Job Description

Who We Are Looking For:-

• The Merchandising Team is looking for a Lead Merchant to manage Women’s Apparel for one of the Client’s largest apparel partners.
• We are looking for a merchant with experience managing large and complex businesses, who is detail-oriented and solution-oriented, passionate about Women’s fashion, trends, and comfortable presenting to and influencing external accounts to grow the Women’s business.
• This merchant will be responsible for building consumer right assortments, driving cross-functional relationships both internally and externally, including consumer merchandising, sales, planning, marketing, and external buying teams, and obsessing over consumer needs and opportunities to create the future of Women’s Apparel
• Must have a strong passion for Women’s Apparel, with deep knowledge of trends, consumers, and the marketplace.
• Bachelor's degree or higher, or a combination of relevant education, experience, and training
• 5+ years of experience in Merchandising, Product Management, and Buying in Women’s Apparel for a large national retailer/brand.
• Strong preference for background in Women’s Athletic Apparel
• Strong preference for experience working with an external account
• Consumer-centric mindset and strong merchandising and retail acumen
• Passion and deep knowledge of Women’s fashion, trends, consumers, and the marketplace
• Self-starter, proficient in information seeking skills, and a drive for results
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including presentations to various cross-functional internal partners and external accounts
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to influence, empower, and lead across various functions
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and seasons
• Proficiency with Keynote, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel

What You Will Work On:-

• Multi-Season Assortment Planning: Responsible for defining and driving multi-season assortment plans that align with partner growth, financial targets, and CFOP CSR
• Product Assortment Strategies: Influence and partner with North America CFOP Merchandising teams on multi-season product assortment strategies, capacity, and line plan opportunities
• External Relationships: Partner with and influence buying teams on assortment strategies; drive seasonal account assortment presentations. Execute and deliver seasonal readiness and sales tools
• Business Performance and Insights: Lead communications on business performance, consumer trends, and competitive landscape with cross-functional partners. Turn insights into action throughout the CODE process and quarterly marketplace connections. Identify product opportunities through GEL & Speed programs for closer to market trends.
• Prepare for and own key seasonal meetings throughout the Consumer Code calendar. This is inclusive of presenting and leading conversations and meetings with cross-functional partners and the Clients Sporting Goods account
• Partner with Planning and Sales on assortment style/color level forecasts, invest/divest strategies, franchise health, ensuring assortment depth, breadth, and classification mix across CFOP align with seasonal strategies, financial targets, and KPI’s
• Manage seasonal merchandising tools, VLPs (Visual Line Plans), and assortments in the Merchandising system (AV)

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