Regional Merchandise Manager - Midwest

Michaels•Irving, TX

14d

About The Position

Support Center - Irving Major Activities · Execute company-wide merchandising strategies across assigned region, ensuring alignment with brand standards and business objectives. · Drive sales and customer satisfaction by delivering consistent, high-quality in-store merchandising and promotional execution. · Identify and act on regional merchandising opportunities that enhance revenue, margin, and customer engagement. · Partner with field leadership and cross-functional partners to adapt merchandising initiatives to local market needs. · Provide feedback and insights from the field to influence future merchandising programs, promotional strategies, and product placement. · Ensure effective implementation of new merchandising programs, tools, and technologies within the region. · Monitor competitor activity and local retail trends, sharing insights with leadership to maintain a competitive advantage. · Support store openings, remodels, and reflows within the region, ensuring all merchandising elements are executed on time and to standard. · Coach, train, and develop store teams on merchandising best practices, product knowledge, and customer engagement to improve execution and overall store performance. · Track and analyze regional sales performance, merchandising compliance, and customer insights to identify areas for improvement. Leadership, Development, and Cross-Functional Partnership s · Build strong working relationships with Store Operations, Marketing, and Merchandising partners to ensure alignment and consistent execution across the region. · Foster teamwork and collaboration among store teams, regional peers, and cross-functional partners to deliver a seamless customer experience. · Serve as a clear and proactive communication link between stores and cross-functional partners, ensuring feedback and insights from the field are shared effectively. · Encourage open, two-way communication across the region and empower store leaders to resolve issues by providing guidance and resources. · Collaborate with store leadership to keep the customer at the center of all merchandising and promotional decisions. · Demonstrate flexible leadership by balancing strategic guidance with hands-on support to drive flawless execution in stores. · Coach store leaders on merchandising execution, ensuring performance expectations are clear and development opportunities are provided. · Train store leaders in areas such as product knowledge. · Promote a collaborative, accountable, and inclusive culture within the region that attracts and retains strong team members. · Translate company and merchandising objectives into clear priorities for stores, creating alignment between regional execution and company goals. · Create urgency and ownership within the region by modeling an entrepreneurial, customer- first approach. · Reinforce a sales-focused culture, encouraging teams to take smart risks, test new ideas, and share learnings. · Partner with other regional and merchandising leaders to stay informed on market trends and competitive activity, sharing insights to strengthen strategy and execution. Other duties as assigned

Requirements

5-7 years of retail merchandising or field operations experience. Multi-unit responsibility a plus but not required.
Strong business acumen with a proven ability to drive sales and profitability through effective merchandising.
Excellent communication, training, and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.
Demonstrated ability to translate strategic direction into actionable plans at the store level.
Experience managing change and introducing new processes in a fast-paced retail environment.
Demonstrated ability to adapt and lead through change.
Strong organization, time management, and prioritization skills with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
Demonstrated management and leadership ability.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent negotiating skills.
Ability to travel 2-3 weeks/month or as needed including some weekends.

Nice To Haves

BA/BS college degree
Multi-unit responsibility a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

Execute company-wide merchandising strategies across assigned region, ensuring alignment with brand standards and business objectives.
Drive sales and customer satisfaction by delivering consistent, high-quality in-store merchandising and promotional execution.
Identify and act on regional merchandising opportunities that enhance revenue, margin, and customer engagement.
Partner with field leadership and cross-functional partners to adapt merchandising initiatives to local market needs.
Provide feedback and insights from the field to influence future merchandising programs, promotional strategies, and product placement.
Ensure effective implementation of new merchandising programs, tools, and technologies within the region.
Monitor competitor activity and local retail trends, sharing insights with leadership to maintain a competitive advantage.
Support store openings, remodels, and reflows within the region, ensuring all merchandising elements are executed on time and to standard.
Coach, train, and develop store teams on merchandising best practices, product knowledge, and customer engagement to improve execution and overall store performance.
Track and analyze regional sales performance, merchandising compliance, and customer insights to identify areas for improvement.
Build strong working relationships with Store Operations, Marketing, and Merchandising partners to ensure alignment and consistent execution across the region.
Foster teamwork and collaboration among store teams, regional peers, and cross-functional partners to deliver a seamless customer experience.
Serve as a clear and proactive communication link between stores and cross-functional partners, ensuring feedback and insights from the field are shared effectively.
Encourage open, two-way communication across the region and empower store leaders to resolve issues by providing guidance and resources.
Collaborate with store leadership to keep the customer at the center of all merchandising and promotional decisions.
Demonstrate flexible leadership by balancing strategic guidance with hands-on support to drive flawless execution in stores.
Coach store leaders on merchandising execution, ensuring performance expectations are clear and development opportunities are provided.
Train store leaders in areas such as product knowledge.
Promote a collaborative, accountable, and inclusive culture within the region that attracts and retains strong team members.
Translate company and merchandising objectives into clear priorities for stores, creating alignment between regional execution and company goals.
Create urgency and ownership within the region by modeling an entrepreneurial, customer- first approach.
Reinforce a sales-focused culture, encouraging teams to take smart risks, test new ideas, and share learnings.
Partner with other regional and merchandising leaders to stay informed on market trends and competitive activity, sharing insights to strengthen strategy and execution.