Senior Merchant, Global Partners - Converse

ABOUT CONVERSE

Are you interested in working for the most iconic and well-loved sneaker brand in the world? Born in sports and made for the street, Converse is a place to explore your potential, obliterate boundaries, and push out the edges of what can be. We seek people who can lead, grow, think, dream, and create. Our culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. Converse seeks achievers, leaders, and visionaries. At Converse, it’s about each person bringing their authentic self, skills, and passion to serve the daring spirit of youth.

ABOUT OUR TEAM

The Global Partners team is responsible for servicing 27 licensee and distribution partners throughout the globe. As a geography, we are proud to provide our partners with top-tier guidance regarding Merchandising, Planning & Analytics, Marketing, and Strategy as they navigate the Converse business in their regions!

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for a Senior Merchant to join the Global Partners Merchandising team.  This role will help define and drive the merchandising vision across the integrated marketplace with a sharp focus on our store fleet of 500+ doors, while owning and communicating consumer insights to drive growth within each territory. 

We are seeking someone with a deep understanding of the footwear industry and the competitive landscape. They will also possess merchandising experience operating in a complex multi-geo global function developing seasonal footwear, apparel, and accessories strategies to maximize business growth. (understanding of consumer and trends, regional nuances, and needs across hemispheres).

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

As the Senior Merchant, you are responsible for partnering with the Geo Marketplace Merchandising teams in driving integrated, profitable, relevant assortments, in each region that reflect the brand vision and product strategy across segmented tiers of store distribution. You will also help to communicate and share a consolidated vision of that strategy within the Global Partners Merchandising team and across key cross-functional partners.

This role plays an integral part in building consumer-right assortments and collecting insights across the marketplace.  You will be responsible for connecting the consumer with the territory product strategy and crafting assortments based on our global product line offering.  You will support ensuring that in-season and future executions, geo nuances, and financial targets are met within each geography.

You will be responsible for:

• Create and drive distinct, profitable, and brand-elevating store assortments for our consumers through merchandising strategy, data analysis, and close collaboration with geography cross-functional teams based on territory opportunities and nuances.
• Translate consumer and marketplace insights into actionable plans and business outcomes for current and future business opportunities.
• Assortment planning and pricing
• Product lifecycle planning/Line planning acumen
• Presenting product merchandising strategies at key brand gameplan gates
• Act as a role model fostering a culture of inclusivity, collaboration, and optimism.
• Partner cross-functionally on delivering best in class product knowledge to store teams, in-store marketing deliverables to communicate product benefits to consumer and liquidation recommendations seasonally based on data analysis and product lifecycle journey

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

In this role, your key partners will be:

• Geo Brand Merchandising
• Lead Digital Merchant
• Marketplace Merchandising
• Store Operations Team
• Visual Merchandising
• Licensing and Distribution Partners
• Regional Brand Marketing
• Marketplace Planning

WHAT YOU BRING

• Requires a minimum of 3-5 years of directly relevant merchandising experience; footwear or apparel experience required with a data-driven mindset. Global merchandising experience preferred.
• Knowledge and understanding of product development, marketing, and merchandising product commercialization
• Strong understanding of retail key performance indicators, profit-based metrics and product lifecycle management
• Requires strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (data manipulation and analysis), PowerPoint, and Keynote
• Ability to engage your audience either in a virtual or physical platform, through excellent verbal communication, driving clarity and understanding of your strategy
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work and influence cross-functionally
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams
• Ability to travel 30% of the ti