We are partnering confidentially with a highly respected and growing multi-billion-dollar global retail brand on a high-impact hybrid opportunity based in New York City.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly visible merchandising leadership team at the intersection of assortment strategy, retail analytics, customer experience, and cross-functional partnership.

This role is ideal for a strategic, data-savvy merchandising leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-volume retail environments and enjoys balancing long-term assortment vision with hands-on execution.

Why This Opportunity

This position offers the opportunity to directly influence how customers experience the brand in-store through thoughtful assortment architecture, store clustering, and in-season optimization. Partnering closely with Buying, Allocation, Financial Planning, Space Optimization, and vendor teams, this role will help drive sales, margin, sell-through, and long-term customer loyalty.

The right candidate will bring strong retail math, merchandising instincts, and the ability to connect customer preferences with business performance.

What You’ll Own

• Lead the end-to-end assortment planning process for Footwear or Apparel & Accessories
• Build profitable, customer-centric assortments aligned to consumer preferences and business strategy
• Develop pre-season assortment plans and in-season optimization strategies
• Apply assortment analytics including rate of sale, door tiering, and clustering
• Define SKU targets, lifecycle management, and assortment breadth/depth by store cluster
• Partner with Space Optimization on capacity, flow, and capital project planning
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Buying, Allocation, Financial Planning, and GTM/VM
• Build strong vendor partnerships and support line reviews and market travel
• Drive margin productivity and sales optimization across the division

What Makes You a Strong Fit

• 7–9 years of relevant retail merchandising or assortment planning experience
• Strong expertise in retail math, assortment productivity, and in-season analysis
• Advanced Excel skills required; Power BI experience strongly preferred
• Strong cross-functional partnership and stakeholder-management capabilities
• Ability to lead through change and improve processes
• Experience in high-volume, trend-driven retail strongly preferred
• Strong problem-solving skills and comfort working in fast-paced environments