Merchandising Director

Huyett
Sidney, NE
Category Operations
Job Description
Role Overview

The Merchandising Director will lead an ambitious company's customer success and growth initiatives, playing an important role in corporate category management, product line curation, pricing, item maintenance, and data analytics. The incumbent must be highly analytical and strategic, with the confidence to make sound judgment calls to drive product category development, ultimately growing company sales and margin.

What You Will Do

The ideal candidate will serve as a coach, trainer, and leader of a skilled team, leading the team through research, analysis, and refinement of product data and assortments, consulting and liaising inter-departmentally to evaluate and troubleshoot product, pricing, analytics, and contract information.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will possess a results-driven business acumen with a proven record of accomplishment and leadership, a personal value system aligned to Huyett's Culture of Excellence, and a servant leadership approach.

Requirements

  • Proven experience as a successful leader of multi-level work teams
  • Strong knowledge of best-in-class Merchandising, Pricing, Analytics, and/or E-commerce practices
  • Demonstrated competency in new product content development
  • Knowledge of Relational Database design
  • Critical thinker with advanced problem-solving skills
  • Ability to confidently make critical decisions using sound judgment independently
  • Previous experience leading and mentoring teammates
  • Effective communicator capable of driving cross-functional collaboration
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to organize data
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Benefits

  • Triannual profit sharing bonuses
  • 401(k) with a generous employer match
  • Full benefits, including discounted health insurance options for non-tobacco users
  • Generous paid-time-off policies, including paid holidays, bereavement, and parental leave
  • Comprehensive on-boarding training program
  • Great culture with supportive teammates
  • Supportive managerial feedback
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