Sr Merchandising Manager

Sr Merchandising Manager – S&S Activewear

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PRIME LINE – Powered by S&S Activewear. Prime Line, the hard goods division of S&S, brings promotional product distributors top products in the best-selling categories. Backed by high achieving commercial groups, Prime Line is here to service every need a customer may have.

S&S Activewear is a leading North American, tech‑enabled specialty distributor of imprintable apparel, including t‑shirts, fleece, athletic wear, headwear, workwear, scrubs and accessories. We pride ourselves on being the “critical link” that enables our 100+ brand partners such as Adidas, Columbia and Gildan to reach our hyper‑fragmented base of customers, comprised of apparel decorators, eRetailers and promotional products distributors that embellish apparel items for diverse end‑consumer use cases (e.g., everyday wear, concerts, fitness attire, life events, team sports, etc.).

At S&S, we differentiate in the market through a customer service focus, strategic product portfolio, world‑class distribution infrastructure, a collaborative growth culture and a relentless focus on technology and innovation.

Our success has compounded since the Company’s humble beginnings in 1988 as a regional T‑shirt distributor to a leading, multi‑billion‑dollar value‑added distribution platform that drives market penetration for our suppliers while enabling the growth, operations and fulfillment for a diverse range of customers across channels and business sizes. We strive to be the apparel distributor of choice while inspiring and fostering growth for customers, employees and suppliers through our core values of service, deep relationships, innovation, continuous improvement and accountability.

The Merchandiser Manager role will assist the Director of Merchandising, Hard Goods brands to execute a balanced product assortment, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to offer hot, trendy, and new commodity products as well as well‑priced private and retail brand collections. This position will heavily utilize Customer and Sales staff feedback to develop and execute the seasonal assortment plans while driving top‑line revenue and achieving strong financial results.

Monday‑Friday, Full‑Time, Exempt

Compensation starts at $79,305 annually

• Oversee new product development process for assigned subset of categories or brands from idea to launch
• Perform competitive analysis to fill gaps in new product selection for assigned categories or brands by price point and features
• Review sales performance and market data to create actionable insights that inform the line plan and drive, achieve, and exceed sales plans by Brand and style.
• Assist in maintenance of line plan to reflect product development strategy for assigned categories or brands
• Create trend reports and merchandised product presentations for internal and external go‑to‑market support.
• Collaborate with Merchandising Coordinator on product launches to ensure timely launch by managing the progression of new style development.
• Oversee and manage sampling process for new product launches with the Merchandise Coordinator.
• Request and analyze new product forms for new launch items for assigned categories or brands.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams in Supply Chain, Compliance, Decoration Operations/Master Data, Marketing, Sales and Customer Service to streamline new product launches.

• 5‑7 years of experience in Retail Buying, Hard Goods Merchandising or Merchandising role
• Prior hard goods experience in the promotional products industry preferred
• Passion for product including prior experience in product development and production processes
• Analytical thinker who is excited to analyze data and use Sales and Customer feedback to drive merchandising
• Working knowledge of basic compliance
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment and ease with multi‑tasking
• Excellent communicator with strong written and verbal skills
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met…