Job Details:
Job Title: Brand Merchandiser Global Men's Footwear
Location: Beaverton, OR
Duration: 4 Months (covering parental leave)
Type: Full-Time, Contract
Description:
A global athletic brand is looking for a Merchant to support the Global Men's Footwear business. In this role, you will help craft the future strategy, develop long-range line plans, and create seasonal assortments to drive this important segment within the portfolio. You will utilize marketplace data, consumer insights, foresight, and hindsight to influence strategy and create strategic line plans to serve the consumer. You will partner closely with product creation partners to ensure product lines are aligned to identified opportunities, lead the management of merchandising KPIs through robust analysis of retail insights and performance, and build positive and trustworthy relationships with partners to land line plans and seasonal assortments that meet consumer needs.
Top 5-7 Skills:
Merchandising and/or product creation experience (5+ years)
Go-to-market product creation and strategic line planning
Marketplace influence and consumer insights
Footwear, apparel, and/or equipment merchandising experience
Retail KPIs and profit-based metrics understanding
Cross-functional communication (upstream product, design, geo merchants, buying and assorting teams)
Strategy building and business shaping
Requirements for the role:
5+ years of experience in merchandising, buying, and planning for footwear or apparel
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
Understanding of retail key performance indicators and profit-based metrics
Strong strategy building skills that shape the future of the business
Effective communicator that collaborates and brings people together
Values differences and builds positive relationships with high cultural awareness
Proven balance of art and science in decision-making
Self-directed, independent, and dedicated
Cultivates innovation while also ensuring accountability
Communicates vision and purpose and able to lead effectively in complex situations
Solves problems using limited information and implements solutions with ability to foresee most future implications
Advises others on complex matters requiring in-depth knowledge or conceptual thinking
Responds with speed and agility, curiosity, and motivation
Experience working with Geo teams
Strong interest in footwear
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
5+ years of experience in merchandising, buying, and planning for footwear or apparel
Or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have):
Previous industry experience
Highly cross-functional communications with upstream product, design, geo merchants, buying and assorting teams
Experience working with Geo teams
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