Strategic Merchandising Manager
Toronto, ONFull-TimeManagerOther
What You'll Do Here:
- Category strategy:
- Maintain a deep understanding of assigned product categories through market research, site experience analysis, performance analysis and cross-functional insights
- Conduct category strategy reviews to identify opportunities and tactics to achieve customer, sales and margin targets across assortment, promotion and experience levers
- Monitor performance of assigned categories vs plans. Identify and lead execution of actions to meet or exceed targets
- Lead analysis and / or planning for Merch for strategic initiatives or meetings
- Assortment optimization:
- Own assortment selection for assigned categories to capitalize on identified market opportunities and realize financial targets
- Analyze item performance and apply strategy and assortment guardrails to identify category assortments
- Lead assortment review process and execution of new assortment, collaborating with cross-functional partners
- Conduct scenario analysis to evaluate financial impacts of assortment plans
- Identify category-specific master data requirements and lead data cleansing
- Site merchandising:
- Create and maintain category-specific content for website features, either directly or partnering with internal teams and / or suppliers (content pages, navigation, etc.)
- Identify and recommend new site content and experiences to address customer needs based on analytics, feedback, surveys, and competitive analysis
- Maintain assortment data related to site features
- Merchandising execution:
- Participate in integrated planning process, inputting to marketing calendar and events to capitalize on opportunities
- Analyze performance and identify opportunities for optimization
What You Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of direct experience within site merchandising, retail or a related field.
- Experience in the nutritional supplements industry is an asset.
- Excellent problem solving skills with the ability to structure ambiguous problems and build executable plans.
- Strong analytical skills, financial acumen and proficiency with Excel or Sheets.
- Experience with BI tools (Looker) an asset.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to multitask and time-manage to deliver across a variety of priorities.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment with high adaptability to change and a bias for action.
Why You'll Love Fullscript:
- Competitive Total Rewards offerings
- RRSP plan & matching (within Canada)//401(k) savings plan & matching (within US)
- Customizable Health Benefits
- Flexible Paid Time Off program
- Discounts on Fullscript catalog of products for self, family & friends
- Training allowance and company-wide learning initiatives
- Work Wherever You Work Well*
