requested by his or her leader.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description supersedes prior job descriptions