Experience developing customer service policies and procedures a must.

Must have web experience.

This candidate will be extremely flexible and enjoy a “high-change” environment where priorities shift from day to day.  Candidates, who connect through positive and respectful interaction, inspire greater success and create extraordinary experiences, solutions and ideas will be at the top of our list.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and vision in evolving the Grassroots Brand Experience mix for the  brands to drive long-term growth and equity.
• Inspire and motivate a team of seven through Plan strategy, project execution, and personal development.
• Partner with Brand teams to develop annual brand plans and overall brand messaging consistent with brand and business goals.
• Manage the day-to-day execution of Brand Experience plans including effective project management and budgeting across multiple projects and brands and facilitating collaboration between groups and agencies.
• Effectively manage annual budgets.
• Proactively develop relationships with key external stakeholders including agencies, cause and partner brands.
• Cultivate a continued passion for our brands within the team, and foster creativity to bring authentic ideas to life.
• Stay current with experiential marketing trends and innovation, and translate to relevant strategies for the brands.
• Model company philosophy, values, principles and best practices of leadership (both externally and internally).

Position-Specific Skills Required:

The ideal candidate will:

• Be a genuine brand ambassador, who exemplifies the culture in all communications and interactions.
• Be a Strategic and entrepreneurial thinker, capable of building plans to support brand objectives, and have a passion for our brands.
• Exemplify a solid understanding of marketing concepts and techniques.
• Bring visionary thinking and creative problem solving.
• Strong Verbal/written communication skills.
• Proven budget management experience.
• Skills in multi-tasking and prioritizing work with impeccable attention to detail.

Leadership Skills Required:

• Take ownership and responsibility for actions, behaviors and contributions.
• Strong ability to inspire and motivate self and others.
• Strong relationship building skills, leadership and vision to manage a team.
• Proven success managing a team and working cross-functionally with people at all levels in a team-oriented environment.

Technical Expertise Required:

• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Education/Training Required:

• BS/BA or equivalent work experience required.
• 7 -10 years’ experience that includes experiential program management.

Travel Required:

• 10% travel to Trade Shows and like events.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day supervision of strategic marketing programs and projects ensuring they deliver on strategy, on time and on budget.
• Coordinating and managing marketing campaigns
• Managing the creative development and execution— timelines and deliverables
• Developing/assisting in the development of strategic recommendations and proposals that address client needs and goals including brand platform, messaging recommendations, integrated communications plans, target audience analyses, competitive analyses, and communication flows
• Campaign analysis to assess success and inform optimization or future recommendations
• Managing and mentoring the junior members of the team
• Work with team to manage profitability, and develop opportunities for organic growth

Skills & Experience:

• Excellent marketing skills with a particular emphasis on strategic creative direction
• 5+ years experience, with Agency experience
• Experience working on B2B and technology client campaigns
• Proven track record of effective integrated marketing program development and execution including print and online advertising, mail, e-mail, web marketing, print
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Extensive knowledge about current industry news and trends, including online and rich media
• Detail-oriented with the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong creative problem-solving and entrepreneurial spirit
• Collaborative & team oriented

Description:

• Achieve planned sales & gross margin targets for defined categories, as well as contribute to total RTW plans.
• Brand outreach to Women’s Apparel Brands within defined categories.
• Partner with Director/DMM to create a detailed target list of brands for sales events.
• Communicate with new Brands about the platform, and create new sales events.
• Further develop existing brands to ensure that they have regular calendar presence, and develop annual calendar placement strategy for brands.
• Analyze prior events to maximize each sale’s potential.
• Track purchase order and receipt process from inception to close.
• Review and Edit events for competitive pricing and merchandise assortments to improve performance.
• Maintain communication between Director, Brand Relations Team, Production Team, and Brand to ensure timely and accurate results.
• Communicate with Production to ensure each sale is properly styled & merchandised, and all pertinent information is included to maximize sale potential.
• Ensure that every Brand receives post-sale wrap up communication.
• Develop and maintain a strong and established relationship set within the women’s brand community.
• Collaborate with Director to create a better Brand and Member experience and make suggestions to improve process efficiency.

 Requirements:

• Candidate should have 4+ years of merchandising experience at an associate buyer or buyer level.
• Preferably 2+ years of experience within Women’s apparel categories.
• Candidate should have prior Buy-Planning experience.
• Excellent computer skills with focus on Excel.
• Candidate should be ambitious, well-organized and a self-starter.
• Candidate should have the ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
• High taste level expected.
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimal travel required.

Accountabilities:

• Develop and Deliver Corporate Financial Plans by strategically driving metrics including sales, margin and turn for a Division and/or Business Channel for current and future seasons
• Guide the team in strategically driving the business to maximize sales and margin, and optimize inventory
• Deliver Brand/Channel Initiatives

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop Merchandise Plans
• At the channel/division level: develop fiscal sales, margin, and receipt plans in both dollars and units
• Build and maintain an event calendar through a collaborative effort with Brand Sales Team that consistently maximize opportunities and minimize risks to plan
• Conduct a quarterly hindsight and detailed review of historical performance, providing recommendations and guidance for future plans

Weekly Business Management:

• Identify risks and opportunities based on analytical observations and provide recommendations to deliver overall company financial objectives
• Reforecast the business and provide inventory management recommendations for Channel
• Develop merchandising and financial strategies and present to cross-functional team and senior management
• Manage aged inventory through weekly curation of events
• PO approval process with partnership of cross functional and executive team
• Owner of the Open to Buy (OTB)
• Lead and direct the open to buy meeting
• Gather and analyze data
• Present current and future business on a rolling calendar approach
• Highlight risks and opportunities with recommendations to deliver overall company financial objectives
• Make recommendations based on projections (120 days out) in partnership with Planning and Brand Sales Teams
• Lead the reconciliation process between tops down and bottoms up by both category and channel
• Managing and developing talent
• Partner effectively with brand sales and cross-functional teams
• Train, develop and retain direct reports
• Provide role clarity to direct reports
• Partner with Leadership to develop individual goals for direct reports
• Assess and develop talent to ensure succession planning for team

Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• Minimum 3 years merchandise planning experience; 5 or more years of total work experience
• Demonstrated experience
• Presenting and recommending strategies and building a business case
• Leading and developing a team of 1-2 direct reports
• Strategic forecasting and planning for a multi-dimensional business
• Show increased additional areas of accountability successfully managed
• Influencing and negotiating at a variety of levels
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presenting complex material in an organized and compelling manner
• Well-versed in advanced Microsoft windows applications

Description

• Brand outreach to Men’s Brands within defined menswear categories.

• Partner with Director to create a detailed target list of brands for sales events.

• Communicate with new Brands about the Companies’ platform, and create new sales events.

• Further develop existing Men’s Brands to ensure that they have regular calendar presence, and develop annual calendar placement strategy for Brands.

• Analyze prior events to maximize each sale’s potential.

• Track purchase order and receipt process from inception to close.

• Edit events for competitive-pricing and style-merchandising to improve performance.

• Maintain communication between Director, Brand Relations Team, Production Team, and Brand to ensure timely and accurate results.

• Communicate with Production to ensure each sale is properly merchandised, and all pertinent information is included to maximize sale potential.

• Ensure that every Brand receives post-sale wrap up communication.

• A Strong and established relationship set within the Men’s Brand Community.

• Collaborate with Director to create a better Brand and Member experience and make suggestions to improve process efficiency.

Requirements

• Candidate should have 4+ years of merchandising; associate buyer, or buyer experience

• Candidate should have 2+ years of experience with Men’s top Brands

• Candidate should have prior Buy-Planning experience

• Excellent computer skills with focus on Excel

• High taste level expected

• Bachelor’s degree required

• Excellent communication skills both oral and written

• Candidate should be ambitious, well-organized and a self-starter

• Candidate should have the ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Minimal travel required

Responsibilities:

• Create exceptional information architecture, solve complex UI issues and execute pixel perfect visual design.
• Constantly analyze and improve design of all web, mobile, and other digital products.
• Understand what makes superior audience-based content experiences and be a leader in the area of web/application design and user interface innovations.
• Create user personas, user flows, wireframes, and mockups to illustrate an intended experience.
• Design simple, intuitive solutions to complex user interface problems.
• Base user experience design decisions on market research or usage data.
• Ensure consistent company and product branding, user experience language, and look and feel across all products.
• Work with analytics, edit and development teams to define positive user experiences.
• Provide time lines, estimates, and status for design artifacts and project milestones.
• Work both independently and collaboratively with team members and demonstrate leadership, innovation, and accountability of assigned responsibilities.

Required Skills:

• Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
• HTML, CSS, Javascript, Flash, XHTML and CMS
• Omnigraffle/Visio or other diagramming application
• Multi-touch user interface design
• Responsive design

Qualifications:

• At least three years designing web, mobile, and other consumer facing digital product interfaces.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• BA/BS degree.
• A brilliant online portfolio demonstrating your overall creative genius and contemporary acumen for user-centered interface design and navigation.
• Must be comfortable in a start-up environment and be able to effectively deal with competing priorities and needs from multiple departments.
• Good project management and planning skills.
• Passion for video games, music or related entertainment categories.

 Travel

Travel is not likely for this position

 Budget Responsibility

None