Global Merchandise Manager, Footwear

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• Develop and manage seasonal footwear line plans, ensuring product assortments align with brand vision, consumer needs, and business objectives.
• Build category strategies informed by historical performance, trend analysis, consumer insights, and market opportunities.
• Evaluate regional line plans and partner with global teams to identify assortment opportunities and market-specific needs.
• Identify assortment gaps, white-space opportunities, and key growth drivers to optimize productivity across the footwear portfolio.
• Maintain and evolve assortment architecture, ensuring appropriate breadth, depth, and pricing segmentation across the collection.

• Serve as the primary liaison between Merchandising, Design, Product Development, Technical Design, Production, Sales, Retail, and Planning teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Lead cross-functional alignment meetings, driving decisions on product revisions, development priorities, timelines, and market readiness.
• Foster collaboration across teams to ensure product, financial, and operational objectives are achieved.
• Communicate seasonal product strategies, line changes, key milestones, and assortment updates to internal and global stakeholders.

• Guide the footwear development process from concept through commercialization, ensuring milestone deliverables are achieved on time and in line with category strategy.
• Partner closely with Design and Product Development to refine assortments, evaluate prototypes, and ensure product integrity.
• Manage assortment tools, line plans, and product data within Centric PLM, ensuring accuracy and timely updates throughout the development process.
• Support go-to-market preparation by ensuring product information, positioning, and assortment strategies are communicated effectively to global partners.

• Own seasonal pricing architecture, balancing brand positioning, consumer value, margin objectives, and competitive market dynamics.
• Partner with Product Development and Production teams to review costing and profitability opportunities throughout the development process.
• Lead pricing reviews and present final assortment, pricing, and margin recommendations to leadership teams.
• Support achievement of category sales, margin, and productivity goals through strategic product and assortment management.

• Bachelor’s Degree 
• Experience working in a fashion brand 
• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience (Women’s Footwear Merchandising preferred)
• A strong sense of the women’s footwear market across luxury and accessible tiers
• Solid comprehension of the women’s footwear consumer base, including geographical nuance
• The ability to translate analysis into actionable business opportunities
• Strong communication, organization, and analytical skills
• The ability to interact with all levels of management and influence others
• Strong skills in Retail Math, Merchandising/Buying metrics
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs – Specifically Excel & Power Point
• Strong presentation skills, especially visual presentation (Showroom set up)
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment