Job Title : Category Merchant 3
Reference ID : 24-04822
Location : Beaverton, OR
Duration : 7 months contract
Job Type : Contract (Candidates must be able to work on W2 without VISA sponsorship)
Mon-Thursday in Office, Friday- WFH
Job Description :
This role is with Women's Global running apparel - Experience in women's apparel is a must.
Will be working with footwear teams so some crossover is nice but bulk of experience needs to come from apparel.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The Merchandising team understands consumer needs and market opportunities to craft a significant product mix for each marketplace.
We blend art with science to bring vision to life in all retail environments, leading with our Members and digital and physical spaces and expanding to our retail partners.
The team has the unrivaled ability to see beyond trends and identify new market opportunities, delivering the right product, at the right price, in the right place, at the right time.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 5+ years’ experience in merchandising, product creation, and or retail, in a vertical or wholesale environment
- Footwear, apparel and / or equipment merchandising experience
- Understanding of retail key performance indicators and profit based metrics
- Strong strategy building skills that shape the future of the business
- Effective communicator that collaborates and brings people together
- Provides direction and mentorship to teammates
- Values differences and builds strong relationships with high cultural awareness
- Proven balance of art and science in decision-making
- Self-directed, independent, and dedicated
- Cultivates innovation while also ensuring accountability
- Communicates vision and purpose and able to lead effectively in complex situations
- Solves problems using limited information and implements solutions with the ability to foresee most future implications
- Advises others on complex matters requiring in-depth knowledge or conceptual thinking
- Responds with speed and agility, curiosity, and motivation
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
- As a Merchant you will enable the strategizing, building, and managing of global 3-year line plans and product journeys cross-functionally.
- A consistent part of your day-to-day responsibilities will be the detailed management, maintenance and communication of all seasonal tools and assortments.
- Enabling this effort will be the development of key relationships among cross-functional teammates, comfort with research and analysis, along with a genuine curiosity and commitment to learn and evolve.