You’ll love it because you will…
- Be the cross-functional product category champion for Apparel and conduit between design, product development, production, planning, marketing, and sales; demonstrate the end-to-end understanding of the product lifecycle
- Deliver assortments that bring stories to life at retail in a compelling and relevant manner that excite our existing consumer, and entice new consumers looking for wardrobe solutions
- Collaborate with the team to build an integrated line plan framework; edits/assorts product collections that draw both the customer in and drive results
- Apply foundational retail math (turn, gross margin, markup, sell-thru, etc.) to drive informed and profitable pre-planning and in-season decisions around assortment mix, depth, and productivity
- Understand the competitive landscape and models opportunities with data and analytics
- Collaborate with manager to leverage products and product mix to elevate the brand and drive revenue growth and profitability
- Support milestone meetings and presentations with tool building and setup
- Perform general category maintenance, including data entry and sample management
- Establish cross-functional relationships to promote best practices and process adherence while fostering teamwork
We require…
- 5+ years of relevant product merchandising or planning experience is preferred
- Strong communication skills, ability to present with confidence; gauge audience reaction, interest, and understanding, and adjusts communication style or content accordingly
- A strategic thinking ability. Thinking broadly and considers important issues that impact success today and in the future; develops strategies to achieve critical outcomes; proactively seeks opportunities to introduce change
- Resilience and a positive attitude! Works productively under pressure; maintains a positive outlook; controls emotions; handles failure or criticism well and learns from it.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint
- An ability to be creative and analytical simultaneously
- Strong analytical skills including retail math, margin analysis, and inventory management. A comfort level to influence and rally teams with the analyses.
Spanx is proud of our continued Progressive People Practices…
- Company Healthcare Plan: $0.00 out of pocket (Employee only benefit)
Fertility testing and treatment are included in Spanx’s medical plans, even without the diagnosis of infertility.
- Parental Leave Policy: Primary caregiver receives 16 weeks AND will have the option to work a half-time schedule (20 hours per week) for up to four additional weeks with full-time (40 hours per week) pay.
- Mental Health Days: 10 days
- 401K: Matched up to 4% with immediate vesting.
- PTO & Company Holidays: PLUS two full weeks of companywide closures (one in the Spring; one between Christmas and NYE)
- Flex Friday: Year-round half day Fridays!
