Senior Product Merchant, Category Strategy

Galls; Northland (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k)

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Galls is seeking an Associate Merchant to drive product and assortment strategy across key categories for growth in stores and online. You will own category performance, vendor relationships, and cross-functional collaboration across merchandising, buying, marketing and supply chain.

You will synthesize strategies into actionable category plans, manage inventory and pricing, and lead vendor negotiations. Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills are essential to influence

Qualifications

• Product passion and customer focus for assortments.
• Ability to translate strategy into category plans.
• Proven track record delivering growth and profitability.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
• Influence vendors and internal partners to achieve goals.
• Data-driven decision making and storytelling with numbers.

Responsibilities

• Through extensive knowledge of product, market, consumer, usage, vendors, and trends, provides leadership across the organization to position Galls as an industry leader and category captain.
• Owns, enhances, and leverages vendor relationships within assigned categories for growth, ensuring performance to goals across margins, supply chain, and sales fulfillment.
• Synthesizes corporate strategies into category strategies related to vendor selection and assortment to manage inventory, overstock, and seasonal SKUs.
• Manages portfolio of vendors and products to maximize SKU optimization and lifecycle management.
• Leads product planning, line reviews, and development of strategies to grow sales and gross profit.
• Uses data mining to identify insights and takes action to ensure business stability.
• Resolves vendor issues, including POs, service levels, pricing, and data errors.
• Oversees priorities and communicates progress to leadership; drives transformational growth.
• Works cross-functionally to streamline processes and connect to financial impact.
• Communicates strategies and results across the organization and partners with Sales and E-Comm.

Skills

Product passion

Strategic thinking

Results oriented

Leadership

Salesmanship

Decision making

Negotiation skills

Presentation skills

Job description

Galls is seeking an Associate Merchant to drive product and assortment strategy across key categories for growth in stores and online. You will own category performance, vendor relationships, and cross-functional collaboration across merchandising, buying, marketing and supply chain.

You will synthesize strategies into actionable category plans, manage inventory and pricing, and lead vendor negotiations. Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills are essential to influence