BuyerProduct Manager

About us:

Napa Home & Garden is a wholesale home décor brand headquartered in Norcross GA and one in a family of highly regarded brands under C&F Enterprises. Known for its distinctive artisan curated product assortments Napa serves style-conscious independent boutique retailers specialty stores designers and trade customers and a growing DTC channel.

Job Purpose:

Napa Home & Garden is evolving from a traditional buying organization into a strategic merchandising powerhouse and were looking for a Buyer/Product Manager who thinks like a business owner not just a purchaser. If youve built category strategy owned a P&L or driven growth through a blend of data and design instinct in home retail or CPG brand management this is a chance to bring that discipline to a design-forward wholesale brand at a real inflection point.

What Youll Own

The Buyer/Product Manager is responsible for the overall commercial success of key product categories from strategy to building compelling assortments and driving profitable growth.

• Product Assortment Planning. Translate key category strategies grounded in consumer insight into seasonal product roadmaps that deliver profitable growth. Own your assigned category product lifecycle from ideation through on-time product launches and end-of-life decisions. Work with Design from concept through launch evaluating commercial viability at every stage.
• The P&L. Own launch success for your categories: sales margin forecast accuracy SKU productivity and category growth.
• Consumer Insight. Continuously monitor consumer trends competitor assortments pricing strategies retailer feedback sales data and macroeconomic conditions to identify opportunities before competitors.
• Vendor Relationships & Negotiation. Lead negotiations on cost MOQs and exclusivity; build the global supplier relationships that give Napa a lasting competitive edge.
• Cross-functional Influence. Lead cross-functional teams through influence aligning Design Sales Marketing and Operations around a common category strategy to launch product on time and on strategy.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years in Buying Merchandising Category Management Product Management or Brand Management with real accountability for a category
• Bachelors degree in Business Merchandising Marketing or a related field
• Experience managing product categories with measurable financial accountability
• Demonstrated success with product development building assortments managing product lifecycles and sourcing processes
• Strong analytical financial acumen and attention to detail. Excel skills; comfort with ERP PLM or BI tools a plus
• A sharp eye for design and an instinct for what makes a product sell
• The confidence to challenge assumptions and the collaboration skills to bring people along with you
• Sound judgment and integrity in communication and decisions
• Bonus points: experience in home décor furnishings or lifestyle categories; international sourcing exposure; managing a direct report

Physical requirements

• Sitting Standing Walking
• Prolonged use of computer involved; use of hands and finger coordination; specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision. Color vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus as needed.
• Twice a year during Market periods standing and walking for 8-12 hours each day

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health savings account
• 401(k) and 401(k) matching
• Company paid life insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability
• Paid time off

This is a hybrid role based at our Norcross GA headquarters. Candidates should expect to be in the office up to 3 days a week. Extended hours and select weekends during peak season showroom prep and market (twice annually).

The successful candidate must be able to pass a pre-employment background check and drug screening.

All applicants are required to successfully complete a background check and drug screening as part of the pre-employment process. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and must not require sponsorship now or in the future.

Napa an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to recruiting hiring and promoting qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation and gender identity) national origin age disability marital status veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process please contact.

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