Chief Merchandising Officer

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$250,000.00 / yr - $325,000.00 / yr

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BRICK EXECUTIVE SEARCH has been exclusively retained to recruit for a Chief Merchandising Officer for a high growth fashion retailer.

Overview :

The CMO is responsible for leading product and brand strategy to drive growth across apparel, footwear, and accessories. This role involves developing trend-driven, market-ready product assortments that align with brand identity. The CMO will manage a team, collaborate cross-functionally with design, planning, retail operations, and marketing, and ensure cohesive execution of business strategies. They will also oversee financial plans and sales forecasts, analyze market trends, and act as a brand ambassador to ensure the brand’s success and alignment with customer expectations. The CMO will report directly to the partners of the business.

Essential Functions :

Category Strategy :

• Develop and implement a comprehensive merchandising strategy that drives sales, profitability, and market share growth.
• Align merchandising initiatives with the overall business goals and brand vision, curating a diverse and compelling product assortment that reflects current trends and customer preferences.
• Lead merchandising teams in identifying current and future trends along with potential white space opportunities to create a unique offering for the consumer.
• Lead development of global line plan, assortment mix, and strategy for the category. Partner with Design, PDC, Sales / Planning, Operations, and other Merchandising VPs to ensure strategies are clearly communicated throughout the organization.
• Influence others and gain alignment on strategies to drive business, style, and innovation forward.
• Lead business and creative decisions for final assortment and act as the key liaison with cross-functional partners on assortment, visual, and pricing strategies.
• Work closely with design and planning teams to ensure cohesive product development and inventory management.
• Optimize merchandise assortment across store and e-commerce channels, supporting key growth initiatives and capabilities that evolve or grow the business within the channel, across channels, and / or across the brand.

Brand Strategy :

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$100M.

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