Merchant Strategy & Growth Associate

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.; Dallas Center (IA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Flexible schedules

Tuition reimbursement

Leadership development program

Mentorship program

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. is seeking a Merchandising professional to support the development and execution of seasonal strategies across assigned categories.

You will help build compelling assortments, set pricing and promotions, and manage products from concept to end‑of‑life while aligning with customer trends and financial goals. The role involves analyzing sales, margins, and inventory, strengthening vendor partnerships, and delivering leadership‑level reviews to drive performance and customer

Qualifications

• Experience in merchandising and product lifecycle management.
• Ability to analyze sales, margins, and inventory data.
• Strong vendor coordination and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute seasonal merchandising strategies for assigned categories.
• Build assortments aligned with customer trends, brand positioning, and financial objectives.
• Recommend pricing, promotions, and assortment strategies to maximize sales and profitability.
• Manage product lifecycles from concept through end‑of‑life.
• Analyze weekly and seasonal sales, margin, inventory, and customer trends.
• Identify opportunities to improve assortment performance and inventory productivity.
• Prepare business recaps and recommendations for Merchandising leadership.
• Monitor key merchandising metrics and respond to changing business conditions.
• Own designated product categories within the assortment.
• Coordinate product setup, item maintenance, pricing, and product information.
• Ensure merchandise assortments remain current and aligned with customer demand.

Skills

Merchandising

Category management

Vendor relations

Data analysis

Tools

MS Excel

Power BI

Job description

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. is seeking a Merchandising professional to support the development and execution of seasonal strategies across assigned categories.

You will help build compelling assortments, set pricing and promotions, and manage products from concept to end‑of‑life while aligning with customer trends and financial goals. The role involves analyzing sales, margins, and inventory, strengthening vendor partnerships, and delivering leadership‑level reviews to drive performance and customer