Divisional Merchandising Manager

About the role

This is a hybrid role based out of our HQ in Carlsbad CA. In-office expectation is 4 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Supports the efforts in the creation and execution of the mid- and long-term strategies for the business.
• Contributes through business, marketplace, and consumer research and analysis identifying opportunities to grow the business long term.
• Work cross-functionally and needs partnership and the support from key stakeholders in Design, Finance, Planning, Marketing, Sales, and Manufacturing to ensure priorities are aligned.
• Builds the bottom-up seasonal line plan for a portion of the business. Includes growth drivers that align with the strategic business direction and considers macro trends in the marketplace.
• Ensures line plan creation results in the meeting or exceeding of revenue and productivity metrics and aligns with brand vision while meeting the needs of customers across the globe.
• Participates and supports the team's efforts across all global waypoints and Go-to-Market activities. Ensures these activities meet all calendar deliverables and deadlines defined by the brand's master calendar.
• Plays a key role for the business's cross-functional product teams. Provides mentorship and guidance to the overall team.
• Partners with other functional peers to ensure teams are executing on the direction and priorities of the business and holds teams accountable.
• Identifies best practices in order to improve communication, operational efficiency, process, tools, and sustain seamless working relationships.
• Provides commercial support for the US marketplace. Helps to create and execute marketplace segmentation for their business that maximizes business opportunities across Wholesale, DTC, and eCommerce channels in the US marketplace.
• PARTNERS WITH SALES TEAMS TO ENSURE FULL ALIGNMENT IN PRODUCT AND PRICING ARCHITECTURE THAT REFLECTS THE RELEVANT MARKETPLACE. SUPPORTS THE SALES TEAM'S EFFORTS IN CREATING SELL-IN ASSETS AND ATTENDS PRE-LINE AND OTHER KEY-Account MEETINGS IN REPRESENTING THE PRODUCT ASSORTMENT.
• With an attention detail and acute accuracy, the Sportswear Merchant ensures assortment tools have correct product details and are cross-functionally distributed. ALL CHANGES ARE CAPTURED AND MAINTAINED IN A TIMELY FASHION.
• WORKS TO ENTER, UPDATE AND MAINTAIN ALL DATA IN PLM AS WELL AS LINE PLAN WORKSHEETS, AND LINE ARCHITECTURE TOOLS. ENSURES TIMELY COMMUNICATION WITH CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM ON CHANGES/SHIFTS.
• ENSURES THE ACCURACY OF THE STYLE AND PRODUCT LINE INFORMATION IN INTERNAL SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE CREATION PROCESS.
• PARTICIPATE IN TEAM MEETINGS, STAFF MEETINGS, AND OTHER MEETINGS TO ASSURE STRONG COMMUNICATION ON ALL PROCESS AND PRODUCT RELATED ISSUES.
• PARTNERS WITH MARKETING TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AIDING IN THE CREATION OF MARKETING COLLATERAL FOR DISTRIBUTION, I.E. HANGTAGS, PACKAGING, POINT-OF-SALE, ETC.
• LEADS SELECT PRODUCT PRESENTATIONS WITH MARKETING AND SALES.
• HELPS TO ENSURE CRITICAL GATES AND DATES IN THE PROCESS ARE MET, DATA/UPDATES ARE COORDINATED AND FULFILLED TIMELY AND PER DEADLINES AS ASSIGNED.
• INITIATES SEASONAL HIND SIGHTING AND ASSORTMENT ANALYTICS.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8-10 years Merchandising or Product Line Management experience in the sportswear, outdoor or action sports industry.
• Experience leading a team preferred.
• Strong attention to details and accuracy.
• Ability to multi-task, organize, and have excellent time management.
• Strong ability to work in multiple seasons across multiple channels at any given time.
• PLM or other product management systems preferred.

Benefits

At Columbia Sportswear Company, we’re proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical, social/emotional, financial, career and community. Benefits that can protect your family’s financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services). In addition, Columbia offers EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness benefits, employee discounts and a generous time off program available.