Merchandising Manager, Women's Footwear

About the Role

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the end-to-end merchandising strategy for the Women's Footwear category, including assortment planning, product launches, category performance, and long-term growth.
• Develop, optimize, and scale product assortments to achieve category objectives related to revenue, margins, inventory health, and customer satisfaction.
• Influence long-term category strategy while independently driving near-term business results and execution.
• Analyze product performance, customer feedback, ratings, reviews, return rates, market trends, and financial metrics to make data-driven assortment decisions.
• Identify whitespace opportunities, emerging trends, and competitive insights to continuously refine the category roadmap and expansion strategy.
• Partner closely with Product Development and Sourcing teams to align product quality, cost, vendor performance, and successful product execution.
• Evaluate existing assortments and implement product quality improvements based on customer feedback, ratings, reviews, and return data.
• Identify, onboard, and develop relationships with best-in-class vendor partners to expand sourcing capabilities and support category growth.
• Serve as the category expert and customer advocate by balancing analytical insights with merchant intuition to anticipate customer needs and deliver exceptional products.
• May manage and develop Merchandising Analysts or Assistant Merchants while providing guidance and support across the category.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• 5–7 years of retail merchandising experience within the Women's Footwear category; luxury merchandising experience strongly preferred.
• 1–2 years of people management experience.
• E-commerce and/or direct-to-consumer (DTC) merchandising experience preferred.
• Proven track record of increasing responsibility and career progression within merchandising organizations.
• Strong analytical skills with experience leveraging data, reporting tools, customer insights, and external market research to inform merchandising decisions.
• Deep understanding of assortment planning, category management, product development, vendor management, and merchandising strategy.
• Strong merchant instincts with the ability to anticipate customer needs while balancing both the analytical and creative aspects of retail merchandising.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and execution-focused with exceptional problem-solving and project management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to improve processes, drive operational excellence, and enhance overall brand performance.
• Continuous learner with a high degree of curiosity, adaptability, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment while remaining flexible and willing to contribute across multiple functions.
• Passion for product, customer experience, and building high-growth consumer brands.

Additional Information

• This role is based in San Francisco, California, with a requirement to work in-office three days per week.