Merchandiser – Close to Body Off Price

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Position Summary:

 

Our CK Global Off Price Merchandising Close To Body team, is seeking a highly strategic and collaborative Merchandiser to drive our product strategy, assortment architecture, and Line Development Process. Execute strategies that balance global brand vision while delivering on internal financial targets and regional sales goals. 

 

You will be the crucial link between our commercial and product teams, collaborating and communicating closely with cross functional teams such as the Global Merchandising, Sales, and Planning, ensuring our offerings meet market demand, financial goals, and account needs.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

 

Product Strategy & Assortment Architecture

·         Own the product strategy and assortment architecture from conception through to market readiness.

·         Act as the primary bridge between commercial (Sales, Planning) and product (Design, Supply) teams.

·         Participate in all milestone meetings throughout the seasonal calendar cycle as the voice for the Wholesale Off Price North American market, ensuring NA is taken into consideration with decision making that impacts global distribution

·         Manage global and internal calendar milestones for respective businesses to ensure deadlines are met in a timely manner

Range Planning

·         Develop a comprehensive market specific range plan in close partnership with the Sales and Planning teams to ensure all account requirements are proactively captured.

·         Provide first-hand knowledge at the SKU-level of collections, seasonal strategies and key initiatives for the North America market to capitalize on and drive the business

·         Share the finalized range plan with the Cross-Functional Team (CFT) to ensure alignment across the organization.

Product Assortment & Development

·         Build compelling product assortments (in partnership with Design & Supply) that align with account needs, market demand, margin goals, and the seasonal brand strategy.

·         Collaborate with the Sales team to effectively tailor product assortments for specific wholesale accounts in North America.

·         Maintain a detailed change log throughout the internal Sketch Review and Proto Review meetings.

Product Attribution & Data Management

·         Author specific product and hierarchy attributes and manage updates to this data throughout the entire product lifecycle.

 

Account Engagement & Market Readiness

·         Partner with Sales at key checkpoints, including Account Sketch Review and Proto Pre-Line, to present and refine assortments based on customer feedback.

·         Analyze and report on selling and market trends

·         Create the initial sales tool set up (e.g., linesheets, catalogs) for Market.

·         Shepherd the late add process and orchestrate issue resolution to ensure new styles are integrated efficiently.

 

 

Qualifications + experience

 

·         5+ years proven experience in apparel merchandising, preferably within a fast-paced wholesale environment.

·         Deep understanding of the product lifecycle, from initial concept to market delivery.

·         Strong financial acumen with experience managing margin goals and optimizing assortments for profitability.

·         Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence and align diverse cross-functional teams (Sales, Design, Planning, Supply).

·         Demonstrated ability to develop and execute a comprehensive range plan.

·         Highly organized with a meticulous approach to data, reporting, and maintaining a change log.

·         Experience in presenting to and partnering with Sales and external accounts.

If you are a strategic thinker who thrives on balancing commercial needs with creative product development, we encourage you to apply and help drive the next phase of growth for Off Price Close to Body / Underwear

 

Pay Range:$82,500---$117,100

PVH currently provides base salary ranges for all positions-on job advertisements-in the United States based on local requirements. These ranges are based on what PVH reasonably believes that it will pay an associate for their base salary for said position at the time of the posting. Individual compensation will ultimately be determined based on a variety of relevant factors including but-not limited to qualifications, geographic location and other relevant skills. PVH is committed to providing a market-competitive total rewards package to eligible associates, which includes diverse and robust health and insurance benefits to meet the varied needs of our associates and an above-market 401(k) contribution to help our associates save for retirement. We also offer career growth opportunities, empowering our associates to design their future at PVH.

Additional Compensation: This role is bonus eligible.

Your Wellbeing is Our Priority

At PVH, we offer competitive, cost-effective, and comprehensive benefit packages. We strive to provide options when it comes to your health, finances, and work-life balance. This includes:

• Pay & Insurance: Competitive pay, bonus programs, best in class medical insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and more.

• 401(k): An above-market 401(k) contribution to help our eligible associates save for retirement.

• Flexible Workplace: Generous company-paid holidays, paid time off, hybrid working arrangements, volunteer opportunities, seasonal hours, and flexible work schedules.

• Wellbeing Support: A variety of wellbeing tools and programs such as, Headspace membership, reimbursement for fitness memberships and/or digital meditation subscriptions, and the opportunity to earn up to $200 a year in rewards for exercising and participating in healthy activities.

• Care.com Services: Access to services for childcare, elder care, adoption preparation, pet care, plus reimbursement for backup care when your regular plans fall through.

• Education Assistance: Receive support for continued education including tuition reimbursement.

• Associate Discount: Shop at our company outlets and e-commerce sites at a discount.

Please note, eligibility depends on employment status, location and length of time employed with PVH and our benefits may be subject to change. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

About PVH:

We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach, we are driving fashion forward for good, as one team with one vision and one plan. That’s the Power of Us, that’s the Power of PVH+.   

 

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To achieve these goals, across the United States and its territories, PVH prohibits any PVH employee, agent or representative from requesting or otherwise considering any job applicant’s current or prior wages, salary or other compensation information in connection with the hiring process. Accordingly, applicants are asked not to disclose this salary history information to PVH.