Merchandising Manager

The Rounds takes the hassle out of managing your grocery and everyday essentials with its intelligent two-way delivery service designed to keep your home stocked while reducing waste. Members shop fresh local foods, carefully curated essentials and refillable staples, with convenient weekly delivery for just $10 a month. The Rounds also offers scheduled pickup services for compost, recycling and packages. Its “Psychic Home Manager” is an AI-powered platform that enables predictive restocking and personalized product recommendations. The Rounds is backed by top investors and has been featured in TechCrunch , FastCompany, PBS, and others.

We’re looking for a driven Merchandising Manager to own the performance, strategy, and growth of a subset of our grocery categories. This hands-on role will drive growth by developing a deep understanding of our Members, managing vendor relationships, expanding product offerings, negotiating smart deals, and enhancing our Member experience through unmatched site merchandising. You will also be responsible for owning key projects from the start to drive strategic growth. If you’re excited to join a best-in-class team to build a category-defining and mission-driven business, we’d love to meet you!

The Rounds has a strong in-person office culture. We believe our best work happens when we’re in the same space together. This role is on site in our Brooklyn, NY office 5 days/week.

You Will

• Drive growth & profitability for your categories by leveraging data-driven insights
• Manage site merchandising and partner with marketing to develop category-specific strategies for your categories
• Negotiate vendor costs, set retail pricing strategies, and plan regular promotions to increase sales and profitability
• Lead the innovation pipeline for your categories by identifying new products and offboarding others in partnership with Operations
• Stay informed on category trends and The Round’s Member experience to identify growth opportunities and maintain a competitive product assortment

You Are

• An experienced merchandising manager with 2+ years in a similar role, ideally in a fast-paced, high-growth consumer and/or technology startup environment
• Adept in data-driven decision-making, with strong Excel skills for analysis and reporting, and a focus on driving results
• Adaptable to shifting priorities, self-motivated, and capable of driving projects from concept to execution
• An excellent communicator with a talent for building relationships across teams and working collaboratively
• Passionate about food & sustainability, with a detail-oriented mindset and eagerness to tackle big challenges

Nice To Have

• Experience with environmentally sustainable packaging
• Familiarity with JSON and other data interchange formats

$111,000 – $128,000 a year

The base salary for this full-time position, which spans across multiple internal levels depending on qualifications, ranges between $111,000 – $128,000 plus benefits & equity.

Here at The Rounds, we’re looking for fast learners with a passion for sustainability. People succeed in our Company culture when they are intensely focused on our Members and are energized by and have the work ethic to solve hard problems Our goal is to do the best work of our careers here.

You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description, especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. We have a diverse set of problems to solve and need a diverse set of perspectives to imagine a greener future and build what’s missing; including but not limited to race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religion, and dis/ability.