Associate Category Manager
Location: Carle Place, NY
Position Type: Full-Time

Summary

• Responsible for merchandise analysis, merchandising of WEB collections-manage to maximize sales and profitability, vendor quote sheets, GM calculation sheets, sample requests. Meet or exceed gross margin and EBITDA objectives.
• Communicate with photography on sample shoots.
• Maintain line list, live date list.
• Produce leadership deck weekly-capture historical data and learning's for the development of seasonal assortment plans. Collection analysis across all PODs weekly, monthly re-merch.
• Email approval.
• Update headquarters PowerPoint with new items.
• Liaison with VR for CSI and boxing, monthly updates for costing for gift merchandise categories.
• Coordinate interfaces among merchandising, marketing, and operations.
• Work with Director on product development. Learn all aspects of planning, purchase order, data base and Procureit.

Merchandising

• Collect product samples and quote sheets from vendors on new product
• Put new products through Gross margin Calculator, attach to quote sheets, review with team
• Set up new product codes
• Work with VR to insure packaging meets requirements, proper weights are used and best shipping method is agreed upon
• Line list management
• Prep LDL list, check weekly for additions and updates
• Prep turn-over for marketing meeting for LDL list
• Merch WEB
• Work with Photo Studio on all shots
• Work in data base
• Prep for fashion show products and documents
• Work on products to push
• Analyze data sets report on findings
• Develop product line (PD)

Inventory Management and Control, Reporting

• Monitor penetration report
• Reconcile receipt discrepancies with Procureit system
• Daily inventory management
  • Monitor supply inventory at fulfillment centers
  • Daily inventory maintenance by SKU
  • Sales by hour
  • Communicate inventory concerns to Planning and Vendor Relations
  • Track receivables in Oracle and supply PO's
  • Merchandising Performance Management
  • Daily reporting on sales, revenue & gross margin by product, collection
  • Publish/monitor inventory shipment/sell-thru summary

Demand Planning

• Develop demand plans, from bottoms up, by category, product & component projections by week, month, quarter
• Test & execute what if scenarios on the models

Sales and Operating Plan

• Lead & develop the establishment of a Sales & Operating process
• Month end inventory consolidation and reporting
• Inventory obsolescence reporting, disposition
• Month end inventory planning
• Projections for monthly plans

Holiday Sales

• Sales tracker, sales vs. plan, sales trends

Only Qualified Applicants Will Be Contacted.