Sundance… A Place. An Idea. Celebrating and Enriching the Human Experience.

Sundance was founded in 1969 by Robert Redford when he purchased land at the base of beautiful 12,000-foot Mount Timpanogos in Utah's Wasatch Mountains. This pristine place became the Sundance Village, and at the base of the Village was a tiny store. Guests would frequently write letters to the store requesting special items they had seen while visiting Sundance, and thus the idea for Sundance Catalog was born.

It started small. Robert Redford called together a few of his colleagues to discuss starting a mail-order catalog to fill these requests and to make Sundance's unique items available to a wider audience. The first edition of Sundance Catalog was mailed in 1989, and since that first catalog, it remains the Sundance vision to share "the kinds of things that we have been privileged to collect, many of them handcrafted exclusively for Sundance."​

As Sundance has grown, we have remained rooted in the richness and diversity of the American experience. When you purchase something from Sundance, we appreciate the fact that the prime reason is enjoyment for yourself. But you are also supporting American craftspeople and efforts to enhance and preserve the artistic spirit.

Beginning with the first catalog mailed in 1989, Robert Redford has penned a special message that appears on the inside front cover of every edition. And, in the words of Robert Redford, "To us, Sundance is and always will be a dream. What you see, smell, taste and feel here is a dream being carefully nurtured. It is an area whose pledge is to people. What we offer in the form of art and culture, spirit and service, is homegrown and available to all."

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Merchandise Manager to join our merchandising team in our Home category. We are a leading omni-channel specialty retailer with headquarters located in Salt Lake City, UT. We are a brand that supports artistic endeavors and focuses on the creative process and originality, that is committed to providing world class service, while offering unique products that showcase artistic inspiration. 

Summary

The Home Merchandise Manager will focus on driving the full price business across channels with duties including competitive intelligence, assortment planning, product pricing, forecasting, and coordination with marketing and creative. This position will see strong collaboration between Product Development, Sourcing, Inventory Control, Marketing, Ecommerce, Retail, and Creative in order to drive strategic growth for the brand. 

Responsibilities

• Leads team to achieve the sales and gross margin budgets through optimizing assortment, pricing and strategy
• Develop global assortment plans – watch for and identify trends in categories as well monitor key metrics by channel
• Implement an effective and strategic approach to establishing retail pricing for the brand
• Utilize margin filters of perceived value, key price point targets and assortment hierarchies to determine the best possible price/margin relationships
• Research ways to improve the response rates across all customer bases
• Drive return rate reduction by strategically identifying offenders and developing a plan to mitigate
• Continually mine for ways to expand upon category through product extensions or additions
• Partner with Inventory Control to establish realistic forecasts and buy plans that will support demand, margin, and inventory turn goals
• Present accurate and thorough data for seasonal selling updates. Present assumptions and conclusions that affect the future direction of the division and be prepared to answer questions about those assumptions 
• Responsible for maintaining data integrity from item inception through to printed catalogs, retail, and online selling
• Adhere to calendar timelines while influencing partners to do the same in order to keep to strict deadlines for on time delivery
• Build strong teamwork and communication strategies with Product Development, Marketing, Inventory Control, Quality Control, Ecommerce, Call Center and Catalog Production

• Bachelor's Degree
• 7+ years of retail merchandising/buying experience, or comparable merchandising and inventory planning experience
• Experience and proven track record managing teams at a high performing level
• Previous experience in a Catalog environment preferred
• Previous experience in Digital environment preferred
• An advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products: Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

This position is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a hybrid in office and remote work schedule. Relocation to Salt Lake City, Utah required.

If you would like to be part of a great team, are ready to take on a challenge and make a difference within our company, apply today. We offer a competitive wage and excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k), paid time off, and great merchandise discounts.