Retail Merchandising Manager

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Pay Range: $47.75/hr - $52.75/hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• Bachelors Degree.
• 5+ years work experience in retail planning, buying, or merchandising.
• Self-starter who can work in ambiguity using sound judgment and critical thinking/strategic skills to provide innovative solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to influence/negotiate.
• Travel required visiting existing stores, new store openings, and cross-functioning offices.
• Proficient/advanced computer skills (Excel, SAP, merchandising and planning systems).
• Excel in a highly matrixed organization.

Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day support to stores on category initiatives covering contact lenses and promotions to ensure smooth operations and meet store and customer needs.
• Manage large scale contact lens initiatives to evolve assortment and/or selling practices and tools, with a special focus on Doctor and Vendor relation.
• Coordinate NPI Go-To market with a special focus on Private Label implementation.
• Support contact lens training programs with expertise and content, e.g., Enhancements Training.
• Collaborate with operations, field, vendors, marketing and other partners in testing and/or rolling out category related initiatives.
• Manage marketing Co-Op funds in partnership with Marketing and Finance.

Skills:

• Excel hard user.
• Finance basic.
• Power BI.