Merchandise Manager, Women's Accessories

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• Manage seasonal accessories line plans, ensuring product assortment aligns with brand vision, consumer needs, and business objectives.

• 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.

• Manage Assistant Merchant; overseeing and providing training, feedback, and professional development.

• Serve as a liaison between Merchandising, Design, Product Development, Technical Design, Production, Sales, Retail, and Planning teams throughout the product lifecycle.

• 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.

• Manage data input from start to finish within Centric PLM, ensuring accuracy and timely updates throughout the development process.

  • Attributing, Pricing, Style Creation, etc.

• Serve as point of contact within Centric PLM for the Mainline Accessories team.

• Partner closely with Design and Product Development to refine assortments, capture changes, and ensure product integrity.

• Partner with Product Development and Production teams to review costing and profitability opportunities throughout the development process.

• Maintain pricing within assortment & Centric PLM and ensure accuracy across all tools.

• Bachelor’s Degree 

• Experience working in a fashion brand 

• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience

• Strong communication, organization, and analytical skills

• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

• A strong sense of the women’s accessories market across luxury and accessible tiers

• The ability to translate analysis into actionable business opportunities

• The ability to interact with all levels of management and influence others

• Solid understanding of Retail Math, Merchandising/Buying metrics

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs – Specifically Excel & Power Point

  • Proficiency in VLOOKUP & Pivot Tables required

• Strong presentation skills, especially visual presentation (Showroom set up)