Hybrid Product Merchandising Manager

at Otter Products

• Job title: Product Merchandising Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $90,000 - $110,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Fort Collins, United States

About the role

• Merchandising Manager responsible for implementing Go to Market plans at Otter Products. Leading product assortment and pricing strategies in a hybrid work setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver annual Price and Margin Realization (PMR) objectives for assigned category.
• Develop and communicate all category sell-in content for sales to understand new product placement strategies.
• Ensure New Product Development (NPD) volume/revenue assumptions within business investment case are aligned with sales.
• Implement wholesale gross pricing for all NPD launches consistent with business case pricing assumptions.
• Implement all gross pricing changes (up or down) on existing products.
• Develop all category sell in materials for sales to use for all cost-based price increase plans.
• Collaborate with Brand Marketing and Sales to implement action plans across categories/brands/channels to deliver annual PMR objectives.
• As needed, manage supply allocation process in support of aligned channel/customer priorities and PMR optimization.
• Product lifecycle management (phase in/phase out)
• Work with Promotion Manager to design effective Sales Promotions in support of PMR objectives.
• Collaborate with Sr. Business Analyst – Merchandising to analyze all marketplace data including point of sale (POS), competitive pricing, and promotion activity to support decision making.
• Be the Merchandising go-to face for sales for assigned category.
• Provide product information, inventory and availability assistance, and support for all other marketing questions.
• Support and maintain a positive safety culture by following all safety policies and procedures and actively contributing to a safe working environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Degree in marketing, business, or related field is preferred
• Experience in lieu of degree may be considered
• Minimum of three years of product merchandising, sales, and/or product management experience is required
• Experience with consumer goods preferred
• Marketing / Go to Market experience preferred

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• basic life
• voluntary life
• long-term and short-term disability
• employee assistance program
• flexible spending accounts
• health savings account
• 401(k) retirement plan
• accrued paid time off based on seniority
• volunteer time off
• parental leave
• bereavement leave
• company holidays
• years of service awards