Job Title: Category Merchandising
Location: Beaverton, Oregon (On-Site)
Job Summary: We are seeking a consumer-focused merchandising professional to support apparel assortment strategy, seasonal planning, and cross-functional execution for a fast-paced retail environment. This position plays a key role in translating consumer, trend, and marketplace insights into clear assortment priorities that help guide multi-season decisions and marketplace execution.
Responsibilities:
- Build consumer-centric assortment plans using both fact-based and intuitive inputs.
- Partner on seasonal reviews and assortment building with marketplace account-focused merchants.
- Manage assortment planning, seasonal tools, and long-term line planning across multiple seasons.
- Develop strong cross-functional relationships and communicate clearly with merchandising, planning, product, brand marketing, finance, and analytics partners.
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher, or a combination of relevant education, experience, and training.
- 5+ years of experience in apparel or relevant consumer product merchandising, product creation, or retail in a vertical, multi-brand, or digital environment.
- Strong command of common retail and/or digital metrics such as sell-through, margin, full price realization, and weeks of supply.
- Proven ability to translate consumer, sales, trend, and marketplace insights into in-season and long-term strategies.
- Experience developing strong working relationships with teammates and cross-functional partners.
- Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and comfort working autonomously in a cross-functional matrix.
- Fashion industry knowledge is preferred.
About SSI People: With over 26 years of industry experience, SSi People has built its reputation and expertise on putting people first. Everything we do works toward delivering exceptional experience for our consultants, our clients, and our internal team. Through a genuine commitment to people in everything we do. We have developed refined processes and a stellar internal team to deliver talent quickly. More importantly, we focus on building long-term relationships, not transactions. Putting people first is just what we do well.
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