Sr. Category Merchant - Women's Apparel
Core
Drive growth, profitability, and customer experience for assigned women's apparel categories through assortment planning, vendor management, and pricing strategies.
Role type
Senior Category Merchant (Apparel)
Builds
Women's apparel product assortment and competitive merchandise plans
Domain
Retail / Wholesale / Apparel
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Category management, vendor negotiation, assortment planning, financial forecasting, trend analysis, margin management, team leadership
Preferred skills
MBA, familiarity with AI tools
Technologies
WGSN
Responsibilities
Develop competitive merchandise annual plans, negotiate pricing and terms with vendors, manage sales and margin plans, communicate merchandising strategies to cross-functional teams, provide leadership and training to the merchandise team, evaluate merchandising performance and react to business changes
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities