We are seeking a Manager to help drive Perigold’s physical retail agenda. The Perigold brand offers a unique opportunity to drive strategy for Wayfair’s newest brand, targeting the luxury home market. We are focused on providing an unparalleled assortment of luxury home goods through an elevated omnichannel shopping experience for our customers.  We believe there is a white space in the brick-and-mortar market and an opportunity to create a differentiated retail experience that showcases the breadth and depth of our online catalog. The Head Merchant will play a key role in the overall Physical Retail merchandising team that will help craft and execute Perigold’s strategy as we stand up and scale stores across North America. 

The Merchant will set the merchandise direction and strategy for the furniture categories, a high visibility, high revenue category that is central to the overall business goals and brand expression of the Wayfair store. As the category expert, (s)he will be responsible for owning the category vision and execution, from conceptualizing the overall strategy, defining product assortments and in-store presentation, and regularly analyzing and optimizing the offering in the categories they manage as well as those managed by their direct reports. The successful candidate will balance an understanding of Perigold’s customer, market, and business with elevated creative and trend leadership, agile strategic thinking, and a bias to action in order to drive success in a highly entrepreneurial environment. 

This role reports to the Chief Merchant of Perigold’s Physical Retail team and will have significant cross-functional responsibility and exposure to leaders across Perigold and Wayfair. As Perigold’s physical retail portfolio grows, the merchant should expect to oversee their categories across an increasing fleet of stores. This role offers exciting potential for accelerated professional career growth and ability to make an outsized impact in a fast growing part of the company.
 
What You’ll Do

• Set category strategy for how to bring our brand pillars to life in a physical retail environment
• Build and maintain category assortment strategies, inclusive of developing a space plan and actively selecting, developing and iterating on the product offering
• Identify opportunities for category growth, utilizing competitive analysis, trend research, and internal performance monitoring as data points
• Partner closely with broader physical retail merchandising team to bring compelling vignettes to life in store across multiple categories within and outside your direct purview
• Partner closely with Visual Merchandising, Creative, and Store Operations to establish department layouts, select fixtures, and bring selection to life in the store
• Partner closely with Planning & Allocation and Supply Chain leadership to accurately forecast SKU performance, monitor replenishment, and ensure inventory needs are met.
• Maintain a close pulse on trends and customer needs to identify new assortment opportunities. Partner with vendors on line reviews to find products that deliver compelling newness.
• Own the financial outcomes for the performance of the furniture categories in the Perigold physical retail store. Regularly assess performance and revise assortment and space allocation strategy as needed.
• Hire, manage, and develop team of direct report(s) who will support category ownership 

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