Director of Merchandising - Women’s Bottoms/Tops/Bras, Beyond Yoga - Levi Strauss & : Job Details

Director of Merchandising - Women's Bottoms/Tops/Bras, Beyond Yoga

Apply locations USA, Culver City, Beyond Yoga HQ time type Full time posted on Posted 7 Days Ago job requisition id R-0127863

Female founded and led, Beyond Yoga creates buttery soft activewear and beyond for every size, shape, moment, and movement from our own line of meticulously researched fabrics. Our obsession for softness and fabrics, and a relentless pursuit of quality and fit makes Beyond Yoga a fan favorite at every stage of life. We proudly celebrate diversity and welcome all ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, belief systems, and identities.

We encourage our team to be active members of their local and global communities through opportunities like Social Good Day to participate in a cause of their choosing. Like us, the people we hire are passionate, honest, warm, enthusiastic, and fun!

In September 2021, we joined Levi Strauss & Co., one of the world's largest brand-name apparel companies and a global leader in jeanswear. Beyond Yoga operates as a standalone brand with the benefit of LS&Co.'s global capabilities to help it achieve its goals of brand-building, store opening, category expansion and distribution.

The Director of Merchandising, Women's Bottoms, Tops, Bras develops the Omni Channel Category Strategies for the business. You will lead the Women's Bottoms, Tops, Bras Merchandising team by setting the category vision, long range growth plans and global product and pricing architecture to exceed financial goals and consumer expectations following brand vision. You will inspire a customer-focused, growth-minded, creative, and team-oriented approach while guiding product growth plans across the company. Leaders at Beyond Yoga tend to roll up our sleeves, so you should be prepared to step up and lead by example, showing the teams new ways of working and helping to cultivate a strong and dynamic culture.

About the Job

• Develop compelling global product offering in service to overall business strategies/financial plans and following brand vision.
• Provide thorough and meaningful analysis of product performance, partnering with inventory management on diagnosing; weekly, monthly, quarterly opportunities. Effectively articulate learnings and actions to management and cross-functional partners.
• Shape the global strategy and long-range category plan to guide sustainable, profitable category growth, increase market share, improve productivity and sell through.
• Help lead and create seasonal product big ideas; ensure big idea strategies are able to come to life across all channels, inclusive of ecommerce, retail stores, and wholesale.
• Act as a cross-functional connector: communicate and engage strategic plans and direction with internal and external cross-functional partners to inspire understanding and execution to a common vision.
• Collaborate with Design, Product Development, and Production on seasonal and longer term product initiatives; fabric rationalization, margin goals and commercialization of product for optimal productivity.
• Identify business and marketplace product and pricing trends; focus on pursuing latest opportunities and mitigating risks to achieve business growth.
• Deliver qualitative and quantitative product feedback to internal and external cross-functional partners and merchandising leadership.
• Create a multi-level team that is culturally connected and creative with a focus on delighting the consumer.
• Lead the team through Merchandising milestones, coordinating deadlines and deliverables with business partners and peers.

Core Competencies

• Develop & Action Against Commercial Assortment Strategies That Bring Big Ideas to Market
• Business Ownership and Accountability
• Product Obsession
• Customer Obsession
• Communication
• Collaboration

About You

• 10+ years experience in the apparel industry in Merchandising
• Inspiring leadership with a vision for your team to set priorities, scale for growth, and elevate the team's overall impact
• Strong experience leading an inclusive team and hiring amazing and diverse talent.
• Previous product development experience in apparel; bottoms/bras product knowledge
• Proficient in software applications: Microsoft Word, Excel (can perform complex functions), Miro, PowerPoint
• Ability to travel to enhance understanding of the product creation process, the marketplace and our consumers

The expected starting salary range for this role is $142,100- $200,000 per year. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on the location of the role. The amount a particular employee will earn within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, performance and business needs.

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) offers a total rewards package that includes competitive pay, incentive plans, and a wide array of benefits designed to help you and your family stay healthy, meet your financial goals, and balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits vary depending upon the specifics of the role; details relating to a specific role will be made available upon request.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, benefits or other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Levi Strauss & Co. is committed to equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and recruiting and maintaining a workforce that welcomes and respects people from diverse backgrounds while enabling our employees to make an impact. We value the unique combination of talents, experiences, and perspectives of each employee, making our collective success possible.

We put a lot of thought into our programs to provide you with a benefits package that matters. Whether it is for medical care, taking time off, improving your health or planning for retirement, we've got you covered. Here's a small snapshot:

• 401K match: $1.25 for every $1.00 you contribute up to the first 6% of pay you save.

• Five hours of paid volunteer time per month with nonprofit organizations

• Product discount

• Paid Family Leave

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USA, Culver City, Beyond Yoga HQ

Full time