Director of Merchandising

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the merchandising team while serving as the primary liaison between regional business partners and cross-functional internal teams on seasonal assortment planning.
• Develop customer-focused assortment strategies across multiple sales channels and store formats, ensuring product selection, depth, and inventory levels align with sales goals, market demand, and customer preferences.
• Analyze weekly sales performance, inventory trends, and product productivity to identify opportunities and risks, implementing action plans to drive revenue and improve inventory efficiency.
• Partner closely with product development, planning, marketing, and other cross-functional teams to align merchandising strategies with business objectives, consumer insights, and brand direction.
• Drive digital merchandising initiatives by balancing enterprise-wide product strategies with regional market needs and customer buying behaviors.
• Monitor industry trends, competitor activity, and consumer insights to identify growth opportunities, optimize product assortments, and strengthen market competitiveness.
• Contribute merchandising expertise to seasonal financial planning, including sales forecasting, inventory planning, open-to-buy management, and replenishment strategies.
• Manage the merchandising calendar to ensure key milestones, product reviews, assortment deadlines, and seasonal deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in business or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in merchandising, buying, category management, or a related retail function.
• Demonstrated expertise in assortment planning, inventory optimization, demand forecasting, and product lifecycle management.
• Proven experience developing merchandising strategies across retail, wholesale, and e-commerce channels within a fast-paced, multi-channel environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sales data, identify trends, and make data-driven business recommendations. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including merchandising, planning, product development, marketing, and operations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Bilingual proficiency in English/Mandarin Chinese is preferred.
• Previous experience in the apparel, footwear, fashion, or consumer products industry is highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Skills

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sales data, identify trends, and make data-driven business recommendations.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including merchandising, planning, product development, marketing, and operations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Bilingual proficiency in English/Mandarin Chinese is preferred.
• Previous experience in the apparel, footwear, fashion, or consumer products industry is highly desirable.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance.
• Access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits.
• Free online training.
• Company 401(k) plan.