Senior Merchant, Value & Family Channels

The Senior Merchant for Value and Family Channels will report to the Vice President, Global Channel Merchandising & Buying. The Merchant for Value and Family Channels of distribution will serve as the internal merchandising lead. CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES:Responsible for championing the men's and women's footwear product lines to cover the needs of moderate and family channel accounts Working closely with Wholesale Account Executives on channel capacity planning, understanding regional trends, pre-lining and synthesizing current account selling. Intimate knowledge of account consumers, leading product zones and categories, pricing strategies and strategic objectives--partnering with the Product Creation Engine to adapt major strategies to channels and accounts and ensure all major growth opportunities are represented in the product line. Work closely with DTC channel merchandising and other wholesale channel merchants to ensure marketplace harmony and maximize ideas, products, toolings, and intended lifecycle management strategies are maximized to company benefit and account growth. Liaising with Product Creation to ensure the company has a comprehensive seasonal product plan for the value channel, covering varied price points and end uses. Responsible for working with wholesale planning to ensure Product Creation Engine has a clear understanding of quarterly, annual financial targets--translated into unit volumes, average selling prices and margin contributions. Serving as the representative for the value channel needs throughout key Go-To-market intersects including merch plan pass off, initial concept reviews, final line reviews, sales meeting and retail coordination. You must be the voice of the value consumer--as represented by intimate knowledge of customer-provided consumer insight and competitive and market data for your channel. Working with cross functional teams (design, PLM merchandising, marketing, visual merchandising) to deliver the brand narrative to customers across digital and wholesale store formats. Keen ability to understand customer preferences and what drives the consumer to purchase in moderate price channels. Champion major seasonal brand stories in your channel--working with sales, marketing, and account buying and marketing teams to bring stories to life within your retail channels. This will be manifested in the creation of seasonal Visual Line Plans and Seasonal Presentations. You will partner with sales in being a product knowledge champion for all products for your channels. You will partner with Special Make Up (SMU) Product Line Managers to create account-specific colorways, upper patterns, and, if warranted, totally new products to ensure we meet marketplace objectives and account growth and profitability objectives RequirementsQualifications:Bachelor's Degree Minimum of 5years previous related experience in Merchandising, Sales or Product Management; experience in Value Channel required Strong grasp of retail math Proficient in Microsoft Office, advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint. Previous experience in SAP or PLM is preferred Able to work proactively & independently Entrepreneurial, positive working style This position is not available to be performed in Colorado. About Us Cole Haan is a pioneer in inventing and reinventing modern dress footwear, bags and accessories through our ZeroGrand and GrandSeries product lines. Customers who seek style, versatility and comfortable function in their products come to Cole Haan. Cole Haan is rapidly growing in the United States and abroad. The brand is sold in more than 45 countries through 90 branded retail stores within the United States, 200branded store and shop-in-shop locations internationally, on our global digital flagship, colehaan.com, and within leading department store and specialty retail partners throughout the World.Salary Range:$80K -- $100KMinimum QualificationAccount Management, Brand Marketing & ManagementEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.