Senior Merchandising Manager

Abbode•New York, NY

1d•$95,000 - $135,000•Onsite

About The Position

Abbode is seeking a Senior Merchandising Manager to shape its product assortment and translate creative vision and business goals into product priorities, briefs, and a shared calendar. The role will help determine what the company makes next, build on bestsellers, and balance core products, seasonal releases, and category expansion. Working closely with leadership, this person will own the overall product plan and drive decisions from concept through launch and ongoing performance, bringing Merchandising, Design, Product Development, Production, and Planning together around a clear direction. The role is based in New York City and is full-time and in-person. Compensation is $95,000–$135,000 per year. Abbode is a New York City–based personalization and lifestyle brand founded in 2021. It offers accessories, gifts, and everyday products, with a flagship boutique and growing ecommerce, retail, and wholesale businesses. The company is expanding its collections and building its team for its next stage of growth. The successful candidate will use sales, customer and retailer feedback, market insight, and brand vision to guide assortment decisions. They will direct product development, coordinate calendars and launch readiness across functions, partner with Planning on profitable inventory decisions, and establish processes and accountability within a growing product team. The opportunity includes growing into broader responsibility for the entire product team and its collective results.

Requirements

Experience owning merchandising or buying decisions for a consumer brand; accessories, home, gifting, or lifestyle experience is described as ideal.
A record of taking an assortment from planning through development and launch, with ownership of priorities, timelines, and cross-team decisions.
Strong product taste and creative judgment, including the ability to explain fit with the customer and brand and identify opportunities beyond existing bestsellers.
Practical knowledge of product development and production, including samples, approvals, materials, costs, minimum order quantities, and lead times.
Demonstrated ability to lead across functions, set direction, make decisions, resolve tradeoffs, hold others accountable, and build strong working relationships.
Strong analytical and spreadsheet skills, including margin, sell-through, inventory coverage, and product performance.
Ability to combine data with customer insight and product judgment.
A builder's mindset and hands-on follow-through, including comfort creating useful processes in a small, growing team and partnering across ecommerce, retail, and wholesale.

Nice To Haves

Experience in accessories, home, gifting, or lifestyle.

Responsibilities

Recommend products and extensions of bestsellers using sales, customer and retailer feedback, market insight, and brand vision.
Build seasonal and core line plans across styles, colors, price points, and channels; recommend what to prioritize, expand, replenish, or cut.
Define customer, product features, target price and margin, and launch needs for Design and Product Development; partner on colors, materials, embroidery, and personalization, and review concepts and samples against briefs.
Own the product calendar, working backward from launch and sellable inventory at the third-party fulfillment warehouse (3PL); coordinate samples, approvals, buying, production, freight, receiving, wholesale market dates, and marketing needs.
Establish owners, dependencies, and decision deadlines for product milestones.
Assess development and production lead times, sampling, materials, minimum order quantities, costs, and capacity; recommend changes to scope, quantities, or timing to address tradeoffs and prevent costly delays.
Partner with Planning on forecasts, buy quantities, channel allocation, and replenishment; balance margin, inventory investment, and demand uncertainty while protecting core products and testing new products thoughtfully.
Align Ecommerce, Marketing, Wholesale, Retail, and Operations on product launches, timing, and selling plans; coordinate samples, line sheets, and product information, confirm inventory availability with Operations, and verify launch readiness.
Set goals and review product quality, delivery, sales, sell-through, availability, weeks of supply, and landed margin; identify drivers of results and follow through on decisions to reorder, improve, test, or exit products.
Set shared priorities, run assortment and milestone reviews, clarify ownership and decision-making, resolve competing demands, close cross-team gaps, and hold partners accountable for commitments.
Coach colleagues and build the structure and processes that help the product team succeed.