Sr. Category Merchant - Women's Apparel
Core
Sr. Category Merchant responsible for driving growth, profitability, and customer experience for women's apparel categories.
Role type
Senior Category Merchant (Apparel)
Builds
Product assortment, annual merchandise plans, pricing strategies, and promotional campaigns for women's apparel.
Domain
Retail / Wholesale / Apparel
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Category management, vendor negotiation, financial forecasting, trend analysis, team leadership, margin management, cross-functional collaboration.
Preferred skills
MBA, familiarity with AI tools (ChatGPT), WGSN usage.
Technologies
WGSN, social media platforms.
Responsibilities
Drive category growth and profitability; 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 team leadership