Senior Merchandiser

BDA•Woodinville, WA

12d•$105,000 - $115,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for independently driving product related aspects of their client portfolio and their direct reports’ client portfolios. Sr. Merchandisers are the champions of their business/business unit and consistently drive for margin growth in product assortments. They influence their teams to make sourcing decisions that drive product sharing, supplier consolidation and increase leveraged buying. The Senior Merchandiser earns the trust of internal and external customers by building assortment strategies that deliver creative and profitable products that represent the clients’ brands and speak to the end customer. BDA’s ideal Senior Merchandiser demonstrates leadership skills thinking beyond their individual portfolio at their teams portfolios. They think globally and are champions of the business. They are ambitious in nature, detail oriented, comfortable working in cross-functional teams and among Sr. Leadership, organized, adept at delegating and passionate about the retail and ecommerce industry. Senior Merchandiser are viewed as leaders on the team. At BDA a Senior Merchandiser is a role model; thought of as the go to person and can step up and lead meetings and trainings.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of work and experience.
Minimum 5-7 years of retail buying, product development, ecommerce merchandising and/or planning experience.
Minimum 2-4 years management experience.
Fluency in MS Office suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
Experience initiating, recommending, and implementing merchandise strategies.
Effectively influence, drive and lead discussions and presentations with external clients, cross functional teams and senior leadership.
Strong understanding of and ability to apply market intelligence.
Understanding of retail and the service environment.
Experience identifying and interpreting product trends.
Experience analyzing and applying consumer data.
Track record of building profitable assortment plans.
Ability to manage, coach and train direct reports.
Experience working with accounts or retail stores to deliver profitable and relevant assortments.
Works and communicates effectively with cross divisional leadership.
Actively demonstrates managerial courage and is an advocate for their teams.
Consensus building skills - Ability to persuade co-workers of the benefits of positive changes.
Clear and effective written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills.
Identifies areas of opportunity, is solution focused and appropriately communicates to senior leadership.
Passionate negotiator and shares knowledge with the team as a coach and mentor.

Nice To Haves

Smartsheet experience a plus.
Knowledge of e-commerce merchandising a plus.
PLM/Oracle experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Attend all OTB meetings within business sector and provide insight on opportunities.
Conduct weekly 1:1’s with direct reports.
Define seasonal product strategies that identify future opportunities and trends.
Ability to take current trends and translate into creative product applicable to client business type.
Negotiate, build and source strategic and profitable product assortments within their own client portfolio and sign off on their team’s client portfolio.
Independently drive sales and margin through the selection of product, pricing and return on investment.
Use current and historical data to evaluate what is working effectively or not and create actionable insights that inform the line architecture.
Demonstrate analytical and critical thinking and how to apply to the business.
Run weekly merchandise status calls with clients and internal WIP meetings as needed.
Use data and influencing skills to gain partnership from internal partners and clients on assortment strategies to ensure profitability.
Share productivity of assortment with accounts and internal partners.
Confidence and ability to articulate and sell a concept to a business team.
Oversee day-to-day activities for product launches/refreshes.
Responsible for areas including compliance, quality, and operational metrics (metrics including compliance, alliance partners, product margin, etc.).
Negotiate buying terms with suppliers for their own assortment lines and assist their teams as needed (price, quantity, quality, delivery, etc.).
Active participant in driving company and merchandising change initiatives.
Able to step up and lead meetings and trainings.
Able to step in when Merchandise Manager is unavailable.