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Victoria’s Secret & Co. · 5 hours ago

Senior Merchant, PINK Apparel

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$128K/yr - $174K/yr

5+ years exp

Victoria’s Secret & Co. is a leading retailer in the fashion industry, seeking a Senior Merchant to develop and drive business strategies and seasonal assortment plans. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure the execution of brand vision and category goals while possessing strong leadership and customer insight skills.

ApparelBeautyFashionRetail

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead and demonstrate strong cross-functional partnerships with clear and accurate communication

Lead and influence solutions-based thinking, conflict resolution and productive dialogue in cross functional and merchandising meetings

Begin to develop leadership presence and cast positive leadership shadow

Demonstrate ability to layer strategic thinking and business ownership on top of business execution

Relationship building by demonstrating corporate culture & values of diversity, equity, inclusivity, open-mindedness, collaboration, and positive intent

Lead and demonstrate company values of Love the Customer, Passion with Purpose, Better Together, DEI is Everything

Consistently react with urgency while comprehending overall strategy

Consistently demonstrate an ability to turn customer insight into actionable recommendations as it relates to assortment strategy

Translate and apply customer and competitive patterning insights into actions that will drive the business and assortment forward

Remain curious about the customer to better understand their current demands and seek to learn more through store travel and taking on the customer lens

Partner across merchandising categories to connect dots on larger, total brand trends and patterns

Understand the customer’s lifestyle by staying on top of trends, social media, and pop culture as it specifically relates to the customer, in stores or wherever they are

Drive customer insight strategy via the internal teams and external focus groups

Responsible for executing the seasonal financial plan into a product assortment while preserving brand position and brand image

Consistently demonstrate an ability to turn product insight into actionable recommendations as it relates to assortment strategy

Accountable for key meeting prep with sample availability, style & color ranking, deck preparation, and ad hoc requests and analysis, always staying agile and flexible

Responsible for ongoing trend analysis and reporting, inclusive of competitive landscape & competitive patterning

Drive development of a robust testing agenda to identify and unlock future growth opportunities

Accountable for sales and margin targets for their category(s) of business

Develop roadmap and lineplan architecture by season and align with Planning partners in lineplan reviews to present to Senior Leadership

Ensure price-value relationship is in line with customer expectation

Understand product trends and historical data at the category level in order to manage in-season opportunities

Actively participate and influence in costing meetings by floorset

Select, train, coach, retain and develop a diverse team to ensure effective performance and growth through consistent on-the-job training

Demonstrate capability to cultivate and promote talent within Merchandising

Manage yourself as well as your team (i.e., handling high pressure situations, proactive problem solving, positive leadership shadow, maintaining healthy relationships across the organization)

Actively give, seek and take action on feedback to and from all levels to enable growth and development in role

Minimum of one direct report

Qualification

Merchandising experienceFinancial planningLeadership skillsAnalytical skillsTrend analysisConflict managementCommunication skillsMulti-taskingInfluencing skillsSystems proficiencyCustomer insightProblem-solvingOrganizational skillsPresentation skillsNegotiating skillsTeam management