Trend Manager

TJX•Framingham, MA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Trend Manager supports TJX’s Trend team in building trend strategies and influencing product assortments across the organization, including global merchandising, product development, and marketing. The role aligns trend direction with key company initiatives and identifies new global, cross-category opportunities. The Trend Manager researches and forecasts emerging trends, translating market data, runway analysis, retail research, sales insights, and consumer insights into seasonal concepts, color palettes, presentations, and actionable product direction. The position partners with Design, Global Merchandising, Consumer Insights, Packaging, and Marketing to guide product strategies, curation, and assortment decisions. It also presents trend concepts and product stories, manages projects and timelines, and leads, coaches, and develops a team. The role promotes continuous improvement through new processes, tools, reporting methods, and AI-driven capabilities.

Requirements

At least 7 years of relevant experience.
Strong attention to detail.
Strategic, creative, and innovative thinking.
Ability to work effectively both collaboratively and independently.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional collaboration to identify product concepts and insights that guide Design, Global Merchandising, and assortment strategies.
Represent the Trend team in cross-functional meetings, connecting insights, product concepts, and trend-led opportunities from concept to customer.
Translate runway analysis, market data, retail research, sales insights, and consumer insights into seasonal concept presentations.
Create seasonal color palettes and define color usage across product categories in alignment with seasonal storytelling and brand strategies.
Support product curation and develop ideas within areas of ownership to strengthen customer relevance and brand differentiation.
Co-create seasonal trend decks using clear, concise, and accurate information, data, and visuals.
Create an in-person presentation and workshop space that reflects trend deck messaging.
Research and validate emerging trends using quantitative and qualitative data, competitive and aspirational retail analysis, social and cultural movements, consumer behavior, and trend intelligence resources.
Deliver research-based, actionable content tailored to category and business strategies.
Partner with Design, Global Merchandising, Consumer Insights, Packaging, and Marketing to influence product strategies.
Use global research and internal and external analytics to anticipate consumer behaviors, needs, and category opportunities.
Promote alignment and efficiency across trend, design, and merchandising teams to support data-driven decision-making.
Communicate trend direction, key concepts, and product stories through cross-functional and in-person presentations.
Manage multiple projects and timelines to deliver seasonal concepts and strategic initiatives.
Lead, coach, and develop a team, and support direct reports in aligning their work with current business initiatives and needs.
Drive continuous improvement by adopting innovative processes, AI capabilities, tools, reporting methods, templates, and communication practices.
Adopt emerging technologies and AI-driven tools to analyze trends, uncover insights, improve efficiency, and enhance decision-making.
Perform additional tasks as assigned to meet evolving business needs.