Manager Merchandise

Phoenix Retail Merchandise Manager

PHOENIX Retail, LLC operates the Express and Bonobos brands worldwide. Express is a multichannel apparel brand dedicated to modern, confident and effortless style. Bonobos is a menswear brand known for exceptional fit and innovative retail. Customers can experience these brands in over 400 stores and online.

Columbus Corporate Headquarters

Position Overview

The Merchandise Manager is responsible for multiple categories and strategic clarity in executing lifestyle merchandising. Divisional accountability for sales and profit. One eye view of merchandise assortment. Synthesizes and analyzes customer and competitive information that feeds the brand objectives and financial targets.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for ensuring merchandising strategy is cohesive with all cross-functional strategies

Accountable for defined areas of responsibility as well as lifestyle results

Maximize the potential of both stores and eCommerce business

Effectively sell ideas, gain trust, and influence the Executive leadership team and the cross-functional team

Intimate knowledge of customer profile and requirements

Identify trends in the marketplace, adapt them to the brand, and scale them appropriately

Consistently drive innovation and new ideas on product

Ensure the merchandising vision is executed to fruition

Develops, communicates and tracks the team against the strategic view of the line

Build and execute both short term and long term product and business strategies that grow the business

Understand the customer and what they want

Bring customer and market perspective to the Design and Product development process

Utilize understanding of the competitive landscape to identify opportunities and risks

Actively searches the market for new 3rd party resources that will augment the Brand's assortment

Grow talent at all levels of merchandising

Empower and inspire the merchant team and cross-functional team through strong leadership

Manage associates in ways that create a positive, agile, collaborative and flexible work environment

Required Experience & Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's Degree preferably in business, retail merchandising, or fashion merchandising

Years of Experience: 10+ of progressively more significant merchant roles, in some combination of department and/or specialty retail, preferably apparel

Ability to think conceptually and strategically

Strong presentation and communication skills

Strong negotiation and influencing skills

Proficient in conflict management and problem solving

Achievement oriented with solid management experience and demonstrated leadership potential

Ability to handle challenging situations in a rational and level headed manner

Posses strong mentoring and teaching skills

Proficient computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Google Suite)

Ability to lead and facilitate a team work environment

Ability to understand competitive patterns overtime and be predictive where findings lead

Critical Skills & Attributes

Work well with a diverse group of people

Ability to make informed but quick decisions

Desire to challenge the status quo

Comfortability taking calculated risks

Closing

An equal opportunity employer, PHOENIX does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or any other terms and conditions of employment hiring on the basis of any federal, state, or locally protected characteristic. PHOENIX only hires individuals authorized for employment in the United States. PHOENIX is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to search and apply for a job position due to a disability, please call and say 'Associate Relations' or send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Notification to Agencies: Please note that PHOENIX does not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, PHOENIX will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.