Merchant and Commercial Strategy

Required

• 7+ years of merchandising, category management, or commercial strategy experience within a high-growth apparel, footwear, home, or consumer products business.
• Proven success developing assortments, driving category growth, and managing product performance across multiple sales channels.
• Strong experience in assortment planning, retail math, inventory management, pricing strategy, margin optimization, and financial analysis.
• Experience leading commercial go-to-market strategies and partnering closely with Marketing on product launches, campaigns, and product storytelling.
• Strong understanding of omnichannel merchandising, eCommerce, retail, and wholesale business models.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze customer insights, sales performance, and market trends to influence business decisions.
• Exceptional cross-functional leadership skills with experience partnering across Product, Marketing, Finance, Planning, Creative, and eCommerce.
• Highly analytical, strategic, and customer-focused, with the ability to balance creativity and commercial decision-making in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Software & Technical Proficiency
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, Power Query, financial modeling, and retail analytics.
• Experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, or similar.
• Experience working in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems. ● Proficiency with merchandise planning and inventory management systems. ● Experience with business intelligence and reporting tools such as Power BI, Looker, or similar.