Junior Brand Manager

This is a remote role and candidates can reside in any of the following states: CA, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, MA, MD, MO, NH, NC, ND, NY, PA, SC, TX, WA, WI

THE ROLE: Junior Merchandising Brand Manager

A Junior Merchandising Brand Manager to join the team to partner with Brands to drive their business on our Online Marketplace, Shop Premium Outlets. Brand relationships are of the utmost importance to us and a key tenant of our mission is to help our brand partners thrive. In this role you’ll have the opportunity to cultivate relationships and drive results for contemporary and luxury Brands, big and small! 

What You’ll Do:

• Direct and grow a select number of Brands within a category(s) working directly with Brand partners to drive sales on our platform through securing best promotions, exclusives, pricing and inventory
• Develop an understanding of your assigned brand, products, and target audience
• Act as the category steward and suggest best/emerging brands to acquire to drive category(s)
• Develop quarterly strategic marketing plans for Brand based on Shop PO programming and brand promotional strategies
• Partner with several cross functional teams including Marketing, Operations, Product and Engineering to ensure brands and categories needs are met from marketing strategies, site experience, brand acquisition, brand onboarding and selling platform optimizations

About You:

At Rue Gilt Groupe, diversity enriches our passion, collaboration, kindness and innovation. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every Associate is empowered to learn, grow and bring their full self to work. Even if you don't check off every qualification in the job description, that's okay. We encourage you to apply to any role that excites you and sparks delight! We can't wait to learn more about you.

• 2-3 years of proven experience in brand management or in a retail ecommerce role
• Passion for product and a love of retail
• Inquisitive, with a curiosity to understand the intricacies of brands, their product and customer
• Ability to multitask and work well under pressure
• Acute attention to detail to achieve successful and profitable sales
• Proven analytical skills and are a risk taker
• Technical aptitude and agility to learn web-based tools
• Proven negotiating skills, influencing abilities and vendor/brand management experience
• Ability to think and react in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
• Exceptional organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting rigorous deadlines
• Inquisitive, eager to learn from business trends and use feedback for future business improvements

Expected Base Salary Range: $60,000-$70,000

Rue Gilt Groupe is committed to providing Associates with equal pay for equal work and carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to, prior experience, education, certification(s), license(s), skills and expertise, location, internal equity, and other factors that are job related and consistent with business need. Our goal is to support, reward and compensate the entire individual. Depending on role eligibility, your offer may also include bonus/commission, stock options, 401(k) participation, paid time off, medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance. Therefore, final offer amounts may vary from the amount stated.

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ABOUT US: 

Rue Gilt Groupe is a leading off-price e-commerce portfolio company, connecting the next-generation shopper to world-class brands. We’ve defined the online treasure hunt through our daily sale events allowing a large, loyal member base to discover over 5,000 premium and luxury brands at prices up to 70% off full-price retail.

Rue Gilt Groupe operates three complementary sites – Rue La La, Gilt, and ShopSimon.

Our vision at RGG is to spark delight through daily discovery – we make shopping an occasion to celebrate. At the forefront of fashion and technology, we’re also in the business of sparking delight for our Associates. We inspire each other, our Members, and ourselves to push past the expected – every day. Our culture is rooted in our values and together we work to demonstrate being Kind, Passionate, Collaborative, Innovative, Tenacious and Empowered.