FP Movement Senior Product Merchandiser

Free People; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical

dental

vision

PTO

generous employee discounts

retirement savings

Job summary

Free People is seeking a Senior Product Merchandiser to drive growth in the wholesale business. You will partner with omni buyers, sales, and planning to deliver an assortment that expands customer reach across wholesale channels.

Collaborate with planning, buying, and design to build line plans, preshow materials, and go-to-market strategies. Manage calendars, market appointments, and forecast readiness to maximize profitability and meet IMU targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years of experience in buying, sales, planning, or merchandising.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Organized, flexible, accountable and self-motivated.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between omni buyers, sales, and planning to deliver a growing wholesale assortment.
• Partner with planning, buying and sales to develop omni seasonal line plans.
• Collaborate with buying, design and product development to hit lineplan and IMU targets.
• Develop differentiated assortments with go-to-market strategies for various accounts.
• Prepare and participate in market appointments and preshow materials.
• Manage calendars, forecasts, and go-to-market timelines to maximize profitability.

Skills

Merchandising

Analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

FP Movement is looking for a Senior Product Merchandiser to drive the growth of the wholesale business.

Role Responsibilities

• Serve as the liaison between omni buyers, sales, and planning to ensure we deliver an assortment that continues to expand our customer reach within the wholesale channel.
• Preseason Line Development: Partner with planning, buying and sales teams to develop omni seasonal line plans that support account needs taking into account history, trend, brand initiatives, white space growth and account needs.
• Work with buying, design and product development to build an assortment that fulfills lineplan needs and hits sales and IMU targets.
• Ensure we offer a differentiated assortment with unique go to market product strategies for our different account types.
• Work with buying and planning to determine account offering for styles within the range and assign unit ranking and intent to buy.
• Work with buying, color team, and wholesale visual team to pre-color the line into compelling outfitting and trend stories.
• Manage the go to market strategy front to back
• Go To Market Tool Maintenance
• Prepare Sales Team to Go To Market by Creating A Strong Preshow and Ensuring All Selling Tools are Updated
• Prepare and Attend Market Appointments
• Maximize Inventory Effectively Based on Market Appointments
• Review account feedback and projected buys to strategically adjust buys to maximize profitability
• Ensure all account exclusives and adjustments are actioned on working with buying, planning and sourcing to adjust as needed.
• In Season: Ensure sales are maximized both in season and for future seasons
• Review weekly sales recaps by channel, region, season, color, and category – incorporate key learnings into future product strategies and communicate OTS opportunities
• Act as reference point for sales offices regarding product details, calendar, and deliveries
• Manage to the Monthly Sales Forecasts: Work with buying and sales to ensure all styles needed to hit sales for each account are managed
• Partner with planning and sales to ensure forecast and inventory are managed in advance of OTB
• Manage Calendar, Process and Projects: Ensure all calendar deliverables are happening on time and in a thorough and complete manner.
• Manage off-calendar product requests, exclusives, and collaborations working to bring them to fruition.
• Attend Monthly Style Review meetings, Buyroll meetings, OTB, Buy Reviews, Pre-show, and market appointments.

Role Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree
• 5+ years of experience in buying, sales, planning, or merchandising
• Proficient in Microsoft tools
• Strong analytical skills
• Organized, flexible, accountable and self-motivated
• Passion and eye for product

The Perks

• medical
• dental
• vision
• PTO
• generous employee discounts
• retirement savings

Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status.

For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

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