What are the responsibilities and job description for the Merchandising Manager position at Arizona Building Supply?
US LBM is one of the leading and fastest growing distributors of specialty building materials in the United States, with a team of over 15,000 employees located throughout the country. Since our founding in 2009, we have acquired over 70 companies and have expanded to more than 500 locations serving 37 states. US LBM is a progressive organization that promotes a unique culture that focuses on the value of its customers and associates. Developing our people is critical to our strategy and fostering our culture of empowerment.
A Brief Overview
The Merchandising Manager will provide the division with operational support to improve: product assortments, sales, merchandising, customer service execution. This position will collaborate with, support and serve as a liaison for the division's operations, marketing and our share services supply chain teams.
What you will do
Required For All Jobs
Travel Requirements
US LBM Holdings, LLC, is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, order of protection status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
A Brief Overview
The Merchandising Manager will provide the division with operational support to improve: product assortments, sales, merchandising, customer service execution. This position will collaborate with, support and serve as a liaison for the division's operations, marketing and our share services supply chain teams.
What you will do
- Provide operational support to improve merchandising and product assortments.
- Serve as a liaison between branches, operational leadership, marketing and corporate supply chain teams.
- Responsible for providing/coordinating branch training for customer service standards, products, product procurement, merchandising and marketing programs.
- Assist branches with merchandising needs including resets, assortments and planogram updates.
- Develop strategies to reduce slow turning inventory.
- Work with and through PGM's to identify and prioritize branch product assortment changes, floor plan adjustments and/or store resets.
- Coordinate and communicate branch SKU requests and/or line changes with operational leadership and marketing.
- Work with data management to ensure proper SKU and assortment cataloging, SKU enrichment, auto procurement settings and VOG and web store classification.
- Perform branch audits with a focus on store and merchandise presentation and brand standards including uniform, customer service, facility, fleet, merchandising and out of stock standards.
- Provide reporting and analysis on marketing programs, ad and promotion performance, B to B hardline sales, B to C sales, stock outs and slow moving products.
- Conduct and report out on comp shops for product assortments and pricing.
- Work with operations and marketing to improve the customer experience including customer journey, staffing and FG playbook execution.
- Coordinate and provide feedback on supply chain programs including special buys, good deals and end cap program.
Required For All Jobs
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Comply with all policies and standards.
- Adheres to Company's commitment to workplace safety.
Travel Requirements
- 50% travel to hardline locations to support merchandising, assortments, audits, and training.
US LBM Holdings, LLC, is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, order of protection status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
