Assistant Merchandising Manager
Overview
The Assistant Merchandising Manager for Champion North America will play integral role managing the seasonal and core product line development process. This individual will be responsible for developing assortment frameworks and consumer centered product briefs that address their deep understanding of North America athletic/activewear target consumers, channels and competitive set. This individual will also need to understand trends and analyze consumer and marketplace data. They will oversee and ensure that key deliverables and deadlines are met including achievement of milestones.
The individual will embrace the Champion muses and have a relentless desire to gain a deep understanding of their influencers, product, fashion, color and style trends. This individual must exude passion for product and have excellent communication and presentation skills. Working in a highly matrixed organization the successful candidate must be able to influence, collaborate, and create consensus. The candidate must be highly organized and demonstrate strong analytical skills as well as a high level of attention to detail.
Responsibilities
- Provide product frameworks and briefs which give clear product direction and information to development and design partners.
- Manage and execute to designated calendar milestones from design brief to product launches
- Manage product costs to meet margin requirements set by activewear leadership
- Analyze product line performance inclusive of add/drops, sell-in, sell-through, AUR, customer turns and profitability.
- Ensure maintenance and governance of the style master data and product lifecycle
- Responsible for sales/customer presentations, both internally and externally to key retailers/partners.
- Develop and manage an effective working relationship between design, merchandising, sales, and marketing communications to effectively plan new product line introductions.
- Drive SKU/Style productivity goals
- Seasonal market shopping and maintenance of seasonal competitive sample chart.
- In partnership with consumer insights, conduct consumer research to identify trends and market opportunities that creates a competitive edge
- Look for opportunities to drive Champion’s sustainability objectives
- Manage and coordinate samples including sales, ad samples and customer samples
- Manage master-style data set-up
- Replenishment inventory management
Qualifications
- Required Education/ Certification: Bachelor's degree required.
- Required Years of Experience: 3+ years' experience, preferably in the athletic/activewear industry
- Ability to demonstrate a general understanding of the North America consumer (tastes, habits, preferences, interests & behaviors)
- Strong analytical abilities
- Innovative and creative new thinking and ideas pertaining to product and process
- Creativity and passion for product
- Embraces a challenger brand mindset
- Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
- Able to create consensus, influence, and work collaboratively
- Good attention to detail and deadlines
To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status
EOE/AA: Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled
Only applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact us directly:
Telephone: 877.999.5553
Email: HBI_TA@hanes.com