Manager of Vendor Direct Commerce

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure item setup for products within Print on Demand and Drop Ship is correct, including product titles, copy, images, and classification.
• Manage price alignment for Products on Drop Ship with brands and Merchant teams.
• Communicate with Print on Demand and Drop Ship Vendors, including initial outreach, contract negotiations, and assortment decisions.
• Partner with Merchant & Ecommerce teams to assist in defining and refining the online shopping experience for vendor direct commerce.
• Perform in-depth analysis for selling and product sell-through for Vendor Direct Commerce to guide opportunities for improvement of tillys.com merchandise performance and presentation.
• Work with Kornit and the DC’s POD operations on file, data on production operations.
• Support production operation with blank identification.
• Work with merchandising teams to determine POD items for stores, coordinating with merchant’s trend teams and designers.
• Identify, onboard, and launch new licenses to expand POD operations.
• Use internal tools such as Google Analytics, Heat Mapping, & Web Tool to improve Tillys.com sales and margin for Vendor Direct Commerce.
• Understand and learn hot products and key licenses through tracking industry trends and staying up to date on new media releases.
• Supervise, coach, and develop Coordinator.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills with strong verbal and written communication.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to analyze reports and employee data information, and resolve employee relations situations.
• Experience with retail math and inventory management.
• Strong reasoning ability to exercise sound judgment and find effective solutions.
• Independent, self-motivated, team player, leader with multi-task orientation.
• Able to effectively communicate with all levels of staff and management.
• Strong Excel skills and attention to detail.