Senior Merchant

Roller Rabbit; New York (NY); Ibrido; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Unlimited PTO

Company discount and allowance

Descrizione del lavoro

Roller Rabbit, a fashion and lifestyle brand, seeks a Senior Merchandiser to shape seasonal assortments and drive business performance. You will lead cross-functional teams, present insights to senior leadership, and own the product strategy with autonomy.

The role reports to the Senior Director of Merchandising and is based at NYC HQ with a hybrid schedule. The ideal candidate has 6–8+ years in fashion merchandising or related retail roles, a strong analytical mindset, and experience coaching

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in fashion merchandising, business, marketing, or related field preferred.
• 6–8+ years of experience in fashion merchandising, buying, or related retail role with increasing ownership.
• Experience managing, coaching, or developing at least one team member.
• Proven ability to develop assortment strategies and drive sales, margin, and inventory productivity.
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills with the ability to turn data into action.
• Strong product instincts and understanding of fashion trends, customer behavior, and brand storytelling.
• Well versed in fabrics, fit, and construction; passion for product and brand storytelling.
• Excellent communication, organization, and project management; able to influence stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Shopify, Report Pundit, and NetSuite is a plus.

Mansioni

• Own merchandising strategy for seasonal roadmaps aligned with company goals and brand vision.
• Translate objectives into category, delivery, SKU, silhouette, color, and price-point strategies.
• Partner with Senior Director on assortment architecture, pricing, margin, and growth opportunities.
• Provide strong product point of view and autonomous, timely decisions for assortment and design.
• Use customer insights, market trends, and performance data to guide product direction.
• Lead business reviews and present performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Collaborate with Planning, Buying, Allocation, Marketing, Retail on seasonal buys and launches.
• Develop product knowledge for store and ecommerce teams to support sell-through.

Conoscenze

Analytical thinking

Communication

Project management

Leadership

Retail/product strategy

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in fashion merchandising, business, marketing, or related field

Strumenti

Excel

PowerPoint

Shopify

Report Pundit

NetSuite

Descrizione del lavoro

This role combines strong product instincts with commercial analysis to build compelling assortments, improve business performance, and keep cross-functional teams aligned. The ideal candidate is comfortable operating with autonomy, making confident product decisions, and presenting a clear point of view and recommendations to senior leadership

About Roller Rabbit

We are a feel-good company! We strive to feel good by finding the joy in life. To us, it's the journey not the destination. We believe feeling good is something to strive for in every area and season of life. It's our mission to find the magic in every moment. While we resonate with many things, to us, fun, vibrancy and togetherness are the pillars of a feel-good life that represent how we see the world, and how our community sees itself. Today’s Roller Rabbit is a full lifestyle brand featuring home goods, loungewear, ready to wear, accessories, and of course, the softest pajamas around!

Description

Reports to: Senior Director of Merchandising | Location: NYC HQ (Hybrid — 3 days in-office / 2 days remote) | Manages one direct report

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Senior Merchant is a strategic product leader responsible for shaping and executing merchandising strategies across seasonal categories, core collections, and long-range product roadmaps.

This role combines strong product instincts with commercial analysis to build compelling assortments, improve business performance, and keep cross-functional teams aligned. The ideal candidate is comfortable operating with autonomy, making confident product decisions, and presenting a clear point of view and recommendations to senior leadership.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Product and Merchandising Strategy

• Own merchandising strategy for seasonal roadmaps, aligned with company goals and the Roller Rabbit brand vision.
• Translate business objectives into clear category, delivery, SKU, silhouette, color, and price-point strategies.
• Partner with the Senior Director of Merchandising on assortment architecture, category priorities, pricing, margin, and growth opportunities.
• Bring a strong product point of view to the development process and make confident, timely assortment and design decisions with appropriate autonomy.
• Use customer insights, market trends, competitive research, and historical performance to identify opportunities and guide product direction.
• Provide competitive analysis across price points, silhouettes, fabrications, and category to keep the assortment sharp and on trend.
• Own the ongoing strategy and evolution of core styles and colorways.

Business Performance and Reporting

• Lead weekly and monthly business reviews, clearly communicating performance, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Build and present seasonal and category hindsights that translate results into strategies for future assortments, buys, pricing, and product lifecycle decisions.
• Analyze sales, sell-through, inventory, margin, and productivity to identify growth opportunities and areas of underperformance.
• Partner with Buying, Planning and Allocation on seasonal buys, reorders, and inventory actions.
• Present merchandising strategies, performance insights, and recommendations to senior leadership with clarity and confidence.

Cross-Functional and Team Leadership

• Serve as a key merchandising liason to Design, Production/Product Development, Planning, Marketing, Retail, providing clear direction from concept through commercialization.
• Keep teams aligned to product roadmaps, milestones, SKU targets, and key decisions while proactively surfacing risks.
• Collaborate closely with Planning and Allocation, Marketing, Ecommerce & Retail to support product launches and commercial priorities.
• Develop and share product knowledge with store and ecommerce teams to support sell-through and a consistent customer experience.
• Manage, coach, and develop one direct report, setting clear priorities and building their product, analytical, and operational capabilities.
• Maintain accurate, organized merchandising data and tools while driving improvements to team processes, calendars, and reporting.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree in fashion merchandising, business, marketing, or a related field preferred.
• 6–8+ years of experience in fashion merchandising, buying, or a related retail role, with increasing ownership of categories and assortments.
• Prior experience managing, coaching, or formally developing at least one team member.
• Proven ability to develop assortment strategies and drive sales, margin, and inventory productivity.
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills, with the ability to turn data into clear recommendations and actions.
• Strong product instincts and taste level, with an understanding of fashion trends, customer behavior, and brand-building.
• Well versed in fabrics, fit, and construction, with a passion for product and brand storytelling.
• Excellent communication, organization, and project management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional and senior stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Shopify, Report Pundit, and NetSuite is a plus.

OUR BEST FIT CANDIDATE

• Balances creative product instinct with rigorous commercial thinking.
• Takes ownership, anticipates needs, and brings solutions
• Is decisive and comfortable operating autonomously while knowing when to align or escalation.
• Communicates with clarity and builds trust across creative, operational, and leadership teams.
• Thrives in a hands-on, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial environment.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO
• Company discount and allowance

Roller Rabbit is a fashion and lifestyle retail brand under the Vivid Group portfolio. This role reports directly to the Senior Director of Merchandising and partners closely with Design, Production/Product Development, Planning, Buying, Allocations, Marketing, Ecommerce & Retail. Salary Range: $90,000 – $120,000 base, commensurate with experience, plus performance bonus. Based at our NYC headquarters on a hybrid schedule (3 days in-office / 2 days remote).