Manager, Merchandising - Kids and Baby

The role

This person will expand and manage Kids & Baby apparel assortments. They will work with product development, sourcing, technical design, planning, site merchandising, and marketing to drive sales and margins.

What you will do

• Scale this business by adding to, refining and improving the Kids & Baby assortment across all product categories
• Identify and execute the right expansion opportunities to set the business up for long-term growth
• Work closely with product development, sourcing and technical design to develop and improve Kids & Baby products
• Partner with planning, site merchandising and marketing to grow these businesses
• Obsess about every aspect of our products to deliver for the customer and parent
• Help drive the business forward to meet sales targets, customer ratings/return rates and improved margins

Required qualifications

• 5-10 years of retail merchandising experience in Kids & Baby categories
• Proven track record of progressing within an organization and demonstrating continuous growth in roles and responsibilities
• Mastery of merchandising analytics—leverage sales data, customer metrics, and reporting tools to drive category strategy and assortment decisions, prioritizing quantitative based insights
• Product obsessed with experience in leveraging data tools and external sources
• Critical eye to anticipate parent and child needs
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and analytical with focus on execution, problem-solving, improving processes and brand enhancement
• Continuous learner and highly curious; always open to considering new perspectives; proactive when changing course and facing added challenges
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Motivated by working in a fast-paced collaborative environment

Nice to have

• luxury or premium brand expertise
• E-commerce experience and/or DTC experience
• Bachelor's Degree

About the company

Quince is a destination for builders, creators, innovators, and operators. They use a manufacturer-to-consumer model to deliver high quality essentials for low prices, fairly and sustainably.