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About the Role

Centric Brands is seeking a strategic and entrepreneurial Director of Merchandising to lead product strategy, assortment architecture, and seasonal merchandising for Off-White and Avirex. This role will shape compelling product assortments that balance brand vision, consumer demand, and financial objectives while driving growth across wholesale and retail channels.

Responsibilities

Own seasonal merchandising strategy, assortment architecture, and line planning across Off-White and Avirex, ensuring alignment with brand positioning, consumer trends, and business objectives.
Partner closely with Design to build commercially viable assortments that deliver on brand vision while maximizing revenue and profitability.
Develop category strategies, pricing architecture, and product mix recommendations using historical performance, market insights, trend analysis, and sell-through data.
Lead seasonal line planning processes, identifying growth opportunities, whitespace categories, and key product initiatives to drive business expansion.
Collaborate with Sales teams to develop account-specific assortment strategies, support key retail partnerships, and ensure product offerings align with customer needs and market opportunities.
Partner with Planning and Finance to establish and achieve seasonal and annual financial targets, including sales, margin, inventory productivity, and buy plans.
Drive product lifecycle management from concept through market launch, ensuring timely milestone execution and alignment across cross-functional teams.
Work closely with Production and Supply Chain partners to optimize inventory flow, streamline development timelines, and improve SKU productivity.
Lead style review and approval processes while ensuring product data accuracy within PLM and related systems.
Facilitate milestone meetings and seasonal checkpoints, ensuring clear communication, accountability, and execution across Merchandising, Design, Sales, Planning, Production, and Marketing teams.
Monitor business performance throughout the season and make data-driven recommendations to react to emerging trends, opportunities, and risks.

Requirements

8+ years of merchandising, buying, or product management experience within apparel, fashion, or lifestyle brands, with a proven track record driving category growth and product success.
Experience working within a high-growth brand or business, with demonstrated success building processes, establishing merchandising strategies, and adapting to evolving organizational needs in a fast-paced environment.
Strong understanding of wholesale, DTC, and omnichannel merchandising, including assortment planning, product lifecycle management, pricing strategy, inventory productivity, and go-to-market execution.
Deep knowledge of apparel product creation, sourcing, manufacturing, and global supply chain operations, with experience supporting both full-price and off-price distribution channels.
Strategic and entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to influence decisions, navigate ambiguity, and lead cross-functional initiatives across Design, Sales, Planning, Production, and Marketing teams.
Highly analytical with the ability to leverage business performance metrics, consumer insights, and market trends to make data-driven merchandising decisions while balancing brand and financial objectives.
Proven leadership experience with a track record of building, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.
Exceptional organizational, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a deadline-driven environment.
Strong product sensibility and customer-centric thinking, with an eye for emerging trends, assortment opportunities, and commercial product storytelling.
Solid understanding of garment construction and apparel development processes.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced Excel skills; experience with PLM, SAP, or similar merchandising and product lifecycle management systems preferred.

Skills

Product Strategy
Assortment Architecture
Seasonal Merchandising
Brand Vision
Consumer Demand
Financial Objectives
Wholesale Channel Growth
Retail Channel Growth
Creative Thinking
Analytical Thinking
Assortment Planning
Product Lifecycle Management
Cross-functional Leadership
Apparel Environment
Brand Positioning
Consumer Trends
Business Objectives
Commercially Viable Assortments
Revenue Maximization
Profitability Maximization
Category Strategies
Pricing Architecture
Product Mix Recommendations
Market Insights
Trend Analysis
Sell-through Data
Line Planning
Growth Opportunities
Whitespace Categories
Key Product Initiatives
Business Expansion
Sales Collaboration
Account-Specific Assortment Strategies
Retail Partnerships
Customer Needs
Market Opportunities
Planning Collaboration
Finance Collaboration
Financial Targets
Sales Targets
Margin Targets
Inventory Productivity
Buy Plans
Product Creation
Sourcing
Manufacturing
Global Supply Chain Operations
Full-Price Distribution
Off-Price Distribution
Influence Decisions
Navigate Ambiguity
Cross-functional Initiatives
Merchandising
Design
Sales
Planning
Production
Marketing
Business Performance Metrics
Consumer Insights
Data-Driven Merchandising Decisions
Team Building
Mentoring
Team Development
Organizational Skills
Communication Skills
Presentation Skills
Priority Management
Deadline Driven
Product Sensibility
Customer-Centric Thinking
Emerging Trends
Assortment Opportunities
Commercial Product Storytelling
Garment Construction
Apparel Development Processes
Microsoft Office Suite
Excel
PLM Systems
SAP Systems

Location

Remote

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

8+ years of merchandising, buying, or product management experience
Proven leadership experience

Salary/Compensations

$120,400 - $150,500

Benefits

Industry-competitive salary
Comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision)
Matching 401(k)
Summer Fridays
Generous PTO
Merchandise discounts
Excellent career development opportunities

About the Company

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment and beauty.
Centric Brands is focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth.
We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box.
Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.
Merchandising careers at Centric Brands offer exciting possibilities to grow a career with one of world’s foremost lifestyle brands collectives.
From helping develop the merchandise mix to ensuring stores and online site have the right products in the right quantities to creating the long-term brand strategy, a career in merchandising and planning offers you a chance to make a positive impact on our success – and yours.
Our social impact program, Centric Cares, focuses on volunteerism to make a difference in communities we live and work in.
Our D&I committee is shaping the future of diversity, equity and inclusion at Centric Brands though workshops, resources and inspiring conversation.
Be part of our growing community by getting involved with groups, teams and initiatives like Be Green, Be Giving, and Be Celebrated.

Equal Opportunity

Centric Brands is an Equal Opportunity Employer
We will never ask for any money or payments from applicants at any point in the recruitment process. Be aware of suspicious recruitment activity.