Four Hands
Senior Merchant
Four Hands, Austin, TX, United States
Senior Merchant
Department: Merchandising
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Austin, Texas
Description
Based in Austin, Texas, Four Hands is the leading global designer and wholesaler of trendsetting lifestyle home furnishings. Four Hands manufactures and distributes our products, serving as design leader for some of the most highly regarded home and lifestyle brands.
With a vision to furnish the entire home, Four Hands introduces more than 2,000 styles annually across bedroom, living, dining, outdoor, office, and more. Our product development team has established a cohesive, elevated design aesthetic and consistently introduces products that deliver thoughtful style, livability, and endless inspiration.
Our Merchant team is seeking a talented, versatile Senior Merchant to join our team. The ideal candidate will demonstrate command of assortment planning, strategic pricing, competitive market analysis, strong cross-functional leadership skills, exceptional analytical skills, and a track record of success in driving positive and continuous improvement within the organization.
In This Role
Department: Merchandising
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Austin, Texas
Description
Based in Austin, Texas, Four Hands is the leading global designer and wholesaler of trendsetting lifestyle home furnishings. Four Hands manufactures and distributes our products, serving as design leader for some of the most highly regarded home and lifestyle brands.
With a vision to furnish the entire home, Four Hands introduces more than 2,000 styles annually across bedroom, living, dining, outdoor, office, and more. Our product development team has established a cohesive, elevated design aesthetic and consistently introduces products that deliver thoughtful style, livability, and endless inspiration.
Our Merchant team is seeking a talented, versatile Senior Merchant to join our team. The ideal candidate will demonstrate command of assortment planning, strategic pricing, competitive market analysis, strong cross-functional leadership skills, exceptional analytical skills, and a track record of success in driving positive and continuous improvement within the organization.
In This Role
- Partner with Product Development in creating brand assortment line plan and execution of product strategy
- Analyze data to identify profit growth opportunities and drive sales in new or existing categories
- Conduct competitive analysis to identify opportunities and challenges
- Strategize and collaborate with Marketing on future promotional plans
- Develop markdown strategies for end-of-life product
- Work with Planning team on setting initial forecasts and issuing first production run purchase orders for new product
- Assist with establishing product pricing and creating strategy to maximize margin
- Provide Planning team with support in buying and forecasting
- Own weekly and monthly metric reporting recaps and provide management team with key findings
- Perform ad-hoc analysis based on historical sales performance and product attributes
- Partner with Country Managers and international team to support vendor capacity planning
- Participate in cross-functional project teams to drive process improvements
- Ensure data integrity
- Uphold our Core Values and be a valuable member of the Four Hands Team
- Other tasks as defined by Management
- 5+ years of retail planning, buying or equivalent analytical experience (furniture industry experience highly preferred)
- Advanced knowledge of Excel required
- Bachelors Degree in Merchandising or related field Required
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative and ownership of assigned work projects
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Highly organized and motivated individual with an attention to detail in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to influence cross-functionally