Chief Merchandising & Growth Leader

Goodwin Recruiting; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

The client seeks an entrepreneurial merchandising executive to scale a rapidly growing specialty retail business. This hands-on leadership role will build the teams, processes, and merchandising disciplines needed for the next growth stage, with direct partnership alongside the CEO.

Responsibilities include scaling multi-location merchandising operations, leading buying, assortment, planning, inventory, pricing, and margin management, and driving vendor relationships.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in progressive retail merchandising and leadership.
• Experience scaling merchandising across multiple locations.
• Strong understanding of stores, assortment, inventory, pricing, margin, and vendor management.
• Proven ability to build merchandising teams, processes, and KPIs.
• Comfort working in founder-led, startup, or high-growth environments.

Responsibilities

• Scale multi-location merchandising operations.
• Lead buying, assortment, planning, inventory, pricing, and margin management.
• Drive vendor management and relationships.
• Own revenue, gross margin, and inventory outcomes.
• Develop scalable merchandising teams and KPIs with clear accountability.
• Support multi-channel merchandising across brick-and-mortar and e-commerce.

Skills

Merchandising leadership

Multi-location retail

Vendor management

Strategic planning

KPIs ownership

Job description

The client seeks an entrepreneurial merchandising executive to scale a rapidly growing specialty retail business. This hands-on leadership role will build the teams, processes, and merchandising disciplines needed for the next growth stage, with direct partnership alongside the CEO.

Responsibilities include scaling multi-location merchandising operations, leading buying, assortment, planning, inventory, pricing, and margin management, and driving vendor relationships.