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**Divisional Merchandise Manager**
Windsor Fashions Santa Fe Springs, CA, USA Posted 3 days ago Full time Retail Apparel and Fashion **Job Summary:**
Windsor is currently seeking a Divisional Merchandise Manager (DMM) to join our Windsor Family at our Corporate Headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, CA. This person will be a member within the Buying Department and will report to the Chief Merchandising Officer (CMO). Like any member of the family, the DMM is expected to represent Windsor and its mission statement with integrity. The fundamental duty of this role is to manage the merchandise direction and strategy to ensure the achievement of company business goals. Responsible for leading their buying team and defining product assortments. Manages the development of product programs, involved in inventory flow, and incorporates customer, competitors and category trends into business plans. The DMM will develop tactics with the team of merchandisers and ensure customer satisfaction and maximize business performance and profitability by executing business plans that maximize sales, margins and inventory turnover.
**Essential Job Responsibilities**
* Develop and drive overall category strategy to deliver on top-down sales targets.
* Directs the buying team to develop product assortments that support the needs of the customer while achieving space efficiency.
* Responsible for assortment plans by category and classification.
* Review and reconcile monthly OTB to ensure deliveries are on targets.
* Lead monthly cross-functional business reviews with Merchandising, Planning, and Allocations Teams.
* Build partnerships with corporate teams and attend assortment meetings to understand seasonal product direction.
* Guides team to increase knowledge of market trends, strengths and weaknesses in the industry and within competitive sets.
* Coach and lead the buying team to realize goals.
**Qualifications**
* 3 + years of experience managing a team of 5 or more
* 2 + Years of Fast Fashion and E-commerce experience
* Strong leadership, communication and team building experience
* Strong understanding of retail KPI's (GM %/$, sell through, WOH, MD, IMU and AUR)
* Strong Vendor relations
* Ability to plan, prepare and execute strategic business plans.
* Ability to develop effective processes and procedures that support business growth.
* Ability to collaborate effectively with all levels of management, build partnerships and direct teams.
* Experience training, managing and developing staff.
* Ability to manage staff to achieve results.
* Must display a high degree of professionalism, tact, and diplomacy.
* Must possess strong organizational and time management skills, with strong attention to detail and ability to prioritize multiple projects and priorities.
* Highly organized with an ability to adapt to quickly changing priorities and initiatives.
* Demonstrated ability to predict and maximize trends.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.