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Merchandise Manager Job in Irvine, CA
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Irvine, CA
Full-time | Merchandising, Merchandising - Visual
About the job
Founded by Curt and Ryan Flaitz in upstate New York, PSD is an underwear brand supported by leading names in the NBA (Kyrie Irving, Jimmy Butler), NFL (Baker Mayfield), eGaming (Ninja) and a deep licensing portfolio. The brand has a strong social medial presence, a robust online business, and targets a distinct customer demographic within mainstream sports. PSD has partnered with La Jolla Group to leverage its back-end capabilities to grow the brand to the next level. Join our team and enjoy a casual work environment, onsite gym, discount on clothes, summer hours and employer provided lunches! We believe our employees are our strongest asset and invest in their growth by focusing on developing their strengths.
General Summary
PSD is seeking a strong merchant that demonstrates strategy in assortment planning as well as a clear understanding of the sourcing, development, and production process. The ideal candidate must be skilled in building cross-functional teams, demonstrate exceptional communication and critical decision-making skills throughout the product life cycle. Must be an adaptable and transformational leader with an ability to work independently, as well as in a group environment that capitalizes on brand opportunities that facilitates achievement of organizational goals.
Must be able to work effectively in a small, fast pace environment solving for workload fluctuations by supporting development/production associate as well as graphics team.
Essential Job Functions
• Create seasonal line architecture/numeric plans
• Research competitive positioning and trends
• Coordinate initial forecast, by style, based on design and historical sales data
• Set cost targets based on pricing strategy and historical data
• Provide cross functional leadership– ensure decisions are made and design/ development process progresses
• Works closely with sales directors to learn key account business and build necessary relationships
• Manage special projects.
• Recap all meeting notes with all cross-functional partners from seasonal reviews
• Evaluates current business processes to identify improvements and leverage infrastructure
• Build yearly development calendar by season starting with Line Arch/Numeric plans to Sales meeting and buy dates.
• Manage and maintain yearly budgets
• Approve all costing and margin
• Solve and Support Seasonal workflow fluctuations
• Manage Inline and SMU Product
PSD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran or military status, marital status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected pregnancy or maternity leave), genetic information and any other characteristics protected by law.
General Summary
PSD is seeking a strong merchant that demonstrates strategy in assortment planning as well as a clear understanding of the sourcing, development, and production process. The ideal candidate must be skilled in building cross-functional teams, demonstrate exceptional communication and critical decision-making skills throughout the product life cycle. Must be an adaptable and transformational leader with an ability to work independently, as well as in a group environment that capitalizes on brand opportunities that facilitates achievement of organizational goals.
Must be able to work effectively in a small, fast pace environment solving for workload fluctuations by supporting development/production associate as well as graphics team.
Essential Job Functions
• Create seasonal line architecture/numeric plans
• Research competitive positioning and trends
• Coordinate initial forecast, by style, based on design and historical sales data
• Set cost targets based on pricing strategy and historical data
• Provide cross functional leadership– ensure decisions are made and design/ development process progresses
• Works closely with sales directors to learn key account business and build necessary relationships
• Manage special projects.
• Recap all meeting notes with all cross-functional partners from seasonal reviews
• Evaluates current business processes to identify improvements and leverage infrastructure
• Build yearly development calendar by season starting with Line Arch/Numeric plans to Sales meeting and buy dates.
• Manage and maintain yearly budgets
• Approve all costing and margin
• Solve and Support Seasonal workflow fluctuations
• Manage Inline and SMU Product
PSD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran or military status, marital status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected pregnancy or maternity leave), genetic information and any other characteristics protected by law.