Diamond Basics Merchandising Lead: Strategy & Growth

Signet Jewelers Limited; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Employee Discount

Medical Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Job summary

Blue Nile is seeking a Manager of Category Management, Diamond Basics to drive day-to-day strategy, performance, and evolution of the Blue Nile assortment. This Manager will combine strong merchant instincts, diamond and product knowledge, customer understanding and analytical rigor to optimize these businesses.

The role will own category-level analysis and execution across assortment, pricing, natural and lab-grown mix, product lifecycle, inventory and new product.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, analytics, marketing or related field.
• 3–5+ years’ merchandising experience, preferably in diamond sector.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with tools like Excel, SQL, Tableau.
• Ability to translate data into actionable business strategies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; cross-department collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Category Strategy & Ownership: Manage day-to-day performance and execution of Diamond Basics in partnership with the Director of Category Management; translate strategies into actionable plans; develop category expertise; define mix for natural vs lab-grown diamonds.
• Assortment & Curation: Manage Diamond Basics assortment across classifications; build clear architecture; ensure coverage of core needs; establish ladders for product tiers; analyze productivity and rationalize gaps.
• Commercial Management: Monitor revenue, units, ASP, margin, conversion, inventory productivity; use data to adjust assortment, pricing, promotions, inventory; maintain competitive price architecture.
• Product Development & Innovation: Translate category opportunities into new-product briefs; identify opportunities for innovation; support launches from concept to post-launch analysis; establish success criteria.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, analytics, marketing or related field

Tools

Excel

SQL

Tableau

Job description

Blue Nile is seeking a Manager of Category Management, Diamond Basics to drive day-to-day strategy, performance, and evolution of the Blue Nile assortment. This Manager will combine strong merchant instincts, diamond and product knowledge, customer understanding and analytical rigor to optimize these businesses.

The role will own category-level analysis and execution across assortment, pricing, natural and lab-grown mix, product lifecycle, inventory and new product.