Dir Pricing Strategy & Assortment Planning

The Opportunity

Reporting directly to the VP of Merchandise Planning & Pricing Strategy at Qurate, Inc., this role will shape and execute strategic pricing and assortment strategies across all platforms, ensuring alignment with financial targets and market demands. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will leverage advanced analytics to optimize pricing, inventory productivity, and promotional profitability. This position demands strong analytical and leadership skills and provides a unique opportunity to influence key business decisions and drive profitability within a leading retail organization.

Who We Are

QVC empowers shoppers with knowledge and shares insights in a lively and engaging way. We offer an ever-changing collection of familiar brands and fresh new products – from home and fashion to beauty, electronics and jewelry – and we connect shoppers to interesting personalities, engaging stories and award-winning customer service. QVC reaches more than 200 million homes worldwide via its 12 broadcast networks and reaches millions more via multiple streaming services, websites, mobile apps and social pages.

Your Impact

• Lead the development, implementation, and communication of effective pricing strategies.

• Utilize advanced analytics to enhance all aspects of merchandising, planning, and pricing initiatives.

• Optimize processes to improve assortment rationalization, inventory productivity, and promotional profitability.

• Provide actionable insights and recommendations to cross-functional partners.

• Communicate strategies and analysis to drive profitability and influence business outcomes.

• Set the strategic direction for the company’s assortment plans.

• Leverage analysis of trends, product and brand performance, and inventory to provide business insights.

• Manage the overall assortment to ensure it meets financial targets.

• Collaborate with Planning and Merchandising Leads to share insights and drive sales and inventory management.

• Schedule and lead pre-market overview meetings to review assortment plan recommendations.

• Conduct post-market buy reviews to ensure the assortment meets financial targets.

• Communicate finalized assortment plans to key departments including Merchandising, Planning, Digital Commerce, Inventory Management, Marketing, and Forecasting.

• Develop and implement processes for assortment plans, business reviews, and product line reviews.

• Integrate these processes to enable better decision-making and faster collaboration across key stakeholders.

• Lead and mentor the team, recognizing and rewarding contributions.

• Communicate performance goals, opportunities, and standards clearly to the staff.

• Maintain regular communication to ensure focus, direction, and urgency where needed.

• Conduct, effective performance reviews and development planning.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• 10 years of business experience, including at least 5 years in a management role, leading a highly analytical and data-intensive team.
• Experience in retail, planning, or merchandising.
• Ability to lead projects effectively and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Strong analytical skills, including experience in statistical analysis, data mining, and financial analysis.
• Capability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to maintain complex spreadsheets and business modeling, with familiarity or experience in tools such as SQL, Python, or Tableau.
• Customer-focused mindset.

Remote work is not permitted in NYC at this time.

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Join us as we enrich life’s everyday moments – including yours. Apply today! 

If you enjoy being a part of a team, creating experiences and delighting customers, you’ll love it here. If you’re excited about retail, fashion, media, social, live streaming, technology, customer service, design and more, you’ll find amazing projects to work on. If you want to grow professionally and learn every day, you’ll thrive with us. If you appreciate flexible working options, our Qurated community, where intentional connections matter and a company committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, you’ll be amazed at what’s available for our team members! We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package including competitive compensation, health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), paid time off, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, company discounts and much more. Best of all, working with Qurate Retail Group means friendly teams, ambitious projects and fast-moving careers! 

For Qurate Retail Group, our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion is deeply rooted in Our Principles. They call on us to Drive Progress, Act With Empathy, Be Brave, Embrace the Future, and Do What’s Right so that everyone can thrive. We are committed to ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, Qurate Retail Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance. ​

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