Associate Product Manager
About The Position
The Associate Product Manager supports Product Management in driving assortment strategy, inventory management, and product lifecycle execution across all categories in a highly SKU-intensive business. The role handles day-to-day work involving assortment building, pricing, promotions, markdowns, buy planning, receipt plans, store allocation strategies, gross margin, and inventory management. It also contributes to new product development and business growth by helping meet consumer needs, differentiate products from competitors, and execute product strategy at retail. The role works collaboratively with cross-functional partners and vendors in a small company undergoing business transformation. It is based in Fort Worth, Texas, and reports to the Senior Product Manager. The work takes place in a high-energy, fast-paced office environment with quick-turnaround situations.
Requirements
- 1–3 years of general merchandising experience.
- Work experience in a direct-to-consumer industry.
- Highly collaborative, with the ability to work in partnership with all levels of the organization.
- Balanced creative and analytical thinking.
- Ability to learn and use in-house systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with internal and external business partners.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and accurate.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Resourceful, efficient, and able to take initiative.
- Excellent time management, a sense of priority for deadlines, and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate daily with cross-functional partners and build relationships that promote best practices and process adherence.
- Identify key competitors, understand consumer perceptions of Tandy and its competition, and help develop product strategies that meet consumer needs and differentiate from competitors.
- Analyze historical and in-season selling to guide and action future-season plans.
- Support seasonal strategy development based on product flow and classification percentages by delivery.
- Assist with projection management from initial pre-planning through execution at retail.
- Track inventory commitments and convey information between cross-functional partners.
- Prepare key milestone deliverables and create and compile selling tools for new product launches and promotions.
- Input and update data in merchandising tools and complete system and data updates.
- Adhere to the calendar and critical deadlines.
- Coordinate and manage samples for Product Management and Commercial.
- Strengthen financial acumen to better respond to business needs.
- Assist with ad hoc projects requiring a full understanding of the product life cycle.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
