Job Details
Exciting growth opportunities
Professional stability
You can have both!
Our Heritage: Over the last 97 years, our company has grown from a premier mail-order cheese company to include a diverse portfolio of affiliates, brands, and products ranging from apparel to award-winning bakery goods
All the while maintaining our roots as a private, people-centric business based in Monroe, WI
Today, Colony Brands is one of North America s largest and most successful multi-channel direct marketing companies
We are seeking a Merchandising Manager to support the customers of our hardgoods division
As a Merchandising Manager, you ll have the opportunity to positively impact the customer experience and profitability of a stable, family-owned, customer-centric company
Do the challenges of retail and merchandising energize you? Do you enjoy helping others grow in their roles? If so, then this role should be of interest to you!
What You ll Do:
As a Merchandising Manager, you ll support the business by developing, leading, managing, and participating in various merchandising and design activities for the hardgoods division
In coordination with the Divisional Merchandising Manager and Brand Leaders, you ll have responsibility for the financial profitability of lines within assigned categories
In addition, you ll:
Develop merchandise assortments for multiple brands within the Colony Brands portfolio based on sales data and market trends that support the brand strategies
Convey product ideas to the divisional leaders and the cross functional team based on category needs
Work with the sourcing team to build product that meets customer expectations and satisfies the brand KPI s
Initiate and manage consumer, market, industry, and competitor research to identify business opportunities while keeping a pulse on existing customers and understanding needs and expectations of prospective customers within assigned market segments
Partner with key cross-functional partners (marketing, e-commerce, creative services, sourcing, planning, database analytics, finance, legal, customer service, IT, operations) to ensure category execution is on brand and delivers to business objectives
Participate in high-level business discussions and decisions requiring an understanding of the scope of the business and adapting/using creative tools to solve general business problems