Merchant, E-Commerce & Omni-Channel Buying
Overview
Open-to-Buy driven Merchant role owning assigned product categories across omni-channel channels. You will lead assortment planning, forecasting, inventory, vendor management, pricing, merchandising, and growth strategy at scale. This hybrid Manhattan position requires independent decision making and full accountability for category performance. You will join a growing retail and e-commerce team and collaborate with marketing, web, and sales to optimize outcomes.
What You'll Do7
- 1Own the performance, profitability, and inventory health of assigned product categories
- 2Develop merchandising, pricing, and assortment strategies
- 3Manage Open-to-Buy forecasting and inventory planning
- 4Build and negotiate vendor relationships
- 5Partner with marketing, web, and sales teams to optimize category performance
- 6Analyze sales trends and identify opportunities to grow the business
- 7Present category insights and recommendations to leadership
Requirements8
- 13+ years of merchandising, buying, or category management experience in retail or e-commerce
- 2Proven experience owning a product category end-to-end
- 3Strong knowledge of Open-to-Buy, forecasting, inventory planning, and assortment management
- 4Analytical, data-driven decision maker
- 5Strong vendor management and negotiation skills
- 6Self-starter who takes ownership and collaborates effectively across teams
- 7Advanced Excel skills
- 8Google Analytics or similar web analytics experience is a plus
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