Merchant, Little Planet Brand

How you’ll make an impact

The Little Planet Merchant will lead end-to-end product strategy for one of our fastest-growing initiatives. Centered on sustainable design and a timeless aesthetic, Little Planet is a premium, differentiated brand within our portfolio. This role owns line architecture, ensuring profitable, channel-aligned assortments while partnering cross-functionally to execute the vision.

This role reports into the VP of Merchandising and is based in our Buckhead office.

• 60%: Strategy, Line Structure and execution
• Lead marketplace “deep dives” and maintain ongoing awareness of competitive landscape to identify opportunities, generate new strategies, reinforce existing ones, and drive innovation
• Analyze multi-channel Little Planet business trends and develop actionable takeaways to accelerate growth
• Partner with Consumer Insights team to understand mindsets to meet the needs of today’s young families
• Develop line structure needed to support strategies; with awareness of merchandising best practices, good/better/best, lifecycle/product pyramid, category roles, and channel segmentation approach
• Partner across Channels and working teams to bring strategies to life
• Lead cross-functional team meetings weekly, communicate selling insights, drive calendar deliverables
• Responsible for preparation for internal milestone meetings, internal channel handoffs, and external account sell-ins
• Support cross functional teams with product knowledge and storytelling, ensuring consistent brand communication across broad network of partners (Marketing, Retail Buying/Planning, Store and Site teams, etc)
• 30%: Product Execution: Costing, Pricing, Margin Management
• Manage pricing strategy and margin requirements to deliver revenue goals based on financial plans
• Possess strong knowledge of retail metrics to effectively analyze results across channels and markets
• Partner closely with cross-functional team to build an assortment that fits within margin model and executes against product strategy
• Support team during sample reviews with understanding of costs, garment execution, and ticket strategy; communicate sample details to channels
• 10%: Style Set Up/System Management
• Manage large SKU count across multiple categories and SBUs in PLM system
• Support Little Planet Assistant/Associate with systemic attributing and style set ups, be accountable for accuracy

Must have

• 4+ Years of Experience in Merchandising or Buying; experience developing a line structure is critical
• Experience working with design, sourcing, product development, sales, and other cross-functional partners; ability to communicate ideas clearly and listen with intent to learn
• Strong knowledge of retail metrics to effectively analyze results across channels and markets
• Strong communication skills, proven success partnering cross-functionally within a retail environment, ability to influence and drive strong outcomes
• Experience working with external partners and accounts
• Well-developed presentation skills and professional polish, comfort presenting to all leadership levels and external accounts
• Passion for leadership and developing talent across Merchandising organization
• Entrepreneurial spirit, can-do attitude and an optimistic problem-solving approach; ability to be open minded and flexible
• Bachelor’s Degree required

Preferred skills and experience

• Ability to understand and translate trend for our brand
• Ability to develop product and assess creative
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite