Head of Merchandising Textiles

• Work closely with the field to obtain and interpret customer feedback;
  
• Rollup to and work closely with CEO;
  
• Create and implement a Third Party goods assortment strategy;
  
• Partner with Marketing to ensure that brand storytelling drives customer traffic and is consistent;
  
• Lead the planning team to determine new areas of growth rank and plan the line set pricing strategy and interpret and act on our sales data;
  
• Successfully manage and develop a team of 23 merchants;
  
• Oversee the Gross Margin line plan and fiscal budget;
  
• Drive product creation that differentiates OV from its competition;
  
• Collaborate with design marketing and production on a product strategy that is both commercially viable and led from a fashion perspective;
  
• Develop roadmap and line plan to strategically drive business results;
  
• Lead Global Merchandising to develop product assortments for the brand and build longterm business strategies;
  
• Create seasonal business strategies that meet financial goals and customer expectations;
  
• Identify and incorporate relevant trends into the product offering in a brandappropriate way;
  
• Partner with Visual Merchandising to ensure assortment and feel of the store is consistent with merchandising direction;
  
• Partner with Visual Merchandising to ensure assortment and feel of the store is consistent with merchandising direction.
  

Requirements

• Experience building line plans driving product assortments and partnering with design to conceive product concepts that grow business;
  
• 10 or more years of apparel merchandising experience with a vertical retailer. Performance apparel experience a plus;
  
• Experience growing businesses by developing merchandise plans with trendright product for the customer across multiple categories and channels;
  
• High taste level;
  
• Experience working in a designoriented proprietary product business;
  
• A blend of financial knowledge and creative merchandising skills;
  
• A trackrecord of building aligning and inspiring teams;
  
• An optimistic and enthusiastic relationship builder and handson leader;
  
• Understand the OV brand and it s positioning in the market;
  
• Collaborative leadership style and diverse partnership abilities.