Entry Level Merchandising Manager Jobs
New grad merchandising manager jobs open the door for recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where a strong portfolio or internship work can matter more than a long resume. Most openings are on-site roles across Retail, Technology & Software, and Distribution & Wholesale, with employers like Dollar Tree, The Home Depot, and Chewy hiring at this level now.
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Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941. Inspired by the vision of Creative Director Stuart Vevers and the inclusive and courageous spirit of our hometown, we make beautiful things, crafted to last—for you to be yourself in.
Coach is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible.
A member of the Tapestry family, we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and is committed to being innovative and wholly inclusive. Visit Our People page to learn more about Tapestry's commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity.
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Visual Merchandising to:
- Execute visual guidelines with precision and adapt to store architecture while maintaining brand standards.
- Conduct mapping sessions and on-floor coaching; review photos and provide actionable feedback.
- Partner with District and Store Managers on KPI insights and develop store-level action plans.
- Support new store openings and renovations with on-site training and readiness checks.
- Conduct in-store training sessions within the assigned market and develop best practices.
- Manage visual projects and field initiatives from planning through execution, including timelines, deliverables, follow-up, and cross-functional coordination across North America.
Coach Competencies
- Drive for Results: Delivers high-quality visual execution and follows through on commitments.
- Customer Focus: Applies customer insight to visual decisions and store-level coaching.
- Creativity: Finds thoughtful, brand-right solutions within guidelines and constraints.
- Interpersonal Savvy: Builds effective, trust-based relationships across levels and functions.
- Learning on the Fly: Quickly adapts to new information, feedback, and changing conditions.
- Perseverance: Maintains energy and focus through challenges, deadlines, and follow-up.
- Planning and Organizing: Demonstrates strong project management skills, including prioritization, timeline management, milestone tracking, and stakeholder updates.
- Dealing with Ambiguity: Operates effectively when direction evolves or information is incomplete.
Our Competencies for All Employees
Courage : Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
Creativity : Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
Customer Focus : Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Dealing with Ambiguity : Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Drive for Results : Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Interpersonal Savvy : Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Learning on the Fly : Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
Our Competencies for All People Managers
Strategic Agility : Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Developing Direct Reports and Others : Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
Building Effective Teams : Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
Coach. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or employeerelations@tapestry.com
Visit Tapestry, Inc .
Base Pay Range
$75,000.00-$90,000.00Here are some of the benefits that we offer: Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401 (K), Paid Paternity and Maternity leave, Commuter Benefits, Disability insurance and Tuition assistance. Please click here for a complete list of U.S Corporate Compensation & Benefits.
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941. Inspired by the vision of Creative Director Stuart Vevers and the inclusive and courageous spirit of our hometown, we make beautiful things, crafted to last—for you to be yourself in.
Coach is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible.
A member of the Tapestry family, we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and is committed to being innovative and wholly inclusive. Visit Our People page to learn more about Tapestry's commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity.
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Visual Merchandising to:
- Execute visual guidelines with precision and adapt to store architecture while maintaining brand standards.
- Conduct mapping sessions and on-floor coaching; review photos and provide actionable feedback.
- Partner with District and Store Managers on KPI insights and develop store-level action plans.
- Support new store openings and renovations with on-site training and readiness checks.
- Conduct in-store training sessions within the assigned market and develop best practices.
- Manage visual projects and field initiatives from planning through execution, including timelines, deliverables, follow-up, and cross-functional coordination across North America.
Coach Competencies
- Drive for Results: Delivers high-quality visual execution and follows through on commitments.
- Customer Focus: Applies customer insight to visual decisions and store-level coaching.
- Creativity: Finds thoughtful, brand-right solutions within guidelines and constraints.
- Interpersonal Savvy: Builds effective, trust-based relationships across levels and functions.
- Learning on the Fly: Quickly adapts to new information, feedback, and changing conditions.
- Perseverance: Maintains energy and focus through challenges, deadlines, and follow-up.
- Planning and Organizing: Demonstrates strong project management skills, including prioritization, timeline management, milestone tracking, and stakeholder updates.
- Dealing with Ambiguity: Operates effectively when direction evolves or information is incomplete.
Our Competencies for All Employees
Courage : Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
Creativity : Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
Customer Focus : Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Dealing with Ambiguity : Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Drive for Results : Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Interpersonal Savvy : Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Learning on the Fly : Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
Our Competencies for All People Managers
Strategic Agility : Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Developing Direct Reports and Others : Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
Building Effective Teams : Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
Coach. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or employeerelations@tapestry.com
Visit Tapestry, Inc .
Base Pay Range
$75,000.00-$90,000.00Here are some of the benefits that we offer: Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401 (K), Paid Paternity and Maternity leave, Commuter Benefits, Disability insurance and Tuition assistance. Please click here for a complete list of U.S Corporate Compensation & Benefits.
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Who's Hiring
- Dollar Tree45
- The Home Depot17
- Chewy3
- Sam's Club3
- Target2
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail74
- Technology & Software5
- Distribution & Wholesale4
- Education3
- Hospitality & Tourism3
Entry Level Merchandising Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level merchandising manager job?
Employers hiring at this level look for candidates who understand product placement, inventory basics, and visual merchandising principles, often gained through retail internships, coursework, or hands-on part-time work. A portfolio showing planogram projects, college coursework in retail management or business, and demonstrated attention to detail in a store environment gives entry level candidates a real edge over a generic resume.
Which companies hire entry level merchandising managers?
Companies hiring entry level merchandising managers right now include Dollar Tree, The Home Depot, and Chewy, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Retailers, consumer goods brands, and wholesale distributors tend to hire most actively at this level, often building internal talent pipelines from junior roles.
Are there remote entry level merchandising manager jobs?
Yes, though most merchandising manager roles at this level involve in-store or distribution center work. About 3% of entry level merchandising manager openings are remote or hybrid as of July 2026, and those positions typically focus on digital merchandising, e-commerce assortment planning, or vendor coordination rather than floor-level execution.
Are these new grad merchandising manager jobs?
Yes. These listings include new grad, recent graduate, and junior merchandising manager roles. A posting is generally new-grad friendly when it welcomes zero to two years of experience, accepts internships or coursework in place of full-time history, or asks for a portfolio rather than an extensive resume. Look for language like "entry level," "new grad," or "no prior management experience required" in the job description.
Which industries hire the most entry level merchandising managers?
Entry Level merchandising manager roles concentrate in Retail, Technology & Software, and Distribution & Wholesale, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. These sectors hire at the junior level because high product turnover, seasonal resets, and planogram execution demand consistent ground-level merchandising support that companies build through entry level talent.