Merchandising Manager- Adult Apparel

About the Role & Team

At Disney Consumer Products, we inspire imagination around the world and are committed to creating happiness for families and fans by bringing captivating, inspiring, and inclusive products into their daily lives.  From toys to t-shirts, console games, books, and more, our team brings our beloved brands and franchises into the lives of families through products and experiences that can be found worldwide, such as the Disney Store e-commerce platform, Disney Parks, local and international retailers, and Disney Store locations around the world.

The Merchandising Manager role will build the merchandise strategies and lead the adult apparel category with a sharp focus on delivering financial results, driving strategic growth, and infusing innovation and creativity into the assortment. This pivotal role bridges the art and science of merchandising – balancing the analytics with trend-forward thinking to build a compelling assortment that resonates with the Disney Park guests. In this role, you will collaborate with creative and product design teams to ensure the highest quality, consumer-focused, and trend-right product lines across all channels of distribution.

You will report to the Sr. Manager, Merchandising

This is a Full-Time role.

Please also submit a digital portfolio showcasing examples of apparel collections led. Please share or disable any passwords for efficient review of portfolios.

What You Will Do:

Softlines Merchandising:

• Own the end-to-end merchandising strategy for the adult apparel category from ideation to execution.

• Develop seasonal and long-term category strategies that align with the divisional objectives and meet or exceed financial targets (sales, margin, inventory)

• Partner with planning and sourcing teams to build and deliver on annual financial plans, in-season forecasts, and category performance reviews

• Champion the voice of the customer throughout the product lifecycle to ensure the assortment is both relevant and innovative and delivers a Park focused look and feel for the category

• Manages the product strategy for a sub-category (ownership of a smaller area of responsibility)

• Consumerist: Consumer obsessed, constantly balancing the art and the science of merchandising to find opportunities, elevate the brand, and delight our consumer

• Monitor the global competitive landscape and consumer demographics to capture opportunity

• Champions products developed in collaboration with the design teams and vendors to capitalize on trends, anticipate consumer demand, and drive product innovation in the category

• Partners with Product Design and Sourcing to deliver seasonal product lines for the vertical park business that meet business objectives including sustainability goals

• Understand and support strategies that build the right price/value from value to premium

• Execute against opportunities to leverage products, co-brands and collaborations

• Track SKU counts, KPIs, and COGs targets

Leadership/ Management

• Category and brand ambassador to cross-functional teams, showing up as compelling, dynamic, and knowledgeable in all stages of the merchant process and partner interactions where products are discussed

• Actively participate in conversation and activities with sourcing, planning, and pricing to cost the line, and run financial scenarios

• Actively participate in conversations with design to create a product line in all activities and key milestone meetings

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years of progressive experience in Merchandising, category management, or related retail functions – preferably in apparel

• Proven track record of delivering financial results and driving merchandise strategy in a dynamic retail environment.

• Experience building product lines for a category or categories of business

• Passionate about the customer with a strong ability to interpret data and translate insights into actionable strategies

• Organizational and process management skills with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities

• Demonstrated ability to capitalize on market trends and consumer zeitgeist to maximize value creation throughout the trend cycle

• Demonstrated ability to create, leverage, and scale innovation

• Strategic thinker with the ability to drive execution against a financial plan

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence a diverse audience, including experience working with external partners and vendors to bring products and assortments to the market

• Successful experience in a highly matrixed company structure

• Collaborative and effective communicator

• Strong Team Player – The ability to build & foster collaborative partnerships across functions & departments

Education

• Associate’s Degree or equivalent work experience

Additional Information

Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities, and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits. 

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