Position Overview
Your Tasks
You contribute to building and refining the category strategy aligned with company 3‑year financial objectives. You own pre‑season range planning and selection. You partner with the Merchandise Planner to finalize top‑down and bottom‑up category targets, margin goals, OTB, and assortment architecture. You conduct competitive analysis, market research, and consumer insight reviews. You identify, select, and negotiate with brands and suppliers to secure competitive pricing, MOQs, terms, and exclusives. You build strong vendor relationships via performance reviews and joint business planning. You ensure product data accuracy, sample management, compliance, and quality standards. You partner with vendors on marketing collaborations and new product introductions. You ensure SKU productivity, category segmentation, and option counts are optimized. You manage lifecycle plann...