Anthropologie Weddings · 1 month ago
Free People Divisional Merchandise Manager - Accessories
US-PA-Philadelphia
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelAnthropologie Weddings is seeking a Divisional Merchandise Manager for Free People, responsible for driving sales volume and profitability in merchandise categories. The role involves collaborating with buyers, design, and marketing teams to ensure a customer-oriented product mix and effective in-store merchandising strategies.
E-CommerceFashionRetailWedding
Responsibilities
The DMM is responsible for strategizing the growth of both sales and profit for all categories they manage
The DMM is responsible for bringing a customer and market perspective to the design process and to ensure that the final line recommendations are commercially viable
The DMM coordinates and provides information to the production function to facilitate production planning needs
The DMM identifies marketing and promotional opportunities for their categories of merchandise and contributes to the development of the marketing, packaging and promotional plans – partnering with, and facilitating for the Art Department and Creative team
The DMM collaborates with marketing team to create strong product narratives that resonate with our customer and drives traffic in store and on line
The DMM is responsible for determining the overall mix of market and private label product for each buying area to ensure that the final mix is ultimately customer oriented
The DMM is expected to play an active role in determining the in store placement of their product
The DMM plays the pivotal role in managing their categories of business in season
The DMM must coach and mentor buyers to maximize the market resources, margins, and timeliness of product
Qualification
Required
The DMM is responsible for strategizing the growth of both sales and profit for all categories they manage
The DMM should establish and maintain a peer relationship with the design and production leadership
The DMM coordinates and provides information to the production function to facilitate production planning needs
The DMM identifies marketing and promotional opportunities for their categories of merchandise
The DMM collaborates with marketing team to create strong product narratives that resonate with our customer
The DMM is expected to play an active role in determining the in store placement of their product
The DMM plays the pivotal role in managing their categories of business in season
The DMM must coach and mentor buyers to maximize the market resources, margins, and timeliness of product
The ability to recognize a new trend, item, look, and product early in its lifecycle
The ability to understand the magnitude of an opportunity and to translate that insight into an assortment and buy
An understanding for the Anthropologie customer and the shopping experience
The ability to make the transition from strategic (conceptual and planning) to execution
The ability to develop and communicate a vision of the business that translates into bottom line performance
The ability to delegate and direct the daily activities of the buyers and provide direction to the team
Personnel skills to lead, develop and coach people
The ability to develop partnerships with other functional heads
The ability to collect, assimilate, analyze, package and present information to the President
Preferred
Entrepreneurial in spirit: Thinks and acts like an owner
Creative thinking is an asset in recognizing and managing in changing paradigms
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
PTO
Generous employee discounts
Retirement savings
And much more!
Company
Anthropologie Weddings
A wedding destination, exclusively from Anthropologie Anthropologie Weddings is a destination for the bride in search of uniquely beautiful ways to celebrate a uniquely beautiful love story.
Founded in 2011
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase