Vp Of Men's Merchandising - Speciality And Department Store

VP of Merchandising – Men’s – Speciality and Department Stores
Along with the Design Teams the VP of Merchandising will proactively work on the creation of product assortments and investment strategy to maximize sales and profitability for the entire Men’s business in the areas of Speciality and Department Stores.
Key Responsibilities

• Build strong cross-functional relationships with Design and Sales to ensure strong product execution
• In partnership with Design, will create a line architecture that both supports financial targets and delivers cohesive experience for the consumers.
• Visit competition to stay abreast of market trends and apply learnings to current and future assortments
• Along with Design, deliver and curate compelling product assortments that are brand enhancing and customer focused
• Product Strategy
• Actively participate in appropriate Business Reviews
• Mange OKR’s to ensure flawless execution of End-to-End process
• Execute tiering strategies to better brand experiences at the retailers.
• Develop short and long term product assortment strategies for the Men’s and Speciality and department store business channels that align with the Brands vision, financial plans and Customer/Market needs.
• Curate a recommend assortment for the Channel to successfully execute in market
• Analyze category performance and drive category strategies to maximize growth
• Present seasonal kickoff strategies and ensure cross-functional alignment on market needs
• Create the line architecture inclusive of SKU counts, SKU productivity, differentiation, and price tier through the implementation of ad hoc Briefs and Merchandising Plans
• Participate in key external customer touch points to ensure clear understanding of strategy, performance and product opportunities
• Ensure Merch Plans are based on financial KPI’s Prepare financial roll-ups for VP to ensure KPI’s are met and aligned to overall strategy and plan
• Build a 360 approach into product investments (Showroom product presentation, marketing support etc.)
• Drive strategy on high margin, high value proposition key items across category.
• Guide sales team to ensure that they are booking as the set out strategy.
• Partner with CMO to influence Design on key looks, volume drivers, big Ideas for the seasons

Building Networks/Influence

• Express differing viewpoints tactfully and sensitively. Acts as mentor and role model within the company
• Influence Brand Leadership to ensure market needs are met
• Negotiate persuasively to create solutions that address the interests of others
• Establish effective partnerships across the organization: Design, Sales, Planning, Marketing

Requirements

• High level of accuracy, detail oriented and strong organizational skills; ability to brig structure and discipline to the table throughout a highly organized approach
• Experience working with speciality and department stores
• Develop strong relationships throughout the organization
• Minimum 10 years merchandising, and financial planning experience required in the apparel industry
• Strong financial and analytic acumen; demonstrated ability to leverage data to inform strategy
• Experience in Men’s apparel and Denim w
• Superb presentation & communication skills; both written and verbal
• Creative, assertive and solution-oriented
• Comprehensive understanding of Retail Math - business terminology, key retail metrics and calculations
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel/Word/PowerPoint
• Customer, marketplace & product expert with experience in denim category
• Able to adapt to fast pace working environment
• Decision making capability clearly driven by conceptualizing future opportunities & developing strategic product & business initiatives

Salary $190 -$200K + generous benefits package