Reporting directly to the Executive Leadership Team, this GMM will have responsibility for growing the Kitchen + Home division of ORVA. This individual will be responsible for the development of the brand strategy, category strategy and product assortment. Initially, tasked with leveraging professional Brand relationships to drive ORVA’s growth in this area, this GMM will be responsible for growing beyond the current portfolio of brands, creating a broad range of brands across these categories. As the brand portfolio grows, they will be responsible for directing the buying, planning and traditional merchandising activities of their division.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Build Brand portfolio strategy for the department. Leverage relationships to drive opportunities build partnership between Orva and these brands
- Collaborates with the Senior Leadership Team to develop Brand, Category, and Item plans.
- Begin to build a buying team that will support the ongoing buying, merchandising, and assortment planning.
- Continually manage key business relationships with our top brand executives and continually onboarding new brands.
- Identify white space opportunity to maximize demand, deliver incremental volume and revenue.
- In addition to growth plans, possess a sound and creative vision for “new” areas of opportunity based on market trends.
- Highly capable of presenting logical and well-thought-out strategies to vendors and other stakeholders.
- Monitor and evaluate trends in the marketplace to keep the product mix on the cutting edge of consumer demand.
- Assess the market regularly regarding market share, pricing, trends, marketing, and product strategy.
- Develop and enhance the Company’s vendor relationships and work with the buyers to maximize those relationships.
- Manage performance and adjust merchandise plan and forecasting based on retail data.
· A strong understanding of inventory and merchandise planning and systems.
- Drive product sales and improve user experience and customer satisfaction.
- Remain current on best practices that support Orva, Amazon and brands’ objectives
Analyze data and metric dashboard with performance indicators to inform all decisions to improve sales and profitability
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $200,000.00 - $225,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- New York, NY 10001 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- New York, NY 10001: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 10001