Merchandising Specialist

About us: Stanley 1913 - Built for Life® since 1913. 

The Stanley 1913 brand has fueled the human experience since the iconic Stanley vacuum bottle revolutionized the way people enjoyed food and beverage. Today, our colorful and thoughtfully designed products including the popular Quencher series go beyond function, elevating everyday moments with style and empowering active lifestyles. We’re a community of creators, builders, and inventors who believe in creating sustainable products for a better life and world that minimizes our impact on the planet. Learn more at www.stanley1913.com. 

Position Overview

Looking to be part of a Legendary Brand? Are you ready to go big, and to create a better world? If you answer yes to both of those questions, look no further. Our commercial team is growing, and we are looking for someone with entrepreneurial spirit and passion to help us tell and grow our legendary story. 

The Merchandising Specialist plays a critical role in bringing Stanley's product assortment to life by translating merchandising strategy into compelling visual tools that support sales, product launches, and customer presentations. This role owns the North America Visual Line Plan (VLP), partnering closely with Product, Commercial, Sales, Retail Marketing, Creative, and Global Merchandising to ensure assortments are visually aligned, commercially relevant, and execution ready.

Working across multiple cross-functional teams, this role develops visual merchandising tools, seasonal storytelling, assortment presentations, and sales resources that enable successful go-to-market execution. With a strong process mindset and attention to detail, the Merchandising Specialist ensures merchandising information is accurate, current, and effectively communicated across the organization while continuously improving merchandising processes and tools.

We hope that you consider us for the next stop on your career journey! 

This position is onsite 3 days per week in our Seattle office.

 What You'll Do 

• Own and maintain the North America Visual Line Plan, ensuring alignment with product strategy, seasonal launches, and commercial priorities.
• Translate product assortments into customer-ready visual plans by channel and customer.
• Develop visual merchandising tools that communicate product assortment, key franchises, color strategy, and seasonal stories.
• Create customer-specific assortment visualizations and merchandising recommendations.
• Develop and maintain seasonal sales decks, merchandising tools, assortment presentations, and sales meeting materials.
• Support Sales Meetings through visual merchandising execution, assortment presentation, and merchandising guidance.
• Coordinate product samples and maintain merchandising assets that support commercial priorities.
• Develop merchandising standards, visual presentation tools, and 3D merchandising concepts that support retail execution.
• Manage the Merchandising Room, ensuring assortments and samples accurately reflect current product strategies.
• Communicate updates to assortments, product launches, and merchandising tools across cross-functional teams.
• Continuously improve merchandising processes, tools, and documentation to increase efficiency and consistency.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with all cross-functional teams within Stanley. 

 Who You Are: 

• Strong visual merchandising, assortment planning, or retail presentation experience.
• Exceptional visual storyteller with the ability to translate merchandising strategies into compelling presentations and visual tools.
• Highly organized with excellent project management and prioritization skills.
• Strong collaborator who builds effective partnerships across Product, Commercial, Sales, Retail Marketing, and Creative.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong presentation abilities.
• Detail-oriented with a high standard for quality and execution.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Visual Merchandising, Graphic Design, Marketing, Retail Merchandising, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in visual merchandising, retail merchandising, consumer products, or a related field.
• Ability to lift up to 30 pounds

Stanley 1913 is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. Stanley 1913 is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to

recruiting@stanley1913.com

Stanley 1913 is a total rewards company, which includes rewards beyond base salary. At Stanley 1913, full-time employees are eligible for an annual bonus, based on company and individual results. In addition, we offer a variety of employee benefits, personalized time off, 14-Paid holidays, dental, vision, 401(k), and much more.

About our parent company: Morgan Street Holdings   

The Stanley 1913 brand is owned by Morgan Street Holdings (formerly HAVI), a privately held enterprise with a diverse portfolio of operating companies, including HAVI Supply Chain, tms, and Continental.  Morgan Street Holdings’ portfolio provides best-in-class sourcing and supply chain capabilities, brand-defining marketing and promotion services, innovative consumer products, and dining and refreshment food solutions. Morgan Street Holdings employs over 10,000 people and serves 300+ customers across the globe.  

Morgan Street Holdings supports the Stanley 1913 brand with competitive pay and benefits, along with exposure to diverse industries and professional networking and development opportunities.