Director, Merchandising – Men’s Apparel, NAM

ARC'TERYX • Portland, OR

3d • CA$149,000 - CA$195,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As the Director, Merchandising - Men’s Apparel, you define and lead the North American product assortment strategy for Men’s Apparel, translating global product vision into profitable, consumer-centric assortments across regional marketplaces. In this role, you own the regional assortment plans and business performance from a Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) perspective and you ensure product line strategies are adopted and optimized across all channels. Leading a team of merchandising experts, you integrate insights and decisions across multiple planning horizons, from post-season hindsight and in-season business management to future assortment and buy planning, long-range forecasting, and line planning. As a critical connector across Product, Merchandising, Planning, and Commercial teams, you create new ways of working that bring regional Go-to-Market strategies to life and deliver a seamless product experience across North America.
This role is based out of our North Vancouver, BC office, (or the Portland, OR office with significant travels to Vancouver, BC if located in Portland). Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada or the U.S.

Meet your future team:
The Merchant team is responsible for delivering regional, seasonal product assortments that support the overall global product direction. In partnership with the Product Line Management (PLM) team, Merchants drive company sales, gross margin, and inventory productivity goals, in both our wholesale and vertical channels. This high performing team works closely with the Commercial and Merchandise Planning and Allocations (MP&A) teams to create future seasonal line plans and to maximize in-season sales performance.

Requirements

• 10+ years’ experience in merchandising with a product-led brands
• 5+ years’ experience leading a team
• Influential leader, possessing high emotional intelligence, with the ability to drive alignment across diverse cross-functional groups at all levels of the business
• Product-obsessed, with a drive for understanding the “why” behind new products, and an unparallel capacity for product knowledge
• Expertise in driving strategy, line planning and line architecture
• Proven track record in developing and leading the execution of a multi-year business strategy
• Strong presentation skills, and are comfortable sharing stories and strategies with senior leaders
• Proven people leadership skills and the ability to build, coach and guide a diverse and high performing team
• Tireless integrity in driving excellence to milestones and deliverables
• Highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
• Proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions, driving organizational excellence through continuous communication
• Thrive on building relationships and creating partnerships across the organization
• Flourish in a fast-growth, entrepreneurial environment and thrive on contributing to our brand and team’s evolution
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally
• Effectively balance autonomy and collaboration
• Seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right
• Passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it

Responsibilities

• Developing and driving long term (5+ year plans) merchandising strategies for all product areas across Men’s Apparel, realizing the creative vision to bring line plans to market
• Leading cross-functionally to stand up new ways of working with on and off-calendar categories
• Leading a Merchandising team to execute both in-season and towards future seasons, while developing a bench of talent for continued growth
• Providing strategic insights regularly; identifying additional product assortment or business growth opportunities
• Leading the GTM process and advising on GTM tools for best-in-class market and consumer (guest) impact
• Bringing our innovation engine in-line by building strategies to trickle-down technology and finding opportunities to accelerate commercialization
• Conducting regional research to maintain expert knowledge of the market and traveling regularly for store openings, market visits and to our North Vancouver, BC headquarters, quarterly
• Upholding Fair Labor Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing, throughout the Arc’teryx supply chain
• Collaborating with leaders cross-functionally to build and test completely new product concepts in emerging market segments
• Exploring new areas for product expansion in partnership with the Creative Team, building business cases for category expansion
• Collaborating with the Global PLM teams to test new concepts in single markets

Benefits

• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage, including mental health support, fertility benefits, gender-affirming care and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• RRSP matching and eligibility for Arc'teryx Annual Incentive Plan and access to Employee Stock Purchase program (ESPP) where applicable.
• Paid time off, wellness time, and No Wasted Day program (dedicated paid days to get outside & explore).
• Parental leave top-up and a nesting period for new parents.
• Professional development opportunities, Arc'teryx Academies (outdoor skill-building events), Employee Belonging Councils, and access to employee discounts and Pro Deals (exclusive discounted pricing on gear).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed