Sr Merchandising Strategy Manager

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Job Overview

T-Mobile is synonymous with innovation–and you could be part of the team that disrupted an entire industry! We reinvented customer service, brought real 5G to the nation, and now we’re shaping the future of technology in wireless and beyond. Our work is as exciting as it is rewarding, so consider the career opportunity below as your invitation to grow with us, make big things happen with us, above all, #BEYOU with us. Together, we won’t stop!

This hybrid position is based in one of the following locations: Bellevue, WA; Overland Park, KS; or Frisco, TX. A minimum of three in-office days per week is required.

The Sr Merchandising Strategy Manager plays an integral role in driving world-class merchandising experience strategies across our entire store portfolio. As a key strategic lead, this person will work closely with business teams across the enterprise to drive merchandising experiences that deliver on key objectives, identify KPIs, create test and learn opportunities and ensure execution delivers on the strategy. This position owns developing account relationships across the company, creating in-store marketing strategy and alignment plans, briefing visual merchandising, creative and marketing teams. This position owns merchandising strategy planning, participation in all GTM, Marketing and LOB cross-functional meetings, drives intake process for initiatives at Retail. Other duties include, developing and implementing tools and procedures to enable the Retail Merchandising Strategy Team to achieve better strategic planning, prioritization of initiatives and alignment resulting in operational excellence for the field and impactful experiences for customers. This role requires cross-functional partnerships with Marketing, Brand, Product Management, Creative, GTM, Channel Leadership and other Enterprise Delivery Partners. Must have ability to assimilate detailed data and insights, and processes in a structured way that advises critical thinking and planning. Must have ability to present to senior leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Develop merchandising strategy and roadmap for specific business lines and initiatives.

• Create the detailed strategic merchandising briefs and tactical documents to gain leadership and cross-functional alignment.

• Key POC/relationship owner with internal business groups with a focus on retail storytelling and in-store marketing needs, product and service launches, and prioritization.

• Create roadmap for merchandising storytelling initiatives with an eye towards long term objectives. Ensure strategic support for near term business driving initiatives and quick turn requests.

• Guides cross-functional team to proactively find innovative merchandising experience opportunities and owns subsequent strategic solutions that differentiates experience by store type to enable seamless support of new initiatives.

• Kick off internal teams to deliver on merchandising strategic initiative. Remain point-of-contact throughout development to ensure the project or campaign remains on strategy, responsible for communicating any changes to the working teams. 

• Represent Retail Merchandising strategy in all cross-functional Marketing and Go to Market meetings.

• Partner with Merchandising Project Managers to ensure understanding of scope and timeline needs

• Represents Merch Strategy POV on all execution trade off decisions and alignment with leadership. Ensures that cross functional teams have identified detailed options, all corresponding risks have been identified and evaluated and solutions are properly selected.

• Participates in regular status meetings to ensure in-progress work is tracking. Hold team accountable for delivering on the strategy with minimal direction.

• Proactive creates merchandising campaign performance analysis recaps and recommendations for modifications and/or future strategies.

• Prepare Merchandising Strategy communications and provide status for projects to internal customers and Marketing.

• Also responsible for other Duties/Projects as assigned by management as needed.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in Marketing, Retail Merchandising, Product Management, or related field

• Experience in a technology focused marketing or merchandising strategy development space preferred. 

• 2-4 Years: Analytical experience preferred.

• Ability to communicate with leaders to specific outcomes.

• Ability to lead cross functional teams.

• Proactive in anticipating and preempting potential problems.

• Demonstrated operational performance management capabilities.

Education (Minimum Requirements)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, or related field (Required)

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No):Yes

DOT Regulated:
DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No):No
Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No):No

Base Pay Range: $79,300 - $142,900

Corporate Bonus Target: 15%

The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate’s actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.

At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee’s eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, click here.

At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance. We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile’s amazing benefits, check out www.t-mobilebenefits.com.

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