Retail Merchandising Strategist — Inventory & Growth

TravisMathew, LLC; Huntington Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

TravisMathew seeks a Manager of Retail Product Merchandising to support development, communication, and execution of sales and inventory strategies across the retail fleet. You will partner with merchandising, planning, allocation, and visual teams to optimize assortments and forecasts.

You will analyze performance, identify gaps, and guide to-buy quantities while balancing profitability and inventory constraints in a hybrid onsite environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Merchandising, or related field.
• Minimum of 5+ years in merchandise buying, planning or inventory management.
• Allocation experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute product assortment strategies for retail stores in partnership with the merchandising team, with a focus on tiering, ranking, and flow timing aligned to financial plans.
• Analyze assortment plans to identify gaps, opportunities, and potential liabilities against sales and inventory goals.
• Partner with Visual Merchandising to support merchandising strategies, space allocation, store capacities, and product presentation.
• Partner with Demand, PLM, and Merchandising teams to provide retail-specific insights and recommendations on to-buy quantities and product needs.
• Partner with the Allocations team to develop and execute strategies that ensure the right products are available in the right locations at the right time, balancing sales potential with inventory constraints.
• Analyze sales performance, margin trends, inventory productivity, and profitability metrics to evaluate merchandise performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Conduct hindsight analysis of financial, inventory, and assortment performance to identify learnings and inform future season planning.
• Provide qualitative and quantitative insights during all Go-To-Market touch points and investment reviews to support product and assortment decisions.
• Maintain and enhance knowledge of geographic, store, and customer attributes to identify market-level trends and incorporate insights into merchandise strategies.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Retail analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Forecasting methodologies

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or merchandising

Tools

Excel

Job description

TravisMathew seeks a Manager of Retail Product Merchandising to support development, communication, and execution of sales and inventory strategies across the retail fleet. You will partner with merchandising, planning, allocation, and visual teams to optimize assortments and forecasts.

You will analyze performance, identify gaps, and guide to-buy quantities while balancing profitability and inventory constraints in a hybrid onsite environment.