Overview
Merchant – Brand House Jobs in Baltimore, Maryland, USA at Under Armour
Values & Innovation
At Under Armour, we are committed to empowering those who strive for more, and the company’s values – Act Sustainably, Celebrate the Wins, Fight on Together, Love Athletes and Stand for Equality – serve as both a roadmap for our teams and the qualities expected of every teammate.
Our Values define and unite us, the beliefs that are the red thread that connects everyone at Under Armour. Our values are rallying cries, reminding us why we’re here, and fueling everything we do.
Our pursuit of better begins with
innovation
and with our team’s mission of being the best. With us, you get the freedom to go further – no matter your role. That means developing, delivering, and selling the state-of-the-art products and digital tools that make top performers even better.
If you are a current Under Armour teammate, apply to this position on the
Internal Career Site Here.
Purpose of Role
Under Armour is seeking a Merchant to lead our Women’s & Youth Apparel business for our owned Brand House stores. This teammate would be joining a passionate, creative and
results-oriented
team focused on growing DTC business and store fleet.
As a Merchant, this teammate will be responsible for anticipating our Athlete’s needs, understanding the market landscape, and building an assortment and segmentation strategy for the Brand House channel to best represent the Brand. A successful Merchant will work in partnership with Global and Regional partners to ensure complete execution of our Seasonal and Long Range strategies.
Your Impact
• Define the product assortment strategy for America’s Brand House channel connected to Brand Vision and Strategic priorities.
• Build seasonal assortments that identify the optimal product mix (Right product, Right place, Right price & Right time).
• Understand & define Athletes needs to create powerful
merchandising
plans that drive profitable sales and support the brand position.
• Lead the Go To Market process, as the POD Champion, in partnership with Planning, Marketing and
Visual Merchandising
to build our Seasonal Plan.
• Collaborate with Pricing, Planning and Marketing to Ensure price, promotional strategies and marketing support the financial plan of the channel.
• Align and partner with Global Partners to drive hero marketed stories and identify future opportunities.
• Own hindsight reporting each week and seasonally, both qualitative and quantitative, into actionable follow-up for cross-functional partner and future strategies, assortments and decisions.
• Analyze sales trends and competitive landscape and make recommendations for strategic action and segmentation.
• Regularly visit and understand local markets to develop expertise in consumer purchase behavior to continuously improve our Focused Performer experience.
• Lead Brand Chase initiatives to bring local and athlete driven product to floor on condensed calendars.
• Own Trasix data (PLM database): updated weekly to feed cross functional documents and business flow.
• Develop and Build our Team for future opportunities.
Qualifications
•
Strongcommunicationskills
with ability to brief product strategies verbally and in writin…
Title: Merchant – Brand House
Company: Under Armour
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Category: Marketing / Advertising / PR, Business
