Company Overview

Perry Ellis International, Inc. represents a diverse portfolio of lifestyle apparel brands. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries owns and licenses nationally and with a brand portfolio of over 40 Brands domestically and internationally recognized brands including: Perry Ellis®, Original Penguin® by Munsingwear®, Laundry by Shelli Segal®, Rafaella®, Cubavera®, Ben Hogan®, Savane®, Grand Slam®, John Henry®, Manhattan®, Axist® and Farah®. The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties, including: Nike® for swimwear, and Callaway®, PGA TOUR®, and Jack Nicklaus® for golf apparel.

Role Purpose

The Digital Shelf Operations Lead serves as the strategic bridge between technical MIS infrastructure and Wholesale eCommerce commercial execution. Sitting within the Enterprise Applications team, you own the "last mile" of product data, ensuring that backend systems translate into flawless, high-converting product detail pages across Amazon, Wholesale, and DTC channels. As the strategic gatekeeper of content integrity, system governance, you lead the optimization and cross-functional enablement within Salsify and the PLM environments to maintain a best-in-class digital presence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

I. Technical Syndication & Troubleshooting (40%)

Retailer Deployment: Direct the end-to-end deployment of product data to global retailers, proactively resolving rejections in titles, bullets, and imagery
Readiness Diagnostics: Actively monitor Salsify Readiness Reports to diagnose and resolve validation errors—specifically targeting Subcategory and Sizing
Mapping Maintenance: Resolve complex mapping discrepancies between internal PLM attributes and retailer-specific requirements to ensure data compliance
Operational Recovery: Troubleshoot bulk data issues, including template export/import failures and "ghost" publishing errors, before escalating to MIS Engineering.
Full-Service Salsify Deployment: Manage end-to-end deployment across both platforms to ensure 100% technical compliance.
Complex Channel Management: Lead deployment through Amazon? online? retail channels, overseeing everything from initial mapping to Deployment Verification and ongoing maintenance (inclusive but not limited to formatting the attributes).
High-Volume Scaling: Successfully develop and maintain 36+ syndication channels (and counting) to support global wholesale and DTC growth.
Operational Recovery: Troubleshoot bulk data issues, including template export/import failures and "ghost" publishing errors.

II. Data Governance & Asset Orchestration (40%)

System Integrity: Manage the "Record of Truth" within PLM, overseeing the seamless flow of error-free, retail-ready assets into Salsify.
Taxonomy & Metadata: Lead the strategy for global folder structures, naming / style conventions, and metadata tagging to ensure 100% discoverability.
Digital Asset Management (DAM): Oversee the organization, archiving, and rights management of all digital assets to ensure brand consistency and legal compliance
Performance Auditing: Own the Digital Scorecard; conduct regular audits of content health and metadata to drive data-based decision-making
Category Audits: Conduct deep-dive Category Audits for all product lines to ensure taxonomy and attribute accuracy
Universal Property Setup: Establish and standardize global properties to ensure data consistency across all systems (Product Title, Bullet 1-5, Long copy desc., Image Sequenced 1-5
Catalog Conversion: Execute large-scale catalog conversions and standardizations within the Salsify environment
Performance Auditing: Conduct regular audits of content health and metadata to drive data-based decision-making.

III. Platform Admin & Strategic Enablement (20%)

System Administration: Manage user provisioning and onboarding for Salsify and PLM environments, ensuring strict adherence to security protocols
The "Playbook": Develop and maintain all training documentation, tutorials, and workshops to empower non-technical users in the Wholesale and DTC divisions.