VP, Private Brands

Position Summary:

The Vice President of Private Brands will lead the development, execution, and growth strategy for the company's private label portfolio. This individual will be responsible for driving category innovation, enhancing brand equity, and ensuring the financial success of private label products. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, the VP will oversee brand development, product strategy, and go-to-market execution to position the private labels as leaders in the market.

Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to the following:

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute a long-term strategy for the private brands portfolio to drive revenue, profitability, and market share growth.
• Merchandising: Entrepreneurial approach to drive alongside the Merchandising team to develop assortments that align with brand strategies and customer preference while defining category plans, pricing strategies, and product placement to optimize sales and profitability.
• Product Development and Innovation: Lead the product development teams to identify opportunities for market voids, differentiation, and innovation while ensuring products meet quality and regulatory standards.
• Brand Development and Management: Oversee the end-to-end brand creation process, including brand identity, positioning, messaging, and visual storytelling.
• Brand Promotion with Marketing: Partner with Marketing teams to create integrated campaigns spanning digital, social media, in-store promotions, and experiential marketing.
• Collaboration with Retail Operations: Ensure alignment on distribution channels, product launches, promotional strategies, and in-store space.
• Supply Chain Partnership: Optimize the end-to-end supply chain footprint focusing on importation, tariffs, and the relationship with overseas manufacturers. Build strong supplier relationships and implement innovative technologies to enhance efficiency, manage risks, and drive business goals.
• Financial and Operational Accountability: Set and monitor KPIs for revenue, margin, and category performance. Develop and manage budgets for the private brands division.
• Additional duties as assigned.

About the Guitar Center Company

The Guitar Center Company embodies the world of creativity and music by encouraging our teammates to find their own individual sound. Our mission is to develop and nurture lifelong musicians and make a difference in the world by enabling musicians and non-musicians alike to experience the joy that comes from creating music. We believe in putting our customers first, engaging with respect and integrity and fulfilling our mission with passion.

The Guitar Center Company operates through several business divisions. Guitar Center is the world's largest retailer of guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards, recording, live sound, DJ, and lighting equipment, with more than 290+ stores across the United States. 2014 marked the milestone 50th anniversary of the Guitar Center Company as the organization continues to help people make music from coast to coast.

E-Commerce brands Guitar Center, Musician's Friend and WWBW offer online sales of a broad selection of music products.The Music & Arts division operates more than 220+ stores specializing in band & orchestral instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors, and students since 1952. AVDG and GCPro headline the enterprise audio-visual integration business, delivering a best-in-class commercial and residential customer experience.

To join our band, you'll need the following experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field (MBA preferred); or a combination of relevant experience and education.
• 10+ years of experience in retail, consumer goods, or private label brand management.
• Demonstrated success in scaling private label brands and driving profitability.
• Strong background in product development, sourcing, and supply chain management.
• Strategic thinker with a track record of identifying growth opportunities.
• Expertise in market analysis, branding, and category management.
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to analyze performance metrics and P&L statements.
• Exceptional leadership and team-building abilities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in project management tools and data analytics platforms.

Why Guitar Center Company? Here's just some of the rewards:

For our employees who are musicians we offer the unique opportunity of gig leave-take time off to share your music with the world and return to your job after your tour! Guitar Center offers robust benefits and perks, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K plus company match, mental health support, paid sick/holiday/vacation time, employee discount program, and tuition reimbursement options.

Pay Rate: $200,000 - $250,000/yr depending on background and experience. This position is eligible to participate in the Guitar Center Company bonus program based on Company performance.

The job posting is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee, which is always dependent on actual experience, education, and other factors. The pay range(s) listed are provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different in other locations.

Why join us?

With a career at Guitar Center, you become part of the world's largest multichannel musical instrument retailer. Whether at our Stores, Contact Centers, Distribution Centers, or Support Center, Guitar Center employees have a common goal: to help people find their sound and fill the world with more music.

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