by Job Title: Director of Merchandise Finance
Company: Bob’s Discount Furniture
Location: New Jersey
Description: The Director, Merchandise Finance is the financial authority for inventory investment at Bob’s Discount Furniture. This leader sets and governs the financial guardrails within which the enterprise buys, serves as the standing finance voice on the Merchandise Planning Committee (MPC), and owns the financial architecture of the open-to-buy (OTB) process. You will ensure receipt commitments are affordable, reconcile to the merchandise financial plan and corporate forecast, and are supported by a clear return on investment.
In this highly influential role, you will build the inventory investment envelope by category, establish margin, turn, weeks-of-supply, carrying-cost, and working-capital thresholds, and provide executive-level insight into inventory productivity, financial risk, and opportunity. You will partner closely with Merchandising, Merchandise Planning, Assortment Planning, Pricing, Supply Chain, IT, and senior leadership while developing the merchandise finance team.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, merchandise finance, or merchandise planning, including required retail experience.
- 3+ years of people-management experience, with demonstrated success developing talent and scaling team capability.
- Demonstrated ownership of inventory investment governance, open-to-buy, or a comparable financial control process in a retail environment.
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