Specialist, Category Growth - Soft Accessories

Salary Range $62,400 - $80,200*

Job Description:

Who We Are: 

Saks is a world-renowned luxury ecommerce destination. The company’s unique approach combines a focus on the digital customer experience with a strong connection to a network of extraordinary stores that extends that seamless experience into the real world. 

On its website and app, Saks offers an unparalleled selection of curated merchandise across fashion for women and men, beauty, jewelry, home décor and more. In addition to the shopping experience, customers come to Saks for inspiring editorial content, access to digital stylists, lifestyle experiences and other world-class services. The company is currently in the midst of a dramatic expansion, driven by significant enhancements to its platforms and offerings, with the goal of becoming the preeminent destination for luxury internationally.

Role Summary: 

Responsible for the site merchandising of the division categories using a data-driven approach to optimize the customer experience to achieve sales and conversion growth plans. The role is highly cross-functional working directly with the Manager of Category Growth and marketing, content development, product set-up, and buying teams to flawlessly merchandise the site.

Key Qualifications: 

• Minimum of 1 year of digital retail experience providing a foundation in ecommerce KPIs. Experience working in an ecommerce merchandising role is preferred, and understanding of the luxury retail landscape and customer is a plus.

• Displays strong analytical and problem solving ability to help guide merchandising decisions and develop new, innovative ideas to drive the business.

• Works well with cross functional teams to execute business strategies.

• Demonstrates eagerness to learn and contributes to developing business objectives through

• thoughtful analysis of the business and competitive landscape.

• Follows fashion and customer trends to influence merchandising and marketing decisions.

• Must have proficiency with Microsoft Excel (pivot tables and v-lookup) and capacity to learn new

• systems swiftly. Experience with Salesforce Business Manager is preferred

Role Description: 

• Supports Manager of Category Growth in analyzing data and reporting insights of the business to business stakeholders along with actions to achieve business objectives.

• Works in SalesForce Business Manager on a daily basis to merchandise the site, set-up content and test customer experience of new sites in staging environments prior to go-live.

• Ensures merchandising of Saks.com is aligned with best practices and executed in a timely manner (ex. navigation, product array, search results, features items, linking strategy, etc).

• Works closely with Digital Content, Media, and Integrated Marketing teams to define and execute the merchandising strategies within marketing plans and evaluates the effectiveness for the category.

• Partners closely with Merchant teams to understand key trends, receipt investments, and shipment tracking.

• Analyzes onsite customer journey, promotional data, and external marketing performance to provide timely insights and recommendations to identify areas of opportunity or to scale experience.

• Leads various projects within Category Growth which demonstrates proficiency of site merchandising capabilities and operational knowledge.

• Fields ad hoc requests, present findings and proactively deliver recommendations that inform strategy.

• Synthesizes large data sets into digestible takeaways that drive action.

Your Life and Career at Saks:

• Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities, from retail to supply chain, to digital or corporate.

• A culture that promotes a healthy, fulfilling work/life balance

• Benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision and dental).

• An amazing employee discount

Thank you for your interest with Saks. We look forward to reviewing your application.Saks provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Saks complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Saks welcomes all applicants for this position. Should you be individually selected to participate in an assessment or selection process, accommodations are available upon request in relation to the materials or processes to be used Saks.com is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Saks.com is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

*The above expected salary range may have some variability based upon factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s overall experience, qualifications, and geographic location. If you are interested in the role, we encourage you to apply and, if selected to move forward in the interview process, you will have a chance to speak with our recruitment team regarding your specific salary expectations.