Merchant |
| Location: | Miami, FL |
| Exempt/Non-Exempt: | Exempt |
| Benefits: | Medical, Dental, Life, 401K, STD, LTD, PTO's, etc... |
| Employment Type: | Full Time |
| Department: | Marketing |
| Description: | The Merchant provides strategic merchandising direction for assigned departments and categories within all business channels. The Merchant is responsible for the achievement of sales, gross margin, market share, and inventory turn goals. This role will develop marketing plans for all business channels and drive all marketing messages across the business enterprise. The primary responsibility is to foster a collaborative business partnership with MAT team members to develop and execute merchandising concepts, key items, promotional strategies, and assortments that are brand right and aligned with the Systemax consumer. |
| Duties: | � Provides strategic merchandising direction for assigned departments and categories within Retail Store, Ecommerce and B2B business channels
� Responsibility for the achievement of sales, gross margin, market share, and inventory turn goals.
� Develops marketing plans for all business channels. Drives all marketing messages across the business enterprise.
� Foster a collaborative business partnership with MAT team members to develop and execute merchandising concepts, key items, promotional strategies, and assortments that are brand right and aligned with the Systemax consumer.
� Acute awareness of market trends across all active business channels. Able to translate tend forecasting and product point-of-view into profitable growth and measurable results.
� Works with vendor community to negotiate and develop multi-channel promotional opportunities. Recommends and negotiated promotional pricing, special buys, sales items and event purchases.
� Participates in negotiating and securing all vendor/marketing funding. (co-op/BER)
� Assists in the resolution of vendor payment discrepancies to resolution.
� Participates in the development of sales, margin, and inventory turn targets with the support of the merchandise planner.
� Identifies, and monitors the category vendor structure, and ensures that each merchandise category is competitively priced to meet corporate objectives.
� Negotiates the best possible price for each SKU within the merchandise assortment. Utilizes the support of the Allocator to support pricing optimization.
� Supports retail store assortments through the development and management of a cohesive merchandise mix designed and maintained assigned plan-o-grams.
� Utilize Web Analytics and Metrics to build and execute Ecommerce strategy
� Build customer experience around selling solutions, technology and content across all business channels
� Work closely with Integrated Promotional Planning team to ensure strategy is communicated and executed
� Develop new business opportunities within assigned areas of responsibilities
� Gatekeeper of the merchandise assortment strategy.
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| Qualifications: | � Must have home automation/security/surveillance experience
� A Minimum of 5+ Years of Experience as a Merchant/Buyer/Product Manager
� Bachelor�s Degree or equivalent work experience
� Self-starter, multi-task abilities and the ability to lead in a team environment
� Web Reseller, Distribution Channel, IT Commodity Buying experience
� Sales or marketing experience specifically with Vendor solutions
� Understanding of Web Analytics and Metrics
� Strong Negotiation skills
� Have the ability to develop Merchandising strategies
� Inventory Management experience
� Advanced PC skills of Microsoft Office are required (Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
� Strong Communication skills
� Strong analytical and organizational skills, ability to multi-task, work independently and on tight deadlines and perform well under pressure
� Must be able to work well in teams
� Management experience a plus
� Must be able to work extended hours as needed.
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