Head Merchandiser

Award winning Upholstery Manufacturer in Woodbridge is hiring a Head Merchandiser to join our team. You will lead the style direction for a growing group of upholstery companies.

• Using your creativity to create stylish floor plans using AUTOCAD for our furniture showroom
• Plan and develop merchandising strategies that balance customers’ expectations and company’s objectives
• Analyse sales figures, customers reactions and market trends to anticipate product needs and plan product ranges
• Collaborate with team members to execute sales and marketing campaigns, and projects
• Review fabric samples, making selections and recommendations to purchase when needed.
• Merchandising the lifestyle with fabrics
• Present merchandising theme for different collections
• Design furniture for Upholstery and accents for home
• Present marketing ideas and programs to merchandise the product to sales management
• Working on design with our Product Development department
• Conducting market research on style directions in upholstery, occasional tables with accent pieces
• Strategize themes for the year
• Research the market monthly and present to the management team
• Will require working over weekends during the year
• Travel to the U.S. and Europe over 6 times a year
• You are a creative individual who will come up with new ideas to strategize sales increase in North America

• Skilled in AUTOCAD
• Great design sense to apply fabrics to lifestyles
• Ability to work exclusively on-site
• Excellent sense of design, esthetics and composition.
• Up-to-date with the latest merchandising trends
• Hands‑on experience developing campaigns and customer relationships

• Full‑time work
• Extended medical and health coverage which includes dental and vision.
• Basic life insurance, and disability
• RRSP with Employer match
• 3 Weeks of Vacation to start