What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Merchandise Execution position at Macy’s?
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Job Summary:
As a Style Merchandise Manager, you will ensure every Macy's store customer receives a shopping experience beyond their expectations. You will guide a team of colleagues in making sure store merchandise is presentable for our customers. You will oversee all merchandising activities, including product movement, price changes, signage, visual execution, event set-up, and reverse logistics. Your creativity, visual style, and knowledge of trends will help create displays that inspire fashion and style among our shoppers. You will also maintain an engaging work environment for an inclusive team that enjoys working together and use coaching, training, and positive management to motivate and inspire.
What we can offer you:
- An inclusive, challenging, and refreshingly fun work environment
- Empowerment to perform impactful work with tangible results
- Coverage across medical, dental, vision, and retirement
- Employee Assistance Program (mental health and financial literacy resources)
- Fully-Funded education benefits may include 100% of tuition, books, and fees
- Short-term incentive, annual merit, merchandise discounts
- Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs), give-back/volunteer opportunities
What you will do:
- Apply your experience and knowledge of fashion and merchandise execution to drive sales and profits
- Drive optimal merchandise execution standards, dissect seasonal and monthly execution guides and tailor to store architecture and assortment.
- Lead the communication, execution and training of all visual merchandising directives, merchandising standards for each family of business, and brand partner standards to ensure the floor is always customer-ready.
- Create stunning store displays using various resources
- Strategize on pricing, signing, and visual, event, and merchandising
- Provide strategic support for Own Your Style fixtures/fashion and trend set ups
- Lead DEI initiatives through mannequin and trend presentations inspiring customers to find their personal style
- Document your work with photos to create visual resources of your work that can educate and inspire others.
- Train the Customer Experience Manager
- Interview, hire, train, direct, manage, coach, develop, coordinate, evaluate, and discipline direct and indirect reports; establish strategy for work; provide insight and decision support; direct and manage team to meet or exceed performance and behavioral expectations; address and resolve concerns
- Coach team members in the art of merchandising
- Manage inventory, including receipt flow, placement, and stockroom
- Work a flexible retail schedule including days, evenings, and weekends
Who you are:
- 3 to 5 years of management experience in a department or retail store
- A consistently clear and effective communicator, writer, and presenter
- You know the meaning of urgency
- You love working with people, including teaching and inspiring your team
- An energetic team member who works well with customers and colleagues
- Strong in the Microsoft suite, computers, and handheld devices in general
Physical requirements you will perform:
- Prolonged periods of standing/walking around the store or department
- Reach with hands and arms, use hands to press, handle, and feel
- Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 lbs., climb ladders, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl
- Requires close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
About Macy's
Now is an exciting time for a Macy’s career as we continue to focus on creating exciting and memorable experiences for every Macy’s customer, whether their journey starts online or in the store. Our opportunities in Sales, Merchandise, Operations, Customer Service, Warehouse, Marketing, and other areas let you express your creativity and commitment to excellence, grow your career, and make a difference to your Macy’s colleagues and customers.
Bring your creativity, energy, and ideas to the Macy's team – Apply Today!
This job description is not all-inclusive and may not apply to colleagues covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Macy's Inc. reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. Macy's Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.
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