Director, Sportswear Merchandising Global Converse

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ABOUT CONVERSE

Are you interested in working for the most iconic and well-loved sneaker brand in the world Born in sports and made for the street Converse is a place to explore your potential obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be.

ABOUT OUR TEAM
Converse is a place where you can be at work AND be yourself. Its a place to be creative come up with big ideas and partner with a welcoming diverse team to move the brand forward.

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

Theyll sit at the center of Converse Sportswear leading a global merchandising team while partnering closely with Design Product Creation Planning Finance and Analytics. This role reports to the Senior Director of Merchandising for Converse and partners with Energy Basketball Skate XSports and Marketplace merchandising teams worldwide.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Were looking for a global merchandising leader with a sharp consumer instinct and a strong product point of view. This person knows how to turn insight into actionbuilding line plans and assortments that feel right sell through and scale globally. They bring clarity to complexity lead with confidence and influence across a global matrix without losing speed or craft.

You understand sportswear culture and the competitive landscape and you know how to balance creativity with commercial rigor. Youre equally comfortable shaping longrange strategy and driving seasonal execution. You lead teams with intention challenge thinking when it matters and elevate the work through strong storytelling analytics and decision-making.

• Bachelors degree in Merchandising or a related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training
• 10 years of experience in merchandising or product leadership
• Proven experience leading global teams and complex seasonal line plans
• Deep knowledge of the global sportswear consumer and marketplace dynamics

WHAT YOULL WORK ON

Youll set the global merchandising vision for Converse Sportsweardefining line plans shaping assortments and ensuring every product choice ladders back to the consumer and the brand. Youll lead teams guide crossfunctional partners and turn insight into product stories that resonate globally.

• Own global line planning architecture and seasonal merchandising strategy across Footwear and Apparel
• Influence global creation decisions rooted in consumer insight growth opportunity and marketplace realities
• Manage and develop the Sportswear Merchandising team setting clear direction and expectations
• Partner with Design Product Creation and Planning to shape category strategy and longrange vision
• Analyze trends competition margin lifecycle and flow to unlock growth opportunities
• Drive alignment across XSports and Marketplace merchandising teams
• Lead seasonal readouts line plan reviews and executivelevel presentations

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for in-person 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.