Overview:The Director of Men's Merchandising will develop and lead the overall merchandising strategy and vision for the Men's & Boys' Wovens & Accessories businesses 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 report to the Head of Men's Merchandising and work cross-functionally with Designers, Planners, Marketing and 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
- 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:- 8+ years of Merchandising experience required, Men's experience is ideal
- 4+ 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
Every day will feel this good because:- We have a fun-spirited entrepreneurial culture filled with truly "good" people
- We offer a generous employee discount so you can rep our lifestyle on-and-off the boat
- We offer a competitive salary package, 401-K, commuter benefits, and paid-family leave, health savings, flex spending accounts, life & disability insurance
- We have an onsite gym as well as health & financial wellness programs to keep you active
- We offer 2 summer Fridays to take off in addition to a competitive vacation policy & holiday calendar
