General Merchandising Manager – Pets, Throws & Pillows

SBH Fashion; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 190.000 - 200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

SBH Fashion in New York seeks a strategic General Merchandising Manager to lead Pets, Throws & Pillows categories with full P&L responsibility. You will shape assortment strategy, price integrity, product development, and achieve profitability across a large SKU set.

You will guide a design and product development team, partner with marketing and sales, and translate market trends into differentiated, consumer-driven offerings that strengthen SBH Fashion's position in home and lifestyle

Formación

• Significant experience leading merchandising across multiple categories.
• Owned category P&L and drove sales and profitability.
• Experience managing large SKU assortments and cross-functional teams.
• Strong expertise in assortment, pricing, costing, and lifecycle management.
• Proven ability to translate market insights into actionable strategies.

Responsabilidades

• Lead P&L for Pets, Throws & Pillows categories.
• Develop and execute category strategy and assortment planning.
• Oversee a large SKU-intensive assortment for breadth and depth.
• Collaborate with design and product development for market-ready products.
• Set pricing strategies, costs, and margin optimization to improve profitability.
• Monitor market performance and adjust strategies accordingly.
• Partner with marketing, sales, sourcing and planning to align objectives.
• Set category goals, monitor results, and drive growth.

Conocimientos

General merchandising

Category management

Merchandising leadership

Consumer products

Home & lifestyle retail

Leadership

Descripción del empleo

Job Title: General Merchandising Manager – Pets, Throws & Pillows

Position Overview

We are seeking a strategic, commercially minded General Merchandising Manager to lead the Pets, Throws & Pillows categories within a growing home and lifestyle business. This high-impact leadership role will oversee a broad, SKU-intensive assortment, with responsibility for category strategy, product development, pricing, margin performance, and overall P&L results. Reporting directly to the Chief Marketing Officer, the General Merchandising Manager will lead a team of designers and product development professionals to build compelling, differentiated assortments that meet consumer needs, strengthen market positioning, and drive profitable growth. The ideal candidate combines strong merchandising instincts and product sensibility with exceptional analytical, financial, and leadership capabilities. This individual will own the business from strategy and assortment planning through in-market execution and financial performance.

Key Responsibilities

• P&L Ownership: Lead overall financial performance for the assigned categories, including sales, profitability, gross margin, and achievement of business objectives.
• Category Strategy: Develop and execute comprehensive merchandising strategies that drive growth, market share, differentiation, and long-term category success.
• Assortment Management: Oversee a large, complex, SKU-intensive assortment, ensuring the right balance of product breadth, depth, innovation, and commercial viability.
• Product Development & Design Leadership: Lead and collaborate closely with design and product development teams to bring innovative, trend-relevant, and commercially successful products to market.
• Pricing & Margin Optimization: Establish pricing strategies, manage product costs, optimize margins, and identify opportunities to improve profitability across the assortment.
• Market Performance: Monitor in-market results, sales trends, consumer preferences, competitive activity, and product productivity to inform timely business decisions.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with marketing, sales, sourcing, planning, and other key stakeholders to align product strategy with broader business objectives.
• Performance Management: Establish category goals, evaluate results against plan, identify risks and opportunities, and implement actionable strategies to drive continued growth.
• Team Leadership: Build, develop, and motivate a high-performing team across design and product development, fostering accountability, creativity, and a strong commercial mindset.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Significant experience in general merchandising, category management, or merchandising leadership within consumer products, home, lifestyle, or a related retail environment.
• Demonstrated ownership of a category or business P&L, with a strong track record of driving sales, gross margin, and profitable growth.
• Experience managing large, complex assortments with high SKU counts and multiple product categories.
• Strong expertise in assortment architecture, pricing strategy, product costing, margin optimization, and product lifecycle management.
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams, particularly design and product development.
• Highly analytical and commercially oriented, with the ability to translate market insights and business performance into actionable strategies.
• Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• A balance of creative product vision and disciplined financial management.

Salary $190,000-$200,000