Principal Marketplace Merchant - Converse
About the role
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $126,100.00 in our lowest geographic market to $265,900.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidate's location, qualifications, skills and experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead global marketplace merchandising strategies across priority accounts and partners.
- Drive assortment architecture and segmentation to ensure marketplace-right product distribution.
- Own seasonal marketplace adoption and influence product creation and planning decisions.
- Partner with Integrated Marketplace, Planning, and Product teams to align on business needs.
- Develop marketplace insights, competitive analysis, and consumer trends to inform strategic decisions.
- Lead seasonal readouts and represent Marketplace needs in cross-functional leadership forums.
- Drive marketplace performance analysis across sell-in, sell-through, and margin metrics.
- Identify growth opportunities and lead product and distribution strategies to unlock marketplace potential.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure global alignment while supporting regional nuance and opportunities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
- 8+ years of experience in progressive merchandising leadership, marketplace strategy, or commercial leadership.
- Deep merchandising acumen, understanding of marketplace dynamics and partner retail ecosystems.
- Strong analytical capabilities and ability to translate data into strategic recommendations.
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional partners and leadership.
- Experience leading global or multi-region merchandising initiatives.
- Exceptional communication and storytelling skills.
- High level of organization, detail orientation, and leadership presence.
- A passion for product, culture, and the Converse brand.
Qualifications
Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
Skills
- Deep merchandising acumen.
- Understanding of marketplace dynamics and partner retail ecosystems.
- Strong analytical capabilities.
- Ability to translate data into strategic recommendations.
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional partners and leadership.
- Experience leading global or multi-region merchandising initiatives.
- Exceptional communication and storytelling skills.
- High level of organization, detail orientation, and leadership presence.
- A passion for product, culture, and the Converse brand.
Benefits
Are you interested in working for the most iconic and well-loved sneaker brand in the world? Born in sports and made for the street, Converse is a place to explore your potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. We seek people who can lead, grow, think, dream, and create. Our culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. Converse seeks achievers, leaders, and visionaries. At Converse, it’s about each person bringing their authentic self, skills, and passion to serve the daring spirit of youth.
Pay
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $126,100.00 in our lowest geographic market to $265,900.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidate's location, qualifications, skills and experience.
Schedule
Not specified.