Sr. Director of Merchandising

PetSmart • Phoenix, AZ

93d

About The Position

The Sr. Director of Merchandising is a key leader in the Merchandising Buying team that oversees all aspects of an assigned category. This leader is accountable for the creation and execution of comprehensive strategies both near and long term that ensures the achievement of company business goals. Strategies should cross assortment, in store and online merchandising, promotions, and go to market activities, and should incorporate robust knowledge of the customer, competitors, and category trends. The Sr. Director of Merchandising leads a team of merchants who are responsible for department level strategies including product creation, merchandising, and promotion. As a competitive leader in retail, this role leads buying teams to continually identify business opportunities and trends, understand competitive landscape, maximize assortment, and generate business analysis to achieve continued growth, forward looking plans, and profitability. This role works collaboratively across the organization to champion support for team initiatives in order to maximize the impact of their strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree, MBA preferred.
• 8-10 years experience in Buying/Planning roles, with increasing levels of leadership experience.
• Retail experience required.
• Proven ability and experience in evaluating analytics and applying to business decision making.
• Proven track record of identifying opportunities and achieving sales and margin metrics.
• Proven strategic, customer focused, analytical, management, and financial skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads a team responsible for the assigned categories; Indirectly lead and partner with Planning and Allocation teams.
• Creates and rolls out strategy with full accountability for assigned categories ensuring that the sales and margin results achieve financial and strategic goals of the Company.
• Ensures partnership and collaboration with Merchandise Planning and Allocation, Product Development, Store Operations, Digital, Marketing and vendor community.
• Moves the business forward with a sense of urgency by leveraging and integrating business analysis to track sales, identify key trends and maximize opportunities in the assortment.
• Responsible for vendor relationships including annual negotiations to secure financial and business support.
• Accountable for the skill development and career growth of the team.

Benefits

• Pet friendly environment, bring your pets to work!
• On-site Dog Park
• Top Dog gym with equipment, fitness classes, massage therapists and personal trainers
• Sit & Stay Café serving fresh breakfast and lunch options
• On-site coffee bar
• Lil Paws learning center and onsite daycare facility (associate paid)
• Volunteer events with PetSmart Charities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree