Merchandise Manager Full Time

Who We Are

Founded in 1998, Nixon is California’s iconic watch and accessories brand, born from action sports culture and always pushing the never been done. As a company we are creative, we are ambitious, we take risks. Above all, we want to build great product with the world’s youth as our audience. We collaborate with the best in the business: brands, athletes, retailers and causes. People who share our mindset and our belief that we can make an impact, one detail at a time.

Job Description

The Merchandise Manager drives the development of product assortments and strategies across all channels—wholesale (domestic and international), e-commerce, and retail—to deliver a consistent, compelling customer experience. This role focuses on selecting the right products for each market segment, analyzing opportunities, and staying ahead of competitors. Key objectives include managing product categories that are on-trend, meet consumer needs, and maximize SKU productivity. The goal is to increase brand demand, grow product categories, and strengthen brand equity. Additionally, the Merchandise Manager will conduct analysis, gather customer feedback, and share market insights to inform future merchandising strategies. This leadership role fosters a culture of customer focus, responsiveness, and innovation within the team.

This is a hybrid position.

Qualifications

This is what you will do

• Develop product assortment plans for both wholesale and DTC (direct-to-consumer) channels, setting seasonal financial goals, including special projects, make-ups, and speed-to-market opportunities.
• Lead performance analysis at the divisional, category, class, and item level across all channels and global regions.
• Partner with Planning to forecast seasonal buys, ensuring global products and financial goals are met.
• Provide weekly sales reports for DTC and wholesale channels, offering insights and analysis.
• Stay updated as a category expert in watches, understanding consumer trends and preferences.
• Collaborate with revenue teams to ensure seasonal sales goals are met.
• Manage seasonal line plans and cost sheets, including initial forecasts and margin targets, and provide product rankings to planning teams to optimize inventory positions.
• Track market trends, competitive brands and consumer behavior to shape future product and assortment planning.
• Build strong relationships with cross-functional teams to align on objectives and drive results.

This is who you are

• 4-6 years merchandising experience: Buyer, Merchandiser or Product Line Manager in the consumer lifestyle hard/soft goods space.
• DTC / Wholesale and international experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of the go-to-market process and product creation for lifestyle brands.
• Merchandising expertise including seasonal line development, analysis, SKU productivity and Life Cycle Management (LCM)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suites, including MS Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Advance Excel skills including pivot tables
• Adobe Creative Suites
• BCI and other ERP systems

Employee Conduct:

• Employees are expected to contribute to a positive work environment through professional, respectful and cooperative interactions with co-workers, customers and vendors.
• Come join the Nixon Team! Please forward your resume to [email protected]
• Due to the volume of resumes we cannot respond to everyone personally, but we do thank you for your interest and for reaching out to Nixon. Please, no phone calls. Thank you!
• Salary range for this role is $80,000 per year – $110,000

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