Director, Merchandising Personalized Products
1-800-FLOWERS.COM, INC. · Burr Ridge, IL · 1 mo ago
MarketingFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end performance for assigned categories, including revenue, margin, and inventory health
- Define category strategy, assortment architecture, and SKU lifecycle (scale, maintain, exit)
- Drive disciplined SKU rationalization and portfolio optimization
- Identify growth opportunities across customer segments, occasions, and price tiers
- Define product opportunities and commercial briefs for Product Design & Development
- Lead decisions on refresh vs replace vs add, ensuring newness is purposeful and disciplined
- Ensure each SKU has a clear role within the assortment (hero, core, support)
- Partner with Licensing to incorporate collaborations in a scalable, profitable way
- Own pricing strategy and SKU-level pricing decisions
- Set and manage margin targets, including personalization upcharges
- Partner with Planning and Sourcing to ensure cost and pricing alignment
- Drive margin improvement through assortment, pricing, and product decisions
- Define promotional strategy by category, including
- Promo eligibility
- Discount depth guardrails
- Partner with Site Merchandising and Planning to execute against strategy while protecting margin
- Define buy intent and investment priorities
- Partner with Planning on forecasts, inventory risk, and open-to-buy decisions
- Take action to manage inventory health and optimize turns