Manager, Merchandising

We are the champions of childhood

Hanna Andersson is a Portland, Oregon-based premier kids and baby clothing brand. Our clothes are made to play, made to last, and designed to let kids be kids. We have core commitments to design, quality, and sustainability, and we believe in helping families create meaningful everyday moments. These principles guide the Hanna Way, and lead to an experience authentically different from other children’s brands.

We cultivate our unique brand by hiring team members who believe in these values, own a customer service mindset, and who are innovative, results-oriented, and comfortable working in a collaborative and growth-driven work environment. We all share in our brand’s success, and we actively encourage our team members to maintain a healthy balance in their daily lives.

Position Summary

The Merchandise Manager is a thoughtful and strategic leader who plays a vital role in crafting and executing plans to meet sales and profit goals. They work hand-in-hand with a lively and diverse team in a bustling environment to develop innovative and customer-centric assortment strategies. As a collaborative team player, they bring strong leadership, analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and excellent interpersonal skills, all of which help create a positive and supportive team atmosphere.

Essential Functions

• Category Ownership – actively drive a key category of business, making up at least 20% of our total sales. Consistently influence how we can make our product stronger for our consumer and bring relevant trends to life
• Strategic Direction – develop and execute brand-right category strategies that meet or exceed financial targets, while delighting our current customers and attracting new customers.
• Pre-Season Management – manage merchandising activities for owned category from competitive analysis, trend analysis, consumer insights, to pre-line targeting
• Assortment Planning – develop clear briefs to Design with financial, AUC, IMU and MSRP targets at the department, pyramid and attribute level
• In-Season Management – proficiently analyze and summarize business results to develop data-driven insights and actionable takeaways. Partner with marketing, site and planning teams to drive in-season results for owned category, including pricing and promotions
• Analytical Savvy/Hindsighting – deliver weekly, monthly and seasonal hindsights that combine consumer analytics with product performance and clear takeaways
• Cross-Functional Collaboration – communicate divisional strategies to cross-functional partners ensuring they have the information to bring the product to life (brand marketing, creative, site, performance marketing, customer associates. Be a sought-after leader on team projects, advising on complex matters and offer coaching where appropriate.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• 7+ yrs merchandising experience in a specialty retail environment, children’s apparel strongly preferred
• Extensive knowledge of trend, aesthetic positioning, and assortment planning ability
• Demonstrated success at developing profitable merchandise strategies
• Thorough understanding of merchandise financial planning and key metrics
• Highly analytical, data driven, able to develop and articulate insights to move business forward
• Ability to problem solve
• Strong listening skills, and excellent verbal and written communicator
• Strong interpersonal skills; and have demonstrated ability to communicate throughout an organization
• Effective working independently as well as in a team environment
• Able to travel, both domestically and internationally
  
  
  

Education & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Merchandising, Business, or equivalent experience
  
  
  

Hanna Talent Cultivation Standards:

With a rise in cyber-criminal activity, please note Hanna will never:

• Ask for any sensitive personal information via email, text, or other forms of instant messaging
• Interview you via email and/or send you a list of questions in lieu of an interview
• Extend an offer without speaking to you via phone or video call
• Ask for bank account or financial information during the recruiting process
  
  
  

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Legitimate candidate application submissions are received directly from the applicant. All unsolicited third-party submissions will be considered illegitimate and will not be reviewed or considered for hire.

Hanna Andersson provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Hanna Andersson prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation of any kind. Hanna Andersson encourages applicants of all ages.

Location: Portland, OR - Hybrid or open Remote (west coast hours), this will include additional travel to Portland.

Some Travel (domestic) required