The Merchant, Women’s Apparel is responsible for executing merchandising strategies that drive sales, profitability, and customer satisfaction across the women’s apparel business. This role partners closely with Design, Product Development, Planning, and Marketing to build compelling assortments that reflect BYLT’s brand positioning and meet the evolving needs of the customer.
The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of the women’s apparel market, consumer trends, and merchandising fundamentals. This individual is analytical, detail-oriented, customer-focused, and passionate about creating exceptional product assortments that deliver business results.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Merchandising Strategy
- Execute seasonal merchandising strategies that support BYLT’s business objectives and customer needs
- Build and manage assortments that drive sales, gross margin, and inventory productivity
- Analyze customer, market, and competitive trends to identify opportunities within the category
- Partner with Design and Product Development throughout the product creation process, providing input on product concepts, prototypes, and line development
- Participate in assortment reviews and milestone meetings, ensuring product offerings align with category objectives and strategies
Assortment Planning
- Support the development of assortment architecture across all product categories
- Recommend product mix, pricing, color assortment, size distribution, and lifecycle management based on customer demand and business goals
- Review product performance throughout the season and recommend assortment adjustments to optimize sales and inventory productivity
- Collaborate with Planning and Allocation teams to ensure assortments are aligned with inventory and financial objectives
Business Performance
- Manage category performance by monitoring sales, margin, inventory, and key business metrics
- Analyze weekly and seasonal performance to identify trends, opportunities, and risks
- Develop recommendations to improve sales, profitability, and inventory efficiency
- Partner with Planning to support forecasting, inventory management, and open-to-buy decisions
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS/EDUCATION:
- Bachelor's degree in Merchandising, Business, Fashion, or a related field
- 4–7 years of merchandising experience in apparel
- Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving skills
- Understanding of the apparel product lifecycle, merchandising calendar, and sourcing timelines
- Experience developing seasonal assortments and managing category performance
- Ability to interpret sales data and translate insights into actionable merchandising recommendations
- Excellent organizational, communication, and presentation skills
- Experience with merchandising, planning, or ERP systems is a plus
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, and handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
NOTE
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship.
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