Senior Associate Merchant – Perigold

About the role

The Senior Associate Merchant – Perigold (Tabletop, Kitchen & Small Electrics) role supports the Tabletop, Kitchen & Small Electrics category for Perigold, focusing on the Perigold Physical Retail business. This role involves driving a high-performing assortment that aligns with Perigold's aesthetic, delivering an exceptional in-store experience, and supporting profitable growth.

Responsibilities

• Execute the assortment for Perigold Tabletop, Kitchen & Small Electrics in Physical Retail.
• Pull and analyze weekly and monthly category performance (sales, margin, sell-through, productivity per square foot) and distill insights and recommendations.
• Identify assortment gaps, redundancies, and white-space opportunities across brands, price points, styles, and use-cases.
• Maintain core assortment tools and trackers with a high degree of accuracy.
• Ensure product selections support Perigold's brand standards for quality, design, and luxury positioning.
• Support Visual Merchandising and the Merchant by providing assortment context, product details, and prioritization inputs for floor sets and planograms.
• Monitor competitive and trend landscapes in tabletop, kitchen, and small electrics and share insights with the team to keep the assortment fresh and relevant.
• Partner with vendors and cross-functional teams to manage day-to-day workflows, support strategic initiatives, and ensure timely execution of seasonal flips and key launches.
• Own or co-own executional workstreams tied to seasonal flips, new brand or product launches, and promotional events, maintaining clean, accurate product and assortment data across systems and documentation.
• Proactively flag risks and opportunities, proposing action plans with the Merchant and P&A, and refining and documenting processes, templates, and best practices as Perigold Physical Retail scales.
• Build deep familiarity with the category, customer, and competitive set, with a clear growth path toward owning a category as a Merchant.

Requirements

• Experience or interest in merchandising, category management, buying, planning/analysis, or a closely related analytical/commercial role.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with a track record of managing multiple concurrent projects or deadlines.
• Clear, concise communication skills – both written and verbal – and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and levels.
• Curiosity and passion for product, design, and trends in the home / tabletop / kitchen space, with a strong aesthetic eye.
• Comfort operating in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment and willingness to "do what it takes" to move work forward.
• Experience supporting or working with brick-and-mortar retail (buying, planning, visual merchandising, store operations).
• Experience working directly with external vendors or suppliers on assortments, pricing, or content.
• Exposure to SQL or other analytical tools and interest in deepening data fluency.
• Prior experience in luxury, premium, or design-led brands, or familiarity with the Perigold customer and competitive landscape.

Qualifications

• Experience or interest in merchandising, category management, buying, planning/analysis, or a closely related analytical/commercial role.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with a track record of managing multiple concurrent projects or deadlines.
• Clear, concise communication skills – both written and verbal – and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and levels.
• Curiosity and passion for product, design, and trends in the home / tabletop / kitchen space, with a strong aesthetic eye.
• Comfort operating in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment and willingness to "do what it takes" to move work forward.
• Experience supporting or working with brick-and-mortar retail (buying, planning, visual merchandising, store operations).
• Experience working directly with external vendors or suppliers on assortments, pricing, or content.
• Exposure to SQL or other analytical tools and interest in deepening data fluency.
• Prior experience in luxury, premium, or design-led brands, or familiarity with the Perigold customer and competitive landscape.

Skills

• Experience or interest in merchandising, category management, buying, planning/analysis, or a closely related analytical/commercial role.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with a track record of managing multiple concurrent projects or deadlines.
• Clear, concise communication skills – both written and verbal – and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and levels.
• Curiosity and passion for product, design, and trends in the home / tabletop / kitchen space, with a strong aesthetic eye.
• Comfort operating in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment and willingness to "do what it takes" to move work forward.
• Experience supporting or working with brick-and-mortar retail (buying, planning, visual merchandising, store operations).
• Experience working directly with external vendors or suppliers on assortments, pricing, or content.
• Exposure to SQL or other analytical tools and interest in deepening data fluency.
• Prior experience in luxury, premium, or design-led brands, or familiarity with the Perigold customer and competitive landscape.

Benefits & Perks

• US Full health benefits available (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA) on day one for eligible employees.
• No-cost access to 2nd.MD, a virtual expert medical consultation and navigation service.
• Global Traveler Health Insurance through GeoBlue.
• 24/7 access to mental, financial, physical and emotional wellbeing support, plus an enhanced offering of therapy and coaching.
• Automatic enrollment into Basic Life and Accidental Death & Disability Insurance.
• 401(k) matching with immediate vesting.
• Paid Parental Leave, Surrogacy & Adoption Reimbursement and Caregiver Services.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Wayfair Employee Discount.
• Gym/Fitness Discounts (Wellhub and varying regional memberships).
• Exclusive access to thousands of perks & discounts through BenefitHub.
• Yearly match up to $500 for personal donations made by employees to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits.

Pay

Salary Range: $83,500 - $92,250 per year. The above base pay range may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience.

Schedule

This position is a hybrid in-office role that works out of our Boston HQ (Monday-Thursday will be working in office and Friday is work from home). This is not a virtual / remote position.