Vice President, Men's Merchandising

Overview

The Head of Men’s & Boy’s Merchandising will develop and lead the overall merchandising strategy and vision for the Men’s & Boy’s business while delivering profitable sales growth and brand health.

The ideal candidate is a strategic merchant who can build financial and product line architecture and drive brand affinity by capturing exciting trends and storytelling moments.

This leader will work cross-functionally with Designers, Planners, Marketing & Production teams to manage timelines, product assortment, quality, price, product life, and line assortment.

Key Responsibilities

• Approach the business from an entrepreneurial viewpoint by constructing the building blocks of a strong men’s tops business
• Consistently find ways to elevate the brand and product experience
• Champion blue-sky opportunities and build consensus and strategy to execute
• Analyze the business both short-term and long-term from creative and financial lenses
• Analyze weekly sales reports to identify risks and opportunities to financial plans (sales margin, inventory, etc.) while putting action plans into place to mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities
• Produce seasonal documents including scorecard overviews, presentation decks, assortment rankings, and store tiers
• Evaluate competitive landscape on a continuous basis to ensure voids within the brand are identified and opportunities for future growth are realized
• Understand current customer buying patterns, identify new customer opportunities and align the product offering accordingly
• Act as the cross-functional liaison lead to execute seasonal assortments from concept through commercialization
• Manage, coach and develop a team of talented merchants and work to develop them for the next level
• Lead adherence to seasonal development calendar across all channels and departments
• Lead and manage the team to ensure the product assortment offering meets fashion seasonal core and good, better, best requirements and plans for success

What You Bring

• 10+ years of Merchandising experience required, Men’s experience is ideal
• 5+ years of managing high performing teams
• Team-oriented with the ability to interact with partners across the organization at all levels
• Strong business acumen and understanding of inventory management
• The broad scope of this role requires a deep understanding of many functions, including Buying, Planning, Product Development, CAD Design, Production Services, Overseas Sourcing, Logistics, and Marketing
• Ability to innovate and challenge current norms to drive positive change and efficacy
• Experience in customer and trend direction to inform both assortment strategy, and decision making
• Inspirational leader who fosters growth & a positive environment
• Must have strong Excel skills (Pivot Tables, vlookups, etc.)
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required