Senior Merchant, Womens Footwear

About the role

The Senior Merchant for Women’s Footwear at Rothy’s leads the strategy and execution of the company's product assortment for this critical category. This role involves shaping seasonal product lines from concept to commercialization, ensuring assortments align with the brand's aesthetic while meeting financial and growth goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Women’s Footwear product assortment strategy by influencing decisions across the entire product lifecycle—from early design concept through development, line architecture, and commercialization
• Closely partner with Design and Product Development teams to create compelling seasonal footwear collections, balancing innovation, core styles, and commercial viability
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Production partners to execute against cost and margin targets while maintaining the highest standards of Rothy’s product quality
• Work with Merchandise Planning to build strategies that maximize key areas of the business each season while optimizing the nimble supply chain to drive sales and mitigate risk of overproduction
• Analyze sales performance, consumer insights, and market trends to inform future assortment strategies and identify opportunities for product innovation
• Create balanced assortments for brick-and-mortar stores, ensuring the right mix of core, seasonal, and newness across locations
• Translate macro and footwear-specific trends into relevant opportunities for Rothy’s customer
• Contribute to category growth strategy and help guide seasonal priorities through strong cross-functional alignment and communication

Requirements

5+ years of merchandising or buying experience, with footwear experience strongly preferred. Strong proficiency with analytical tools and reporting, solid understanding of the open-to-buy process, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and proven ability to collaborate with and influence cross-functional partners and peers.

Qualifications

Naturally curious, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership and accountability for work and decisions. Analytical and solution-oriented, with a passion for using data and insights to solve problems and improve outcomes.

Skills

Financially savvy with strong merchant math skills and a deep understanding of how product decisions impact business performance. Highly aligned with, and knowledgeable about, Rothy’s brand aesthetic and customer.

Benefits

Generous paid time off, 401k matching, comprehensive health plans, supplemental mental health benefits, healthy snacks, monthly wellness reimbursement, quarterly product allowance!

Pay

Pay Range: $98,000 - $118,000 annually. Base pay is one part of the total rewards package that includes additional discretionary bonuses/incentives and a comprehensive benefits package.