Description
Position at HNI Workplace Furnishings
HNI Corporation is a global family of brands for the workplace and home dedicated to enhancing the spaces where we live, work, and gather. We pride ourselves on fostering an environment where we make a positive impact on others, upholding our beliefs in integrity, inclusion and belonging.
Your Impact Starts the Day You Do!
What We Need
We are looking for a Category Merchandising Manager to support the Open Plan Category to join our HNI Workplace Furnishings team.
The Category Merchandising Manager is responsible for overseeing all merchandising activities in the designated category, collaborating with senior leadership for comprehensive business performance evaluations, and guiding marketing initiatives. This role also focuses on executing portfolio management strategies aligned with business objectives to foster sustainable strategic growth and create long-term value.
What You Will Do
- Partners with the Senior Merchandising Manager to develop and communicate category strategy, sales targets, and margin goals for the designated area of responsibility.
- Oversees product lifecycle by managing cross-functional relationships, setting product pricing, and leading project management efforts to ensure timely product launches.
- Develops and communicates comprehensive category strategic visions and goals, considering customer and marketplace perspectives to drive profitable unit sales growth.
- Ensures merchandise strategies and assortment plans effectively meet business objectives and align with customer demands.
- Establishes marketing programs, rebates, pricing structures, and terms across all channels. Demonstrates strong relationship-building skills and adaptable negotiation tactics with internal and external stakeholders.
- Attend trade shows to gather insights and prepares detailed trip recaps emphasizing product development priorities and opportunities.
- Partners with Channel Marketing to develop robust marketing plans that elevate the brand, increase customer traffic, and yield favorable return on investment. Manages customer and channel impact during assortment changes, product discontinuations, price adjustments, and promotional activities.
- Provides strategic guidance to Product Marketing throughout product development stages and oversees decisions regarding product discontinuations.
- Collaborates closely with the Demand Planner to accurately forecast product categories and allocate available capacity among customers efficiently.
- Participate in activities as appropriate to ensure the success of the organization.
What You Have
- Bachelor’s degree in business or related field required.
- At least 3 years of relevant experience required; 5 years’ relevant experience preferred.
HNI Corporation (NYSE: HNI) is a manufacturer of workplace furnishings and building products, operating under two segments. The
workplace furnishings segment is a leading global designer and provider of commercial furnishings, going to market under multiple unique brands. The
residential building products segment is the nation’s leading manufacturer and marketer of hearth products.
As one of the larger employers in Iowa, HNI Corporation was recognized in 2018, 2019, and 2020 for the diversity of our Board of Directors and was named in 2020, 2021, and #6 in 2022 as one of America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek.
How we act today protects how we live tomorrow. Check out our CSR Report here: https://www.hnicorp.com/social-responsibility
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), are not just core beliefs at HNI - they are operational imperatives. We value each other’s differences in experiences and ideas to solve problems and better serve our customers. Take a look at our DEI goals here: https://www.hnicorp.com/diversity-equity-and-inclusion.
We offer Benefits on Day 1, including a new voluntary benefit, Daily Pay! To learn about all the benefits HNI has to offer visit www.HNIbenefits.com.
We also invite you to visit us at www.HNICorp.com to learn more!
Our company endeavors to make www.hnicareers.com accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at 563-272-7400 or via email at [email protected]. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, ancestry, nationality, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or on any other basis prohibited by law (except where an attribute is a bona fide occupational qualification).
