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Merchant

Description

Your Role:

The Merchant helps to develop and drive a category of business’s strategies and seasonal assortment plans based upon a detailed knowledge of the brand, intimate understanding of the customer, and studied appreciation of the competition and overall market place. They critically evaluate the assortment and reacts to in-season performance/trends and translates to future seasons. The Merchant demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of the connection between financial strategies and related merchandise objectives. The position collaborates directly with various cross functional teams including but not limited to design, merchandise planning, demand & deployment, production, stores operations, and visual presentation to ensure execution of the accurate brand vision and category goals. The Merchant must possess strong leadership skills as they are ultimately responsible for driving cross-functional communication and for motivating the team to be customer-focused, curious, and team oriented in their work. The Merchant supports the leadership team in prioritizing workload and plays a supportive role in training merchandising talent within the company. This role owns at least one category of business.

Why You Belong Here:

At Victoria’s Secret & Co, you’ll join a world-leading specialty retail brand recognized globally for innovation and excellence in lingerie and fashion. You’ll work alongside industry leaders to set the standard for what a retail brand can achieve, placing customers at the center of everything we do to create products and experiences that bring them joy.

We believe everyone deserves a place where they truly belong. We celebrate individuality and know that your passion, experience, and unique perspective strengthen our team and business. Here, you’ll be empowered to perform, grow, and engage through unmatched opportunities to develop your skills, gain real-world experience, and learn from the best in the business.

Your Impact:

Leadership

• Lead and demonstrate strong cross-functional partnerships with clear and accurate communication while demonstrating company values
• 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

Customer

• 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

Product

• 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 and influence the evolution of potential new categories to fill customers’ needs
• 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

Financial

• Accountable for sales and margin targets for their category 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

Talent

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

Merchandise Planner, PINK

Description

Your Role:

Merchandise Planner serves as the business manager for a book of business and is primarily responsible for translating the Merchants vision into viable plans and profitable results. The Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining sales, inventory and margin plans that tie to financial targets for an assigned Sub-Brand or Category. Plans will begin at the Sub-Brand or Category level and will drive to choice-level (Style/Color) plans, creating targeted assortments by cluster of stores with similar selling characteristics. In partnership with the Merchant, the Planner drives to additional value through optimizing the assortment for these store clusters. In collaboration with the Demand Forecaster, the Merchandise Planner generates demand plans, which incorporate statistically-based forecasts, merchandise plans and business knowledge. Demand plans provide the basis for future merchandise plans, as well as a forward-looking expectation of sales to inform the distribution process. The Merchandise Planner reports to the Manager, Merchandise Planning.

Why You Belong Here:

At Victoria’s Secret & Co, you’ll join a world-leading specialty retail brand recognized globally for innovation and excellence in lingerie and fashion. You’ll work alongside industry leaders to set the standard for what a retail brand can achieve, placing customers at the center of everything we do to create products and experiences that bring them joy.

We believe everyone deserves a place where they truly belong. We celebrate individuality and know that your passion, experience, and unique perspective strengthen our team and business. Here, you’ll be empowered to perform, grow, and engage through unmatched opportunities to develop your skills, gain real-world experience, and learn from the best in the business.

Your Impact:

Pre-Season

• Build and refine a class/sub-class plan based on guidance from Category and Attribute plans created by Strategic Planning – the class/sub-brand plan is a weekly dollar and unit merchandise plan by class, sub-brand and potentially subclass
• Partner with Merchants to create and maintain a seasonal theme-based assortment list and volume targets by store grouping (format, cluster, etc)
• Develop assortment plans for sales, margin and inventory to the style/choice level by store groupings (cluster/format, etc) in support of productivity and financial targets
• Use demand forecast, pattern after items, targets from attribute and category plans, test results and historical trends
• Incorporate impact of events and entrance/exit strategies
• Propose initial and promotional pricing by item Participate in consensus planning with demand planner; collaborate to drive to one number sales plan with recommendations for events, based on class plan and forecast
• Communicate merchandise plans to other functional groups as follows:
• Logistics for their review from a capacity standpoint. Information gained is then reconciled with the plan; issues reviewed and discussed together
• Finance to inform their rolling business plan; together review and discuss any related issues
• Stores to inform their labor estimates
• Compliance to inform of possible categories for new product quality, testing and regulatory considerations
• Customer Marketing to give strategic direction for the development/refinement of their seasonal campaign plans
• Support the Sales & Operations Planning process by assisting in the preparation of materials for purposes of evaluating and resolving supply/demand imbalances
• Identify test candidates that fit with merchandise strategy

In-Season

• Analyze and reflect current trends in performance of strategy based on actual sales performance; revise in-season plans for sales and profitability, control inventory levels
• Partner with Merchant to develop and propose tactics in response to current business trends
• Manage and execute promotional and liquidation strategy
• Manage the assortment to approved inventory targets
• Communicate revisions both within the team and cross functionally
• Work with Demand Forecaster to formulate alternate event options
• Actively manage inventory levels pulling up, pushing back or cancelling orders; and by working with Inventory Deployment to recommend reorders

Reporting/Analytics

• Analyze performance for area of responsibility relative to performance of plan and trend for both period and season sales, margin and inventory
• Prepare recommendations and alternatives for key financial meetings/decisions in order to maximize sales and margin and optimize inventory productivity, in partnership with Merchant.
• Perform trade-off analysis on impact of new items to the assortment identified at a sub-brand level and provide financial planning recommendations

Integration Points

• Partner with Strategic Planning to inform, reconcile and revise financial targets based on the category and attribute plans
• Participate in consensus planning with Demand Forecasters; collaborate to drive to one number plan and recommendations for event modeling
• Partner with Inventory Deployment to establish and implement short- and long-term inventory management objectives and review order quantities
• Work with cross-functional partners to make informed decisions on promotional events and season planning, exit strategies, new item launches and collections; provide recommendations in response to financial targets
• Assist Merchandising, Logistics and Production to optimize flow of goods from suppliers to warehouses, distribution agents and fulfillment centers.
• Work with demand forecasting to improve reliability through demand plan accuracy
• Integrate with Space Planning to represent the opportunities and constraints that the physical environment creates at store level, monitor results from tests, launches and edits

Customer Experience Manager – Victoria’s Secret – Sooner Fashion – Norman, OK

Minimum Salary : $20.65
Maximum Salary : $27.50

VS&Co provides an estimated range of compensation for this role as shown. Your actual compensation will be determined by a number of relevant factors, including but not limited to your specific skills, experience, & geographic location.

Sales Ops Program Specialist

Volkswagen Financial Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

Associate Manager

Overview

About PHOENIX

P HOENIX Retail, LLC is a retail platform operating the Express and Bonobos brands worldwide. Express is a multichannel apparel brand dedicated to a design philosophy rooted in modern, confident and effortless style whether dressing for work, everyday or special occasions. Bonobos is a menswear brand known for being pioneers of exceptional fit and a personalized, innovative retail model. Customers can experience our brands in over 400 Express retail and Express Factory Outlet stores, 50 Bonobos Guideshops, and online at www.express.com and www.bonobos.com.

About Express

Express is a multichannel apparel brand dedicated to creating confidence and inspiring self-expression. Since its launch in 1980, the brand has embraced a design philosophy rooted in modern, confident and effortless style. Whether dressing for work, everyday or special occasions, Express ensures you look and feel your best, wherever life takes you.

The Company operates over 400 retail and outlet stores in the United States and Puerto Rico, the express.com online store and the Express mobile app.

Store Name

Menlo Park

Responsibilities

Express is seeking an Associate Manager to join our team .

The Associate Manager supports the store manager in managing store operations, recruiting, management, training and sales functions, drives productivity, compliance with company policies, and creates a great in-store shopping experience for our retail customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Attract, hire, develop, inspire, and retain top talent
• Support an environment, which encourages an exceptionally high level of the store morale.
• Focus all store associates on creating an environment built on team work and inspiring a “one team” mentality.
• Coach, teach, train, recognize and manage all aspects of performance and development for all store associates up to andincluding Sales Leaders, to encourage professional growth and build a bench of talent.
• Identify high performing store associates and assist in their growth.
• Develop and maximize the success of store associates to achieve sales potential and customer experience.
• Attract and hire store associates, up to and including Sales Leaders.
• Analyze the business and execute/communicate clear action plans that optimize results.
• Manage all aspects of daily store operations.
• Ensure all store associates have clarity on goals and action plans.
• Provide feedback to help support the creation of clear action plans that optimize results.
• Manage and delegate workload and ensure execution of plans and strategies across the store.
• Maintain adherence to Company Policies and ensures the safety of store associates and Customers.
• Manage merchandise flow, such as shipment, replenishment, and omni-channel operations, throughout the store.
• Optimize sales/operations opportunity, by leading the associates consistently executes merchandising strategies, operations,loyalty programs and other company initiatives.
• With approval of the Store Manager, builds an effective schedule with the right associate in the right place at the right time.
• Support and develop a store environment focused on consistently delivering a great in-store customer experience.
• Resolve customer complaints to a positive outcome. Determines source of issues and takes initiative to identify and resolve.
• Lead consistent focus on delivering a great customer experience
• Create a culture of proactive customer engagement to exceed our customer’s expectations.
• Drive loyalty and credit card acquisition through an engaged store team.
• Create positive in-store experience through visual standards
• Other essential functions may occur as directed by your supervisor.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Education: High School or Equivalent
• Years of Experience: 3-5 of relevant job experience
• Proficient in use of technology (iPad, registers)
• Meets defined availability criteria, including nights, weekends and non-business hours
• Meets physical requirements

Critical Skills & Attributes

• Previous retail experience preferred
• Proven ability to drive sales results
• Strong supervisory, communication and customer service skills
• Minimum of two years relevant experience
• Prior sales management experience