Merchant-Sams Club -Furniture

Sam's Club • Bentonville, AR

231d • $90,000 - $180,000

About The Position

Sam's Club is Member centric and growing fast. At our company, we are dedicated to creating exceptional experiences for our members and driving innovation in every aspect of our business. As a Merchant of Furniture, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our furniture offerings and ensuring our members receive the best value and experience. This position will work in Bentonville, Arkansas and report to the Senior Director of Merchandising.

Requirements

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to leverage data analysis tools.
• Experience in category strategy, financial management, and supplier negotiations.
• Customer-centric mindset with the ability to understand and influence customer behavior.
• Proven track record in team management and development.
• Ability to develop and execute strategic initiatives and manage multiple business plans.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

• Microsoft Office proficiency.
• Negotiating with third-party suppliers.
• Supervisory experience.
• Master's degree in Business or Merchandising.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support plans for a moderately complex category, oversee pricing and promotion strategies, and execute strategic initiatives.
• Own decisions around channel strategy, make recommendations, drive channel alignment, and collaborate with the supply chain.
• Manage profit and loss for the category, analyze daily business, identify execution levers, and make inventory-related decisions.
• Support negotiation levers, drive price leadership, define negotiation cadence, and conduct supplier negotiations.
• Own decisions on filtration rules for search results, develop attribution strategy, and recommend taxonomy.
• Make customer-centric recommendations, understand customer behavior across channels, and guide suppliers and vendors.
• Manage selection, performance, development, and terminations for the team, provide career guidance, and ensure compliance with company guidelines.
• Support budget creation, develop financial forecasts, and determine inventory purchase amounts.
• Resolve strategic supplier issues, support activity planning, and manage funds from trade funds.
• Support and execute strategy decisions for monthly features across store and online channels.
• Support item cross-referencing, decide on pack type and shipping channels, and manage content and imagery processes.
• Decide modular layout principles, guide space allocation, and implement assortment strategy.
• Leverage data analysis tools, develop and test hypotheses, and use visualization tools to influence decisions.
• Own pricing decisions, manage COOPs agreements, and support markdowns.
• Support private brand strategy, identify gaps and opportunities, and advise the packaging team.
• Support decision-making based on performance, advise on fines and penalties, and guide on channel ratio and pack size decisions.

Benefits

• Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree