Go to Market Senior Manager

MillerKnoll

  • Stamford, CT
  • $93,750-121,875 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 14 days ago
Why join us?At Design Within Reach, home comes first. We believe in creating and sourcing pieces that move with you and are meant to be enjoyed over a lifetime – from home to home, generation to generation. For us, that means exceptionally crafted, built-to-last, and beautifully designed furnishings.Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of Design Within Reach means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows Design Within Reach to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.About this opportunity:The Manager of the Go to Market Calendar plays a critical role in bringing furniture collections, product innovations, and seasonal stories to life across all retail channels. This leader is responsible for owning and orchestrating the end-to-end retail GTM process for our global Retail business—from strategy through execution—ensuring that every launch and promotional moment is aligned, impactful, and operationally ready.In this role, the Manager of the Go to Market Calendar will own the full seasonal and promotional calendar, driving functional accountability to timelines, while building out capabilities that support a true multi-seasonal planning approach. This includes cross-functional leadership across Merchandising, Visual, Product, Marketing, Retail Operations, and Supply Chain to ensure timely, consistent, and compelling execution in stores and online.Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage the execution of go-to-market strategies for new collections, key seasonal campaigns, and promotional moments across retail.
  • Own the full seasonal and promotional calendars for our global product launches—ensuring all functions are aligned to deadlines, deliverables, and critical path milestones.
  • Build scalable GTM capabilities that allow the business to plan and execute multiple seasonal initiatives in parallel.
  • Partner closely with Merchandising and Product teams to translate assortment strategies into compelling consumer-facing plans.
  • Drive alignment with Visual Merchandising, Allocations and Merchandising teams to ensure showroom floors reflect seasonal direction, product focus, brand intent, and timing of floor-model liquidations as needed.
  • Work with Marketing and Digital teams to support integrated storytelling across channels—physical showrooms, e-commerce, and media.
  • Coordinate with Retail Operations and Supply Chain to ensure frontline readiness and operational execution.
  • Establish and track KPIs for each launch and promotional event; gather feedback, evaluate results, and implement continuous improvements.
  • Act as the connective tissue between corporate functions and the retail field to ensure strategy translates to execution with clarity and consistency.
  • Ensures deliverables for new store openings are efficiently tied to key seasonal milestones.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or a related field
  • 6+ years of experience in retail go-to-market, merchandising, merchandise planning or strategic planning—ideally within furniture or home furnishings.
  • Deep knowledge of seasonal retail planning and promotional calendar management.
  • Proven success leading cross-functional initiatives in a multi-channel retail environment.
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
  • Excellent communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Strategic thinker with operational discipline and a passion for customer experience.
Preferred Experience
  • Furniture, home furnishings, or design-centric retail background strongly preferred.
  • Familiarity with showroom floor sets, seasonal floor planning, and omnichannel consumer engagement.
  • Experience with calendar management tools and retail project workflows.
Who We Hire?Simply put, we hire qualified applicants representing a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Design Within Reach is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.A starting compensation range for this role is $93,750.00 - $121,875.00. Relevant salary considerations will include candidate qualifications and experience, other business/organizational needs and market factors . You may also be eligible to receive a geographic premium, annual discretionary incentive and equity awards which are subject to the rules governing these programs. The company offers a full spectrum of benefits including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Vacation and Parental Leave), Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our associates.This organization participates in E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification. In general, MillerKnoll positions are closed within 45 days and are open for applications for a minimum of 5 days. We encourage our prospective candidates to submit their application(s) expediently so as not to miss out on our opportunities. We frequently post new opportunities and encourage prospective candidates to check back often for new postings.MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MillerKnoll Talent Acquisition at .

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