Product Merchandising Manager
Location: 4 days onsite in Beaverton, OR (WFH on Fridays)
Duration: 4 months to start
Pay: up to $31.95/hour, DOE (W2 and benefit options)
Planet Interactive is looking for a Product Merchandising Manager to join our well-known retail brand on a 4-month contract. This role is 40 hours per week and will be 4 days a week onsite in Beaverton, OR, working from home on Fridays. This is a key opportunity to work on a newly associated brand within a retail giant.
Product Merchandising Manager Responsibilities:
- Support creation of the apparel, footwear and accessories line and assortment.
- Collaborate with design, development, and sourcing on the product creation process from line planning through final product approval.
- Manage product creation workflow and data, maintain product tools, build assortments, and effectively collaborate across functional partners.
- Blend art with science to bring the vision to life in all retail environments.
- Participate in meetings and scheduling meetings as well as internal facing presentations.
Product Merchandising Manager Qualifications:
- 3+ years' experience in apparel merchandising and/or product creation experience.
- Bachelor's degree in business, Marketing, or equivalent combination of education, experience, or training.
- Experience with Keynote, Excel. AV, MMX experience a plus.
- Business orientation, analytical proficiency, and expert in retail math.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities across multiple simultaneous projects.
- Familiar with line planning, merchandising and product creation process.
- Understanding of retail key performance indicators and profit based metrics.
- Solve problems using limited information and implement solutions with the ability to foresee most future implications.
- Respond with speed and agility, curiosity, and motivation. Self-directed, independent, and dedicated.
- Strong verbal and written communication, including meeting facilitation and presentations.
- Outstanding attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong decision-making skills and the ability to drive consensus.