Director, Site Merchandising

About:

Bloomingdale’s makes fashion personal and fun, aspirational yet approachable. Our mission is to guide and inspire our customers to make style a source of creative energy in their lives. We will always strive to make Bloomingdale’s like no other store in the world. Everyone plays a critical role to bring our mission to life. Regardless of position, we believe all colleagues have a voice and access to share their thoughts with every level of leadership. Our colleagues are passionate, driven, entrepreneurial and collaborative. We welcome and embrace diversity of background, thought and opinion while having a lot of fun along the way.

Job Overview:

The Site Merchandising Team at Bloomingdale’s is responsible for elevating, optimizing and driving the Bloomingdales.com business across all platforms. The Director of Digital Merchandising will lead the Women’s Ready to Wear team and serve as a primary thought partner to merchants, marketing and digital product to provide a best-in-class digital shopping experience for our customers today and tomorrow. This leader is an expert in digital commerce and deeply engaged in the business to lead highly collaborative teams in our effort to optimize our customers path to discovery and purchase – ultimately improving the digital shopping experience, increasing consumer confidence to convert, pivoting to capitalize on business opportunities and designing thoughtful solutions that inject inspiring moments in the digital customer journey. The Director builds an engaged and highly curious team, along with personally serving as a lead digital strategist for Bloomingdales.

Essential Functions:

• Lead a team in executing merchandising strategies for navigation, on-site search, assortment layout, site content, and enhancements; ensuring an omni-channel approach
• Measure,  analyze,   and  report  how   customers  interact  with   the  site  across   devices  to  drive   strategic,  actionable recommendations for team to execute
• Leverage all available resources and data to improve the overall customer experience to meet and exceed top-line, margin and conversion plans across all devices
• Collaborate with Buying and Planning teams to optimize opportunities for your family of business
• Continuously improve category navigation structure through analysis of key business drivers
• Responsible for on-site campaign planning, briefing, and implementing for marketing assets
• Collaborate with  other   Site Merchandise Directors and Senior Managers  to   develop  cross-site  strategies   and  ensure  consistent customer experience throughout the site
• Support  digital   marketing  execution  by   implementing  Search Engine Optimization (SEO)  recommendations  and   assisting  Search  and   Affiliate teams with linking support

Qualifications and Competencies:

We encourage candidates with either a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a related field to apply

5+ years direct experience

• Practices open and continuous communication, values keeping others informed, effectively presenting information in a clear, concise manner
• Excellent leadership, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across functional lines and at many levels
• Ability to think creatively, strategically and technically
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on department and Company needs

Physical Requirements: 

• Requires prolonged periods of sitting, with occasional standing
• Occasionally requires  walking, bending, reaching, hearing and talking
• Continuous use of computers and other office equipment
•  Frequently lift/move up to 25 lbs.

This job description is not all inclusive; additionally, Macy’s, Inc. reserves the right to amend this job description at any time.  Macy’s, Inc. – including Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, and Blue Mercury – is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.