Lead Merchant North America Womens Training Apparel

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

As a Lead Merchant North America Womens Training Apparel you will manage the leggings and shorts business inclusive of line planning assortment curation and daytoday management. It is imperative that you foster strong relationships with your merchandising and crossfunctional teammates to seek integration and alignment across everything you do.

With regularity you will be balancing your interactions with Global Merchandising partners and your North America Marketplace (MPUs) partners to deliver Consumer Right Assortments. Building and maintaining positive relationships with Global Merchandising Consumer Field of Play (CFOP) teams MPUs Sales Planning and Brand Marketing will be critical to your success in this role.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for Merchant with experience managing large and complex businesses is trendsavvy optimistic curious and solutionoriented. Experience in Retail Buying Product Merchandising Product Creation and Marketplace Merchandising are ideal backgrounds for this Lead Merchant role.

Bachelors degree or higher or combination of relevant education experience and training

5 years of experience in Merchandising Product Management Marketplace Buying or integrated retail related roles.

Consumercentric mindset and strong merchandising acumen.

Passion and knowledge of Womens fashion and trends

Selfstarter proficient information seeking skills and a drive for results.

Strong verbal and written communication skills including presentations to various crossfunctional partners.

Excellent attention to detail.

Ability to influence empower lead and negotiate across various functions.

Ability to manage multiple deadlines and seasons.

Proficiency with Keynote Word and Excel.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

As a Lead Merchant North America Womens Training Apparel you will have a diverse set of responsibilities as part of the team that brings our Womens Strategic Priorities and Consumer Relevant Assortments to life.

You will regularly collaborate crossfunctionally with Global and Marketplace Merchandising teams Sales Planning Brand and XGender Consumer teams to influence and curate seasonal assortments create and present biannual line planning briefs to Global assist in the creation of NA Product Creation (GEL) and Speed apparel briefs.

You will balance inputs from your data analysis with insights shared by MPU partners to deliver informed and timely assortment and product feedback to your Global Merchandising partners.

Key accountabilities:

Be the voice for the Womens consumer in North America. Anticipate and influence Her needs in North America to Global Merchandising team to create endinmind credible seasonal assortment strategies that serve both cultural and retail moments.

Prepare for and own key seasonal meetings throughout the Consumer Code is inclusive of presenting and leading conversations with crossfunctional partners.

Own the curation of seasonal assortments pricing decisions product opportunities and marketplace segmentation strategies.

Partner with Planning on assortment forecasting align across Ws FOPs (Field of Plays) on color connectivity in key franchises and reviews of shared merch classification to avoid duplication of products.

Manage seasonal merchandising tools VLPs (Visual Line Plans) in Merchandising system (AV) facilitate the management of the line plan systemically with MIA partners.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for inperson interviews closed captioning and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover as you navigate our application process that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.