Lead Merchant, ACG Apparel

Who You’ll Work With

You will work with the NA ACG merchandising as well as the Global ACG Merchandising team. You will collaborate with the cross-functional NA ACG team comprising of sales, brand marketing, planning, and marketplace supply chain as well as cross geo merchants.

Who We Are Looking For

• Collaborative
• Consumer centric
• Detailed oriented
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Marketing, or related field
• 6+ years of relevant industry experience in merchandising
• Footwear, apparel, and/or equipment merchandising experience
• Proven expertise in franchise management and understanding of retail key performance indicators and profit-based metrics
• Effective communicator that collaborates and brings people together as well as to varying audiences and levels of leadership
• Responds with speed, agility, curiosity, and motivation
• Self-directed, independent, and dedicated
• Strong collaborator who brings people together to find solutions to complex problems
• Contributes to and drives strategy into action that shapes the future of the business
• Values differences and builds strong relationships with high cultural awareness
• Proven balance of art and science in decision-making
• Solves problems using limited information and implements solutions with the ability to foresee most future implications
• Cultivates innovation while also ensuring accountability

What You’ll Work On

• Work in a fast-paced environment on a highly dynamic business
• Drive a holistic strategy for how ACG Apparel comes to life in the NA marketplace including determining product lifecycles, color breadth and depth, and marketplace segmentation and differentiation
• Manage all daily lineplan management tasks including adoption, pricing, and maintaining accurate VLPs and seasonal tools
• Work closely with the Senior Footwear ACG Merchant and Senior Manager on bringing the complete vision to life for the consumer
• Represent the NA geo in all key seasonal gates (MAR, LSR, Lineplanning)
• Have significant autonomy and must be comfortable forging your own path