Job Details

Senior Merchant, Kids Sportswear Footwear (North America Channel)

Pay: $41.33 per hour

Hours: Monday-Friday; 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Overview

This is a parental leave coverage role that requires a local candidate who can start ASAP. The Senior Merchant will own Kids Sportswear Footwear merchandising for North America channels, blending data-driven analysis with consumer-led trend insights. This role focuses primarily on kids' footwear and requires close partnership with Sales, Planning, and Brand teams to shape assortment strategies across multiple seasons.

The ideal candidate is consumer-focused, fast-paced, collaborative, and comfortable working in an evolving and sometimes ambiguous environment.

Job Description

• Build consumer-centric, channel-specific assortment plans for Kids Footwear and Apparel across North America.
• Translate product strategies into clear, tiered assortments by channel, considering consumer needs, account realities, and capacity constraints.
• Analyze trend forecasts and provide lifestyle-driven insights on what kids' consumers want in major markets.
• Work closely with Sales teams to provide city-specific and channel-specific merchandising insights.
• Develop multi-season plans, including capacity and tiering recommendations (e.g., how many shoes are needed per channel).
• Use bookings data, in-market performance, and partner feedback to refine future seasonal strategies.
• Lead key seasonal milestones including MAR, GTM, OED, and post-GTM processes.
• Prepare and present channel storytelling, tools, and narratives to Sales and marketplace partners (approximately monthly).
• Serve as the single point of accountability for the final North America channel view for Kids Footwear.
• Partner cross-functionally with North America Product Merchandising, Sales, Planning, Brand, Finance, Operations, and Insights & Analytics.
• Enable Sales teams with clear assortments, priorities, and narratives to support confident sell-in.

Required Skills

• Footwear merchandising experience (must have).
• Strong understanding of retail and digital metrics including:
  
  • Sell-through
  • Margin
  • Full price realization
  • Weeks of supply
  • Bookings
  • Inventory productivity
• Ability to translate consumer, sales, and trend data into actionable strategies.
• Experience preparing seasonal, channel-specific merchandising tools and presentations.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with high attention to detail.
• Comfortable presenting to groups of 50-100 people.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and evolving environment.

Nice to Have

• Experience merchandising for kids' footwear or apparel.
• University of Oregon merchandising or product degree.
• Strong understanding of lifestyle trends in major U.S. cities (e.g., Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago).
• Knowledge of how sales operates in a retail environment.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.

Benefits (employee contribution):
Health insurance
Health savings account
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Life insurance
Retirement plan

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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