Merchandising Manager - Fragrances & Beauty

Merchandising Manager - Fragrances & Beauty

Monroe

Wisconsin

Join our team as a Fragrances & Beauty Merchandising Manager and lead the development of strategic, trend-right product assortments across our fragrances, skincare, cosmetics, bath & body, and beauty accessories portfolios. In this role, you'll drive business growth by optimizing category performance, building strong vendor partnerships, and collaborating cross-functionally to bring innovative, customer-focused products to market. Your expertise will help shape compelling assortments that inspire customers, strengthen brand positioning, and keep our beauty offering competitive, relevant, and exciting.

What You'll Do:

• Monitor beauty industry trends, emerging brands, fragrance launches and competitive activity to inform product and category decisions.
• Develop merchandising strategies that align with seasonal financial goals, customer acquisition objectives, and brand positioning.
• Partner with Planning to build and analyze seasonal financial plans, adjusting pricing, promotional strategies, and inventory investments as needed.
• Lead end-to-end assortment planning, including product selection, vendor negotiations, and KPI analysis.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with fragrance houses, beauty brands, and supplier partners to identify opportunities for growth and differentiation.
• Collaborate with divisional leaders to plan and execute compelling catalog, digital, and promotional assortments.
• Communicate product attributes, key selling points, fragrance profiles, ingredient benefits, and trend stories to creative teams for accurate and compelling presentation.
• Evaluate category performance and customer insights to identify assortment gaps, opportunities, and strategies to improve conversion and profitability.

To be successful, you must have retail experience in catalog, brick-and-mortar, eCommerce, or omnichannel environments. We're looking for someone with strong verbal and numerical reasoning skills and experience in Merchandising, Buying, or Category Management. Ideally, you will have a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Retail Consumer Science, Marketing, Merchandising, or a related discipline. In addition, we are looking for:

• A creative individual who can conceptualize merchandising strategies, articulate them effectively, and develop assortments that support the brand vision and customer experience.
• 5+ years of merchandising, buying, beauty industry, marketing, or related business experience.
• The ability to identify and work within beauty industry trends, fragrance and cosmetic product development cycles, and consumer purchasing behaviors.
• A strong aptitude for researching and analyzing business opportunities, customer insights, and competitive trends.
• The ability to organize and manage multiple priorities while leading complex, cross-functional projects to successful completion.
• Strong vendor relationship management and negotiation skills, including the ability to evaluate product opportunities, marketing partnerships, and brand exclusives.

Welcome to Colony Brands! As one of North America's largest multi-channel, direct-marketing companies, we take pride in our diverse portfolio of affiliates, brands, and products. Despite our growth over the last century, we remain true to our roots as a private, customer-focused business based in Monroe, WI. Stability is just one aspect of our culture. What truly defines us is our commitment to our Core Values, fostering employee growth, and creating a better place to live and work.

We are dedicated to supporting the communities we serve and offer a wide range of benefits and programs to enhance the well-being of our employees.

• Medical/Dental/Vision insurance
• A robust Wellness Program including Onsite Healthcare
• Superb Retirement Plans (401K & a company-funded Pension Plan)
• Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO) benefits
• Seven 4-day work weeks in the summer months to give our employees additional time off
• Educational Assistance
• Company Profit-Sharing
• Company Product Discounts
• And, so MANY more!

Merchandising

Regular/Full-Time