Belk · 3 weeks ago
Merchandising Team Manager
Belk is a retail company seeking a Merchandising Team Manager responsible for managing customer-facing store merchandising to drive profitability. The role includes leading a team in store operations, merchandising, and facilities activities while ensuring a positive customer experience and collaboration across various teams.
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Responsibilities
Demonstrate a high level of ownership, accountability, and initiative in achieving store objectives and driving the accomplishment of key metrics
Lead team in execution of back-of-house operations, including receiving and processing inbound deliveries, readying product for sales floor, processing damages, preparing and completing outbound shipments, and supporting store fulfillment. Coordinate organization and maintenance of equipment, devices, communication boards, supplies, signage, fixtures, and other tools to promote efficiency and maximize productivity
Direct and support team with front-of-house operations, including product placement, floor sets, stock and supply replenishment, facilities maintenance, pricing activities, promotional sets, audits, and customer service to enhance customer experience
Collaborate with selling and visual teams to support overall management and maintenance of merchandise presentations and customer shopping environment, ensuring alignment with visual merchandising directives, planograms, cleanliness, and company standards
Participate in weekly leadership workload planning meetings to ensure all merchandising and operations tasks are prepped, planned, and scheduled, while ensuring execution plan aligns with company priorities, directives, and processes. Utilize company systems, planning tools, and reporting to determine forecasted receipts and required labor hours
Build comprehensive team knowledge of merchandising, operations, and omni processes and procedures, ensuring associates are trained to execute consistently, efficiently, and effectively. Model behaviors that foster a culture of excellence, teamwork, and a strong drive for results
Set and communicate clear team priorities and expectations. Enhance individual and store results through regularly reviewing associate performance, conducting meaningful coaching conversations, and embracing opportunities to continuously teach and develop
Drive team retention and engagement by recognizing individual contributions, celebrating store achievements, and promoting upcoming activities. Foster a positive store culture by ensuring team members understand their role in achieving store goals and feel valued and a sense of belonging
Support filling open positions timely through recruitment, interviewing, and facilitating team career development conversations to ensure ready-now bench of store talent. Oversee associate onboarding experience, ensuring structured onboarding completion
Effectively manage shortage control and inventory accuracy, ensuring team compliance with asset protection, product protection standards, safety guidelines, and security protocols
Qualification
Required
Ability to successfully apply analytics, experience, and judgement to make timely and effective business, people, and profitability decisions
Skills and experience to perform in the role and a commitment to continuously learn
Ability to develop others through mentorship, effective communication, and side-by-side coaching
Self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision in a deadline-driven environment
Communicate with excellence
Comfortable with technology, including smartphones, tablet computers and Windows-based operating systems
3+ years of experience in Visual Merchandising or Retail Management
Available to work a flexible schedule based on business needs, including nights, weekends, and holidays
Must regularly move around all store areas and be accessible to customers
Must bend, reach, stretch for product as well as lift, carry, and move at least 50 lbs
Ability to push/pull receiving equipment weighing up to 500 lbs
Benefits
Monthly bonus eligibility
Company
Belk
Belk, Inc. is the mainline department store company with 305 stores located in 16 Southern states.
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$485M2024-07-23Debt Financing· $485M
2015-08-24Acquired
2011-11-23IPO
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