Job Type
Full-time
Description
Overview:
The Jordan Kids Merchant will lead the merchandising and marketplace strategy for the Jordan Kids business across North America Digital and Stores channels while serving as a key partner between Jordan Brand and Haddad Brands to drive consumer-right assortments, marketplace alignment, distribution strategies, pricing, and seasonal product plans to accelerate growth and deliver the Jordan Brand vision for Kids.
Key Accountabilities:
- Partner with Jordan Consumer Teams and Haddad Marketplace leadership to develop and execute a unified Jordan Kids marketplace strategy across Digital and Stores
- Build and manage seasonal assortments, product journeys, merchandising strategies, and hindsight analyses to optimize business performance
- Develop and communicate distribution strategies, door depth recommendations, pricing updates, and key merchandising stories
- Support post-CODE gate product management, including product updates and cross-functional communication
- Identify consumer, product, and marketplace opportunities to influence future assortments and investment priorities
- Partner with cross-functional teams including Merchandising, Buying, Planning, Marketing, Finance, and Analytics to drive marketplace execution
- Monitor business performance and leverage consumer insights, historical data, and market trends to inform assortment decisions and in-season actions
- Support membership and consumer engagement strategies that strengthen brand connection and drive growth
- Special projects as assigned
Requirements
Required Skills/Abilities/Education:
- Bachelor's degree in fashion merchandising or related field
- 5+ years of experience in merchandising, product creation, or retail in a vertical or wholesale environment
- Proficiency in retail and profit-based metrics
- Excellent organizational, communication
- Ability to travel as needed
Consistent in-office presence is vital to the role as it is for all Haddad Brands team members, so that we all have a full appreciation, aesthetically and tactilely, of the qualities that define our brand partners' products and set them apart from their competitors.
Salary Description
$75,000 - $125,000 per year
