Associate Product Manager
About The Position
The Associate Product Manager supports Product Management in driving assortment strategy, inventory management, and product lifecycle activities across categories in a highly SKU-intensive business. The role is hands-on and supports day-to-day assortment building, pricing, promotions, markdowns, buy planning, receipt plans, store allocation strategies, gross margin, and overall inventory management. It contributes to new product development and growth by helping meet consumer needs, differentiate products from competitors, and execute product strategy at retail. The position works collaboratively with cross-functional partners and vendors in a small company undergoing business transformation.
Requirements
- 1–3 years of general merchandising experience.
- Work experience in a direct-to-consumer industry.
- Ability to collaborate and partner 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.
- Ability to work in a high-energy, fast-paced office environment and respond to quick-turnaround situations.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and accurate.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Resourceful, efficient, and takes initiative.
- Excellent time management, prioritization, and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate day to day with cross-functional partners and build relationships that promote best practices and process adherence.
- Identify key competitors, understand consumer perceptions of Tandy and competitors, and help develop product strategies that meet consumer needs and differentiate from the competition.
- Analyze historical and in-season sales to guide and action future season plans.
- Support development of seasonal strategies 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 communicate relevant information among cross-functional partners.
- Assist with key milestone deliverables and create and compile selling tools for new product launches and promotions.
- Enter and update data in merchandising tools and maintain 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 lifecycle.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
