Merchandise Manager
Ville : St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada
Catégorie : Product Management
Industrie : Retail
Employeur : Home Hardware
We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Merchandise team as a Merchandise Manager. Reporting to the Director, Merchandise, you will be responsible for managing the product assortment, sales, inventory, margins, and supplier relationships within an assigned category, to deliver on established annual financial plans.
If you have strong leadership and communication skills along with a good understanding of category management, we would love to hear from you!
What you’ll do:
- Lead the development, communication, and execution of category strategies in collaboration with the Merchandise Director and cross functional teams.
- Deliver financial metrics assigned to the category including POS, shipments, margin, and other business metrics including but not limited to inventory metrics in conjunction with Supply Chain.
- Develop and maintain a productive and profitable national brand and private label assortment in the Dealer Support Centre and through direct to store channels.
- Build competitive advantage for HHSL using expert category knowledge acquired through industry experience, trade shows, store visits, and supplier interactions both domestically and internationally.
- Negotiate and build strong relationships with key suppliers to support corporate initiatives.
- Develop and execute successful promotions and support marketing initiatives.
- Effectively lead, coach, and develop a team of associates including Assistant Merchandise Managers and Merchandise Analysts.
- Support Home Dealer Owners with timely, accurate and valuable category information.
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or Merchandising, with 3-5 years of category management experience is preferred.
- High energy with an entrepreneurial attitude.
- Excellent communication, planning, organizational, analytical, and negotiating skills.
- Excellent computer skills and embraces technology and uses it as a competitive advantage.
- Leadership experience with the ability to manage, motivate and direct a team.
- Willingness to work ongoing extended hours and travel as needed.
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize and meet deadlines.
What Home offers:
- Competitive Salary.
- Annual Incentive/Bonus Program.
- Comprehensive Benefits Program including:
- Health, Dental, Vision, Paramedical, Disability Coverage, Out of Country Travel Insurance, Life Insurance, Employee Family Assistance Program.
- Defined Contribution Pension Plan with Company Match, and choice of contribution level.
- Group RRSP.
- Discount from our corporate retail stores.
- WorkPerks© by Venngo discounts.
- Home & Auto Insurance discounts.
- Competitive vacation allotment.
- Personal and sick time.
Home Hardware recognizes the value of a diverse team. We believe that different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences make us stronger as an organization. Applicants representing the full diversity of communities in Canada are encouraged to apply with confidence. Please let us know if you require accommodation during the recruitment process.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.