Associate Merchandising Manager

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About the Role & Team

The Associate Merchandising Manager will act as the producer of the line for Toys - Puzzles and Games. You will work with creative and product design to ensure the highest quality, consumer focused, trend right product lines across all channels of distribution (licensing, flex business models, vertical and wholesale) that build brand equity and meet financial targets.

The Associate Merchandising Manager will report to the Brand Merchandising Manager.

This is a Full-Time role.

What You Will Do

• Complete the daily implementation of the product strategy for Toys-Puzzle and Games

• Manage the product strategy at the department, class, and sub-class levels

• Consumerist: Consumer obsessed, constantly balancing the art and the science of merchandising to find opportunities, elevate brand and delight our consumer

• Supervise and report on the global competitive landscape

• Demonstrate passion for consumer and product trend

• Track development counts, adoption KPIs and COGs targets

• Responsible for Data integrity in systems and samples

• Provide support for key achievement meetings with the development of presentation decks, briefs, recaps, and assembling input from key partners

• Attend cross functional team meetings to assist with the input/output of communication

• Manage updates and maintenance of the Brand Range Plan

• Prepare and maintain catalog of merchandise by quarter (photo-books)

• Consolidate the product needs from all regions and channels to develop one product brief to design

• Establish perspective on what's working and why to consistently improve product line

• Partner with Global Creative and Marketing teams to bring our content and IP to life accurately and with a consistent brand point of view across the globe

• Partner with Product Design and Sourcing to deliver seasonal product lines for vertical and wholesale business models that meet business objectives including sustainability goals

• Partners with O&O Merchandising and 3rd Party Commercial teams around the world to execute against franchise and product strategies

• Brand ambassador to cross-functional teams showing up as compelling, dynamic, and knowledgeable in all stages of go to market process and partner interactions where product is discussed

• Delivers our diversity and inclusion goals through right product and personal growth

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 2+ years of experience in Product Merchandising or Brand Management

• Knowledge in building a product line for a category or categories of business

• Experienced brand steward and maintain brand and product integrity

• Solid understanding of the omni-channel marketplace (knowledge of global marketplace a plus)

• Strategic thinker with the ability to drive execution against a plan

• Robust social skills and ability to communicate with a diverse audience

• Successful experience working, and thriving, in a highly matrixed company structure

• Collaborative and effective communicator

• Ability to build & foster collaborative partnerships across functions & departments

• Flexible and adaptable with a demonstrated ability to work under pressure while meeting deadlines in a fast paced environment

• Demonstrate organizational and time management skills with ability to prioritize workload and concurrently manage multiple projects

• High level of attention to detail; proactive, with strong follow through skills

• Positive attitude with the ability to be responsive to feedback and pivot based on changing organization priorities

• Demonstrated personal initiative skills in the workplace, with willingness to learn new skills and processes

Education

Associate's Degree or equivalent work experience

Additional Information

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The hiring range for this position in California is $84,500 to $113,300 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.