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Merchandising Product Manager - Sample Management, Inventory

Creative Circle
Rolling Meadows, IL Contractor
POSTED ON 4/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/2/2025
Product Manager

Position Overview

Our client, a leader in the Lighting Design industry, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Merchandising Product Manager to join their team. This is perfect for someone just starting in the field and wanting to learn and grow in their career. This will be up to 40 hours per week, onsite fully in Mount Prospect, IL.

As the Merchandising Product Manager, you will oversee day-to-day tasks, including sample inventory and planning.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage samples and inventory for a highly SKU-intensive business and in-house manufacturing
  • Maintain inventory levels based on open-to-buy, inventory turn, sales plans, and key budget/financial metrics
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and accurate product launches
  • Help monitor and analyze sales performance, inventory levels, and market trends
  • Develop and maintain relationships with vendors and suppliers
  • Create and manage buy plans and receipt plans to ensure optimal inventory levels
  • Develop and implement store allocation strategies to maximize sales and minimize excess inventory
  • Conduct regular inventory audits and make recommendations for improvements
  • Stay updated on industry trends, competitors, and market conditions

Qualifications

  • 0 years of experience needed but interest in merchandising, preferably in a highly SKU-intensive business
  • Interest in in-house manufacturing
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel and retail merchandising software
  • Knowledge of lighting design and related products is a plus

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

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amanda.sciarretta@jobalert.creativecircle.com

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Amanda Sciarretta - Recruiter

For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.

This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 04/02/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.

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