BoF Careers · 2 months ago
Bloomingdale's Regional Merchandise Manager
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expBloomingdale's is dedicated to making fashion personal and fun, and they are seeking a Regional Merchandise Manager to advocate for customer and store needs while balancing merchant strategies. This role involves monitoring sales performance, identifying trends, and collaborating with store leadership to optimize merchandise execution.
Marketing & Advertising
Responsibilities
Share learnings, observations, challenges and wins with store and central teams to ensure alignment and share best practices across different functions and areas such as concessions and merchandise standards and execution
Monitor sales performance for focus businesses in market to understand and correct deficiencies or to accelerate local store outsized opportunities
Identify emerging trends or key items that resonate within stores and communicate with urgency to central partners
Communicate specific insight on content opportunities to central and actions necessary to compete effectively
Be a strategic partner to store leadership in driving lease volume
Work with GMM Initiative Leaders to detail ACE grids prior to seasonal strategies being finalized
Assist with consistency of merchandise execution - local interpretation of trends
Builds store leadership business acumen by building a fashion first selling culture focused on FPST. Help leaders connect the dots marrying reporting to boots on the ground intel
Scout the competitive set regularly to provide quick insights and/or significant shifts with appropriate partner. Facilitate discussion around market share information to identify opportunities
Cultivates key vendor relationships at local level, building upon central relationships with local business discussion and partnership. Advocate for local resource to support stores
Evaluate gross margin mix/performance by location raising opportunities for improvement with store and central partners
Owns floor plan process in partnership with store and central partners inclusive of brand matrix, content, adjacencies, and productivity analysis to create the best final product
Inform long range merchandise planning strategy to maximize volume opportunities
Consult on company-wide initiatives like localized pricing and reporting
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree from a 4-year college or university
5+ years related experience
Practices open and continuous communication, values keeping others informed, effectively presenting information in a clear, concise manner
Ability to effectively plan and execute strategies
Excellent leadership, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across functional lines and at many levels
Ability to think creatively, strategically, and technically
Ability to work a flexible schedule based on department and Company needs
Knowledge of MS Office computer programs are required
Company
BoF Careers
BoF Careers connects professionals in fashion, beauty and luxury to The Business of Fashion's global marketplace of over 2,000 opportunities.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase