Director, Merchandising - Men's Apparel, North Vancouver

AI Summary

This is a Director, Merchandising - Men's Apparel role at Arc'teryx in North Vancouver, BC. You will define and lead the North American product assortment strategy for men's apparel, owning regional plans and business performance. Key duties include leading a merchandising team and integrating insights across planning horizons. Top requirements include over 10 years of merchandising experience with product-led brands and 5+ years in a leadership role.

About the Opportunity at Arc'teryx

As the Director, Merchandising - Men’s Apparel at Arc'teryx, you will be instrumental in defining and leading the North American product assortment strategy for men's apparel. This involves translating the global product vision into highly profitable, consumer-centric assortments across various regional marketplaces. You will take ownership of regional assortment plans and overall business performance from a Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) perspective, ensuring that product line strategies are effectively adopted and optimized across all sales channels. Leading a dedicated team of merchandising experts, you will integrate critical 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 strategic line planning. This role serves as a crucial connector across Product, Merchandising, Planning, and Commercial teams, fostering new ways of working to bring regional Go-to-Market strategies to life and delivering a seamless product experience across North America. Your work will involve developing and driving long-term merchandising strategies for all product areas within men’s apparel, realizing the creative vision to bring innovative line plans to market.

What You Bring to the Role

To thrive as the Director, Merchandising - Men’s Apparel, you will possess over 10 years of experience in merchandising with product-led brands, coupled with at least 5 years of experience leading a team. You are recognized as an influential leader with high emotional intelligence, adept at driving alignment across diverse cross-functional groups at all levels of the business. Your passion for product is evident, with an insatiable drive for understanding the 'why' behind new products and an unparalleled capacity for product knowledge. Expertise in driving strategy, line planning, and line architecture is essential, alongside a proven track record in developing and executing multi-year business strategies. Strong presentation skills are a must, enabling you to effectively share stories and strategies with senior leaders. You have proven people leadership skills, capable of building, coaching, and guiding a diverse and high-performing team. Your ability to remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity, coupled with a proactive approach to identifying root causes and developing solutions, will drive organizational excellence through continuous communication. You will also conduct regional research to maintain expert knowledge of the market, traveling regularly for store openings, market visits, and to the North Vancouver, BC headquarters quarterly. This role offers a competitive salary range of CAD$149,000 - CAD$195,000, along with comprehensive benefits.