Key skills
LeadershipCommunicationCollaborationNegotiation
About this role
Role Overview
- Develops productive partnerships that serve to drive business forward, including but not limited to: Saks Global stores, Buyers, and Planners with a focus on: High volume and/or high potential strategic merchandise opportunities
- Captures high-level merchandise feedback from store visits, corroborates recommendations with data, and develops action plans (i.e. category expansion, floor productivity, brand matrix edits)
- Identifies merchandise category opportunities in key markets utilizing:
- Evolving customer, market, and competitive trends
- Division, group and/or specific vendor knowledge
- Provides Saks Global stores and executives with custom reporting and presentations including, but not limited to: Seasonal launches, category initiatives, store relayer proposals
- Assists in preparing weekly business review for stores in collaboration with the SVP, Accelerated Store Growth
- Holds stakeholders accountable to execute action plans and deliver results. Reports out results to pertinent leadership in a timely manner
- Ad hoc responsibilities as needed
Requirements
- College degree preferred
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in retail merchandising and planning required
- Prior store-line management experience preferred
- Strong business and financial analysis skills, with a demonstrated mastery of retail math
- A proven ability to assess and address challenges and develop recommendations and execute strategic actions plans.
- Strong communication/negotiation skills and the ability to persuade stakeholders in a direction that achieves objectives.
- The ability to develop strong relationships across all levels of an organization, and the poise to manage-up to senior leadership
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Google Suite required
Benefits
- Benefits package for all eligible full-time Associates (including medical, vision and dental)
- An amazing Associate discount