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Director, Merchandising - Licensing

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Full time

Experience:

Expert & Leadership (>10 years)

Work from:

New York (USA), United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Experience in apparel merchandising, Proven record of brand stewardship, Ability to manage complex projects, Strong computer skills (Excel, PowerPoint), Ability to influence executive leaders.

Key responsabilities:

Develop merchandise assortments aligned with customer needs
Collaborate with licensing partners on product strategies
Analyze sales performance to drive growth strategies
Manage seasonal product development processes
Communicate merchandising KPIs and updates to management

Gap Inc. Retail (Super / Hypermarket) XLarge https://www.gapinc.com/

10001 Employees

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Job description

About the Role

Based in our New York office, The Director. Merchandising - Licensing is an instrumental role in driving the licensed product strategy for Gap Inc brands. In this position, you will be accountable for leading the product strategy and assortment architecture that fits into Gap Inc.’s channel strategy. You will have experience driving robust merchandising strategies for licensed products for global iconic brands and a proven record of brand stewardship while building on-trend product.

You must be a product leader who thrives in a matrix organization with the drive and ability to partner with cross-functional teams across Gap Inc. as well as manage external agencies and partners.

What You'll Do

Develop and drive merchandise assortments that meet global, digital and regional customer needs aligned to the overall licensed category strategy
Collaborate with licensing partners on product strategies and requirements to ensure customer needs are met while ensuring Gap Inc. brand integrity
Actively participate as the voice of Franchise in milestone meetings to ensure critical paths and calendars are met, partnering with both Global Merchandising, Production and Product Strategy
Develop long term strategies to drive growth by analyzing sales performance of businesses, by category and by region, to meet customer needs and maximize sales
Drive the PD process seasonally inclusive of the key touchpoints that include but limited to kickoff, development, guardrails, feedback, approvals and data entry.
Understand and share product trends, market data and product opportunities to effectively drive strategic opportunities in building the Licensing business
Maintain all relevant product tools at the category and product level needed to track the seasonal PD for each Licensee including updates/tracking, approvals, recaps, and share outs.
Share monthly and seasonal updates to management teams inclusive of key merchandising KPIs including SKU counts, retails, category market share, relevant buys and overall visual line sheet of landed product.
Effectively liaise with Gap Inc Product Teams seasonally to gain access to product assets in developing product for Licensees while remaining aligned with brand direction and assortment guardrails
Partner with internal and external cross functional teams (Operations, Marketing, Licensing Agency and Licensees ) to develop and execute aspects of the PD cycle.
Develop, mentor and train direct reports through: review of process, timely goal setting, weekly touch bases and quarterly check-ins and identify and provide additional training as needed

Who You Are

Working knowledge of Apparel Merchandising
Ability to build a long-term Strategic Vision
Experience developing business processes and managing complex projects
Demonstrate a strong point of view about product assortment and business opportunities
Ability to problem solve independently, with ability to adapt to diverse audiences and environments
Strong communication and relationship/team skills
Strong computer skills (Excel, PowerPoint) with aptitude for learning new programs
Work with and influence executive level leaders
Collaboration skills and the ability to influence key stakeholders