MERCHANDISER (TEMP POSITION) 

Our Company:

PopSockets LLC, based in Boulder, Colorado, designs, manufactures and sells innovative lifestyle products. Our flagship product, the PopSockets grip—a collapsible grip and stand that provides secure one-handed holding for any mobile device—was invented by philosophy professor David Barnett, with the first grip sold on PopSockets.com in 2014 and the 100 millionth sold in 2018. PopSockets products embody the company's mission to create empowering, personal, and fun products.

PopSockets was named one of the Best Places to Work in Colorado in 2018 and also listed as Inc. 5000's second fastest growing company in the US, with a 71,424% percent of sales increase over the last three years.

For more information on what it’s like to work at PopSockets, click here. Or check out our awesome careers video here! Read more about our recent rebrand and updated packaging here.

The Role

PopSockets is looking for a Temporary Merchandiser (Maternity leave) to assist in our Merchandising strategies. As the Product Merchandiser support, you will assist in developing, and communicating channel merchandising assortment strategies that meet financial and marketing objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Execute product segmentation and assortment process for all distribution.
• Partner with team to execute channel planning and assortment documents.
• Work with Sales and Marketing teams to get informed on key business opportunities from strategic accounts.
• Partner with PLM’s for strategic direction of assigned lines in driving Product LifeCycle strategies; which products/designs, to grow, maintain, or decline.
• Approve assortment selection, product flow for the different channels, key accounts and assigned different retail categories. 
• Read and react to current business/trends, partner with PLMs and operations on managing product selling life cycle. 
• Assist in thoroughly analyze product/account performance to inform all future merchandising strategies.

Requirements:

• 4 year Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Merchandising or other related field.
• 3+ years business experience, preferably for a specialty vertical retailer
• Exceptional cross functional partnership
• Excellent in person presentation skills. Required to demonstrate a high level of confidence and point of view and poise in front of Senior Management.
• Strong written communication skills. Required to execute presentations that clearly and accurately report business results and future projections.
• Independently able to drive a business and thrive in a fast paced, ever changing environment
• Strong technical skills including but not limited to: Outlook, Word, advanced Excel, and Power Point.

PopSockets is dedicated to the practice of equal opportunity employment. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants and employees on the basis of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, color, creed, ancestry, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected classes. Unlawful harassment includes verbal or physical conduct which has the purpose or effect of interfering with an individual’s work performance, or creating an intimidating, hostile, offensive, unsafe or otherwise non-welcoming work environment. This policy applies to all employees, including managers, supervisors, co-workers; and non-employees such as customers, clients, vendors, consultants, etc.