Sr. Category Merchant - Women's Apparel

BJ's Wholesale Club • BJ's Club Support Center Marlborough, MA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

BJ’s Wholesale Club is powered by more than 30,000 team members who make a real impact every day. Whether you're stocking shelves, solving problems or shaping strategy, your work helps families save on what matters most. We’re a team built on purpose and opportunity. Join us and be part of something meaningful. At BJ’s Wholesale Club, our team members are at the heart of everything we do. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, well-being and future – both on and off the job. When you grow, we grow.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or operations related field, MBA optional
• 7+ years related merchandising / category management experience, specifically within Apparel
• Strong Negotiation skills
• Proven record of decision-making ability
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven analytical and organizational skills

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with AI tools, including ChatGPT

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the performance of assigned categories including driving growth, category profitability and customer experience.
• Responsible for product assortment and the development of competitive merchandise annual plans that achieve financial objectives.
• Consistently remains on and ahead of category trends through proactive trend and comp shopping, leveraging resources like WGSN and social media and more, and adjusts assortment, and vendor base if necessary.
• Negotiates pricing and terms with new, existing and prospective vendors.
• Builds strong relationships with the vendor community and exercises flexibility in approach to negotiations.
• Manages the development of the sales and margin plans and forecasts in close partnership with cross functional team for assigned categories.
• Communicates merchandising strategies to cross functional teams to ensure proper and timely execution and support of strategy.
• Connects strategies to business operations and maintains an understanding of business operational goals and challenges, working to ensure progress.
• Responsible for value management for assigned categories including price indexing and achievement of margin targets.
• Collaborates with the Vendors, Pricing team and Marketing team to develop pricing, promotional and campaign strategies for assigned categories.
• Continually evaluates merchandising performance and promptly reacts to changes in the business to capitalize on opportunities and mitigate risks.
• Provides leadership and training to the merchandise team.
• Provides the team with frequent and actionable feedback and professional development opportunities.
• Establishes and maintains a reputation of credibility and responsiveness in the marketplace.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Weekly Pay
• Free BJ’s Memberships
• Generous Paid Time Off (vacation, personal, sick days, holidays, bereavement, and jury duty leave)
• Flexible and Affordable Health Benefits (three medical plans, optional dental, vision, Health Savings Account (HSA), and flexible spending account options)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior