Senior Manager, Merchandising

MeUndies•Culver City, CA

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is responsible for creating and leading the omni-channel execution of seasonal product strategies for key categories. The Senior Manager will leverage sales data, consumer insights, and competitive analysis to monitor performance, inform future development, and optimize assortments, pricing, and inventory productivity. This position requires building and maintaining strong relationships with cross-functional partners, including planning, marketing, e-commerce, wholesale, CX, and consumer insights teams, to influence business objectives and identify product opportunities. The role also involves overseeing end-to-end product lifecycle performance, conducting market and trend research, maintaining competitor knowledge, leading retail price setting, driving new product concepts, and ensuring timely product delivery. Additionally, the Senior Manager will coach and develop an associate merchandiser.

Requirements

7+ years of industry experience, intimates experience a strong plus
Ability to communicate merchandising direction in an effective manner
Proven ability to lead a cross-functional team and work in a collaborative environment
Excellent communication skills - interpersonal, written and verbal
Excellent presentation skills with strong ability to influence and obtain buy-in from executive leadership
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, being able to juggle multiple seasons at any given time
Ability to foster a positive and motivating work environment
Strong analytical skills with the ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations with big picture context
Strong leadership and people skills
Ability to engage and inspire cross-functional team members and stakeholders
High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
Passion for the brand and product; knowledge of fashion trends
Bachelor’s degree in related field

Nice To Haves

intimates experience a strong plus

Responsibilities

Create and lead the omni-channel execution of seasonal product strategies for key categories, leveraging sales data, consumer insights and competitive analysis.
Monitor performance of key items, best sellers and new collections to inform future development and assortment strategies.
Build and maintain close working relationships with cross-functional partners.
Partner with planning, marketing, e-commerce, wholesale, CX and consumer insights teams to understand, influence, and drive business objectives/customer needs and identify category/product opportunities.
Partner closely with marketing/creative teams to build go-to-market strategies and ensure product marketing strategy aligns with buying strategy.
Oversee end-to-end product lifecycle performance, using data-driven insights to optimize assortments, pricing, and inventory productivity.
Conduct continual market and trend research to identify opportunities for growth.
Identify product opportunities through regular hindsight that incorporates fashion and macro trends, consumer research, channel feedback, and sales analysis.
Maintain updated knowledge of key competitors, products, and pricing strategies.
Lead retail price setting and partner with the production team to achieve margin expectations.
Drive creation and presentation of new product concepts, product designs, and line plans.
Ensure deadlines are met in order to deliver products on a timely basis.
Coach and develop associate merchandiser to support them in day-to-day execution.