Head of Merchandising & Growth Strategy

Mud Pie, LLC.; Stone Mountain (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Mud Pie, LLC. is seeking a strategic, collaborative Chief Merchandising Officer to join our Atlanta-area headquarters.

This newly created leadership role will drive a disciplined, customer-focused merchandising strategy across wholesale, ecommerce, and marketplaces. The CMO will partner with Finance, Marketing, Sales, and Product Development to optimize assortments, improve margin, and align creative vision with business objectives; lead pricing, inventory, and cross-channel storytelling to fuel

Qualifications

• 10+ years of merchandising, buying, or category management experience within consumer brands, ecommerce, or wholesale.
• Strong background in assortment planning, inventory management, merchandising analytics, and category performance.
• Experience managing merchandising processes across multiple channels including wholesale and ecommerce.
• Proven ability to drive sales growth, margin improvement, and inventory productivity.
• Strong analytical, financial, and operational acumen.
• Experience leading and developing teams.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise merchandising strategy across wholesale, DTC, ecommerce, and marketplaces channels.
• Develop seasonal assortment architecture by category, channel, customer, and price point.
• Drive SKU rationalization, assortment productivity, and category growth strategies.
• Build and manage category line plans, breadth/depth strategies, and inventory flow.
• Partner with Product Development leadership to align assortment strategy with seasonal product direction and business priorities.
• Establish evergreen, replenishment, and seasonal product strategies where appropriate.
• Analyze customer, sales, and inventory data to identify whitespace and growth opportunities.
• Monitor competitive landscape, customer trends, and market opportunities to inform merchandising decisions.
• Own merchandising KPIs including sales, gross margin, sell-through, inventory turn, weeks of supply, and SKU productivity.
• Partner with Operations, Finance, Product Development, and Supply Chain teams to optimize inventory investments and flow timing.
• Drive pricing, markdown, and promotional strategies that balance margin and inventory productivity.
• Lead in-season business analysis and reforecasting processes.
• Improve merchandising reporting, forecasting, and decision-making frameworks.
• Support open-to-buy management and inventory lifecycle planning.

Skills

Strategic merchandising

Cross-channel leadership

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

Mud Pie, LLC. is seeking a strategic, collaborative Chief Merchandising Officer to join our Atlanta-area headquarters.

This newly created leadership role will drive a disciplined, customer-focused merchandising strategy across wholesale, ecommerce, and marketplaces. The CMO will partner with Finance, Marketing, Sales, and Product Development to optimize assortments, improve margin, and align creative vision with business objectives; lead pricing, inventory, and cross-channel storytelling to fuel