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Overview
We’re thrilled to be looking for a Merchant to join our team Dumbo, Brooklyn. In this role, you’ll report directly to our Director of Merchandising and shape product strategies and execution for Brooklinen’s Bedroom department. You’re perfect for this role if you have a strong sense of product, a deep understanding of the retail landscape, and an eagerness to take on new challenges. If... this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
What You’ll Do
• Develop business strategies and seasonal assortment plans to maximize sales and profits for the Bedroom department.
• Develop seasonal roadmaps that maximize and fill assortment architecture opportunities.
• Collaborate with the Planning team to develop, and defend, seasonal financial plans.
• Suggest and help implement improvements to cross functional processes and tools.
• Perform market analysis, competitive shop, and sales trend analysis to identify and recommend product actions for the department.
• Own accurate execution of line plan creation, price changes, and assortment updates to ensure product stays on calendar and is delivered on time.
• Create weekly, monthly, quarterly sales, and competitive market analyses to help inform product strategy.
• Partner across the organization to drive merchandising strategies; ensure that assortment information is clearly communicated to all cross-functional partners to support efficient and customer-focused workflow.
We're Looking For Someone Who Brings
• 5+ years of merchandising experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Proficiency in Excel
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize data quickly
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to multitask
• Track record of taking initiative, ownership, and accountability
• Strong sense of product and a deep understanding of the retail landscape
• The ability to clearly articulate ideas through written and verbal communication
• Experience with Slack, Google Looker, Powerpoint, or Google Slides is a plus
Compensation & Benefits
At Brooklinen, our goal is to offer a competitive total compensation package, which we determine based on specific market data, taking into account our company size, stage, industry, and location. The base salary range for this role is between $85K-$127K.
Beyond base salary, we contribute significantly to offset the cost of health benefits, provide a financial stipend through Carrot Fertility to help with the costs associated with the fertility journey, offer a 401K with a 4% Safe Harbour match, have commuter benefits, and also provide a yearly product allowance.
We have 14 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for all new parents, year-long Summer Fridays, a workday that starts at 10 am, four weeks of vacation, and a one-month paid sabbatical at your 5th anniversary.
Most importantly of all, our HQ hires receive competitive equity grants. We would be happy to tell you more about this and how to value this part of compensation during our interview process.
Why join us?
• Our team is made up of friendly, funny, welcoming, low-ego, and passionate people -- who also happen to be great at what they do. We all know the people you work with can make or break a job and so we go to great lengths to protect this amazing culture.
• We work hard but are well-rounded and well-rested. Hanging with coworkers is encouraged. So is taking a vacation, getting a great night's sleep (our day starts at 10 am), and getting out of here at a reasonable time (we have year-long summer Fridays that end at 3 pm).
• Care about growth? So do we. We’re growing, so we’ve got tons of exciting growth opportunities for our amazingly talented team.
• Hybrid work - our HQ team has 2 days in and 3 days remote schedule.
• And don’t just take our word for it! We’re honored to be recognized by various industry tastemakers for the work we’ve put into our culture and employee engagement, including accolades from LinkedIn Top Startups (in 2020 and 2021!), Inc.’s Best Workplaces and Forbes Best Startup Employers in America (in 2022, 2023, and 2024!).
Everyone is welcome at Brooklinen. We’re passionate about building a team that reflects the diversity of our community and creating an environment where our differences are celebrated. We invite you to take a look at how we’ve done so far and where we know we need to do better.
About Brooklinen
Brooklinen, home of The Internet’s Favorite Sheets, was founded in 2014 with one goal in mind: We want you to be comfortable.
We believe everyone deserves beautiful home essentials, and our approach to provide these is simple: Create high-quality products using the finest materials – from bedding to towels and everything in between – and offer these products directly to our customers (without the luxury markup!). As we’ve expanded beyond the bedroom, introducing bath goods, accessories, loungewear, our Spaces marketplace and IRL retail stores, our goal of keeping you comfortable has remained at the forefront.
We take pride in our products and think you will, too: Our sheets, towels and more have received 100,000+ 5-star reviews and been recognized by numerous industry tastemakers such as Apartment Therapy, Good Housekeeping, The New York Times’ Wirecutter and many more.
Note for recruiting agencies: We oversee our hiring internally, and we kindly ask that recruitment agencies refrain from sending us unsolicited resumes unless we have a pre-existing agreement for a particular role. We’re excited about welcoming all applicants who are interested in joining our team to apply directly