FULLBEAUTY Brands™ is the premier fashion and lifestyle destination for the plus size customer. We are an online and catalog marketplace offering a curated collection of the finest family of plus size brands and thousands of products.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Merchant leads the merchandising and buying process for one of the largest areas within their Brand/Division. The Senior Merchant responsible for planning and executing goals set to achieve sales plan, mark up, return rates and profit (EBIDTA). The Senior Merchant leads a team of Merchants and partners with the Inventory Planning team to support fulfillment, Creative Services to support catalog/web creative, Sourcing to aid in achieving set price goals & fit quality standards, Marketing to analyze and respond to customers' needs and promote products according to branding, and E-Commerce to drive online KPIs. The Senior Merchant is also involved in company initiatives and interacts with senior management.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Present overall trend direction each season for assigned area including research analysis summary and key items identified.
• Review key performance indicators actual vs. plan. Determine root causes of why execution worked/didn’t work and develop action plans to maximize opportunities and minimize risks.
• Develop strategy, product, assortment plans and pricing in assigned categories by analysis of past business, shopping market and other retail stores and determine assortment by season.
• Develop seasonal strategies for presentations by lifestyle both online & offline.
• Interact daily with Creative, E-Commerce, Inventory/ Planning, Global Sourcing, Domestic Vendors and Technical Design teams to coordinate merchandising objectives and support cross collaboration.
• Manage vendors or collaborate with Global Sourcing to develop new product according to the brand positioning, source piece goods, negotiate costs to meet margins/AIMU goals, ensure quality standards, and use our fabric/materials base to improve service levels.
• Provide technical and managerial leadership to recruit, integrate, develop direct reports ensuring goals and activities are aligned with individual and business expectations.
• Partner with team leader to mentor and share expertise with merchant team to support their development.
• Represent merchandising team on special committees and/or transversal initiatives or projects as needed.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree, Masters/MBA a plus
• Minimum 7-8 years of merchandising and product development experience
• Expertise in product development, trend and branding
• Apparel experience (Catalog and/or web) is required
• Strong leadership skills required
• Strong analytical skills required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is a must

FULLBEAUTY Brands™ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.