Senior Merchant, Footwear

Senior Merchant, Shoes

Who We Are:

Being naked is the #1 most sustainable option. We're #2.

Since 2009, we've been on a mission to bring sustainable fashion to everyone. Named one of Fast Company’s Brands That Matter and winning a Best Carbon Footprint award, we have big goals like being Climate Positive by 2025, Circular by 2030, and pushing the whole industry forward along the way. Our work has gotten love in Drapers and Sourcing Journal, and TIME wrote about how great our CEO, Hali Borenstein, is. Basically, we're saving the Earth and looking damn good doing it.

We're a global brand with 50+ stores (and counting) around the world, and our own sustainable factory in LA. We innovate across categories like accessories, swimwear, and sleepwear, and we reach millions of people with campaigns like this, this and this. 

None of this work is possible without the incredible people behind it. We're a mission-based company that invests in an inclusive culture, so we can innovate together and ensure everyone has the space to grow, thrive, and belong.

And starting right now, we want to do all that with you.

 

Work Location:

Hybrid 3 days in office from our NYC office.

 

The Role: 

The Senior Merchant, Footwear will be responsible for creating and maintaining a balanced merchandise mix, to offer the best in class assortment of products that will excite and delight the Ref customer.  In this role, you will use your strong analytical skills and entrepreneurial spirit to achieve sales and margin targets, manage inventory and buys through the selection, pricing and promotion of products. 

The Senior Merchant is a highly collaborative role and partners closely with a variety of cross-functional teams to ensure the vision and assortment are reflected across all channels.  The ideal candidate will be analytical, organized and data-driven, with excellent communication skills and an ability to combine complex analysis with market knowledge to produce actionable recommendations. 

 

What You'll Do: 

• Conduct marketplace and competitor research to identify what is driving others’ business and highlight opportunities 
• Evaluate what is and isn’t driving our business and propose how to expand on the successes while minimizing risk
• Use sales & marketplace insights to inform product strategies, ensuring top priority trends are represented
• Develop and present monthly and seasonal lineplans, working closely with design to build cohesive assortments 
• Partner with the Planning team to set the seasonal framework, identifying the right PMix, # of styl