Beauty Director
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Demonstrate leadership to buyers to execute strategic initiatives
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Work with planning organization to ensure merchandise and financial plans reflect goals and objectives of strategic initiatives
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Develop vendor strategies that support strategic goals and provide leadership to execute these strategies
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Develop and maintain vendor relationships
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Provide leadership to push high growth vendors and/or classifications beyond expectations of seasonal plans
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Develop thoughtful and accurate projections in conjunction with the merchant team and planning organization
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Provide updates on opportunities and risks that arise within projection timeframes
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Develop email schedule with web merchants and marketing to execute seasonal plans
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Performs additional tasks as required
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5+ years’ experience in a merchandise management role within a high volume multi-unit merchandising organization in a fashion apparel or home fashion category
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Demonstrated management skills, mentoring and developing a merchant
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Market experience with fashion, current trend merchandise
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The ability to successfully develop and execute a merchandising strategy
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Outstanding leadership skills; the ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization
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Strong written, oral and presentation communication skills
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Building effective teams
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Conflict management
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Negotiating
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Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university