Magnolia Wealth Strategies

Magnolia Wealth Strategies

Ecommerce - Senior Manager of Ecommerce Merchandising

Waco, TX · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 12 days ago
Product ManagementGoogle AnalyticsBudgetingExcelCadenceShopifyCommunicationCritical Thinking

About the role

  • The Senior Manager translates buy plans, inventory positions, and seasonal priorities into compelling site-level product experiences, serving as the connective tissue between the buying organization and the digital channel.
  • This position works from Magnolia Headquarters in Waco, Texas.
  • It reports to the Vice President of Ecommerce and has supervisory responsibilities.

Responsibilities

  • Own homepage merchandising strategy and execution, including seasonal storytelling, collection curation, hero product selection, and promotional placement, ensuring the homepage reflects current inventory positions and drives engagement toward high-priority categories and newness
  • Lead category merchandising across the full Magnolia ecommerce assortment, translating buy plans and inventory positions into site-level product sequencing, sort order, and navigation strategies that drive conversion and revenue; this role determines what product the customer sees and in what order*
  • Own search and filter strategy, ensuring the taxonomy, attributes, and product discovery tools surface the right assortment to the right customer; partner with the Director of Site Experience & Operations to ensure technical implementation supports merchandising intent
  • Own promotional planning in partnership with finance and merchandise planning, including sale event architecture, markdown cadence, and promotional calendar development; provide the Director of Site Experience & Operations with clear promotional briefs so site production and content publishing can execute on time
  • Collaborate with Merchant Planning to understand where ecommerce category plans are landing, pressure-test assumptions against digital performance data, and advocate for adjustments that support online growth targets*
  • Utilize site performance data and customer behavior analytics to drive merchandising improvements.
  • Analyze what product is converting, what is being skipped, and where the assortment is under- or over-represented; partner with Ecommerce Analytics for data access and share recommendations with the VP of Ecommerce
  • Lead assortment freshness strategy across key seasonal moments, including staggered newness drops and category-level launch sequencing to maintain engagement between promotional events
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, creative, and the Director of Site Experience & Operations to ensure alignment across channels and clear handoffs between merchandising strategy and site production execution
  • Manage and develop the Ecom Merchant and Assistant Digital Merchant, building a high-performing merchandising function within ecommerce

Requirements

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit
  • Experience working within or closely alongside a retail planning and buying organization strongly preferred; comfort engaging in assortment and open-to-buy discussions is a plus

Nice to have

  • Experience working within or closely alongside a retail planning and buying organization strongly preferred
  • comfort engaging in assortment and open-to-buy discussions is a plus

Skills

  • Shopify experience strongly preferred.
  • Familiarity with assortment planning frameworks and open-to-buy concepts a plus.
  • Bachelor's degree from a 4-year college or university preferred
  • 5+ years of related work experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience preferred
  • 3+ years of managerial experience preferred
  • Experience leading recruiting, talent management, and employee engagement initiatives preferred
  • 6-8 years of related work experience in ecommerce merchandising, digital buying, or a closely related commercial function
  • The employee is frequently required to stand and walk.
  • The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits

  • Foster a team environment supporting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related condit

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