Perry Ellis International, Inc. represents a diverse portfolio of lifestyle apparel brands. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries owns and licenses nationally and internationally recognized brands including: Perry Ellis®, Original Penguin® by Munsingwear®, Laundry by Shelli Segal®, Rafaella®, Cubavera®, Ben Hogan®, Savane®, Grand Slam®, John Henry®, Manhattan®, Axist®, Jantzen® and Farah®. The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties, including: Nike® and Jag® for swimwear, and Callaway®, PGA TOUR®, and Jack Nicklaus® for golf apparel.
SUMMARY
Manage the development and execution of fashion products in accordance with agreed upon design, pricing and brand strategy.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversee and maintain the design calendar and development process to ensure timely completion.
- Executes merchandising strategies and seasonal line plans to build profitable assortments that will meet internal margin goals.
- Manages national marketing strategies to finalize pricing and margins with sales, planning, sourcing and management
- Understand target customer….shop retail stores to provide competitive analysis to enhance brand strategies and opportunities
- Research in conjunction with design new fabrics and concepts and communicate market trends to identify new business opportunities
- Analyze retail sales with planning and design team to identify opportunities
- Strong presentation skills, confidence presenting to a large audience
- Support sales staff in all design related needs
- Work with marketing department to ensure brand image is consistent
- Attend market appointments with accounts to present brand strategy and designs
- Interface with all functional areas of the business (design, sales, sourcing, marketing) to maintain common vision for the brand
- Responsible for creating and adhering to annual budgets for samples and travel
- Work directly with upper management on all facets of merchandising and design projects
SKILLS
- Knowledge of product development process
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritize and multitask
- Strong analytical and decision making skills
- Ability to interact with varying personalities
- Must have ability to present a professional and informative product and trend assortment to those both inside and outside the organization
- Proficient in MS Office and Google
- Knowledge of product development process and brand management
- Knowledge of retail math
SAVE THE DATE!!!
Perry Ellis will be exhibiting at the StyleCareers.com Fashion Career Fair.
Interview from the comfort of your home on Thursday, April 18th from 1pm to 5pm Eastern via video chat.
This event is open to experienced, wholesale fashion industry job seekers. Registration is required. Visit https://fashioncareerfairs.com/event/fashion-career-fair-spring-24/ for more details.
Sorry, store/field positions will not be represented at this event.
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