Become part of the Converse Team
Converse is a place where passionate individuals come together to create the future of sport. We are unapologetic about who we are and what we’re after — bringing innovation and inspiration to every athlete* in the world. We look for athletes who can push boundaries, elevate our potential and continue leading us to greatness. The next tastemakers, playmakers, risk takers and glue players. Are you game?
Role Purpose:
Overview of the Job:The role is responsible for setting merchandising strategy, bringing end to end product insight with global and geo counterparts, as well as product sell-in to retailers. Serve GC consumers with the most relevant products to enable Converse’s vision and drive sustainable growth.Drives the one team philosophy through partnership with X-functional teams and global merchandising teams.
Job Responsibility:
- Build product assortment for retail concepts in a consumer-centric way.
- Delivers robust product sell-in to retailers, including sell-in tools preparation, product presentation & sample setup, etc.
- Explores consumer insights & marketplace trend through creative ways to make art/science balanced assortment decision.
- Drives in-season product management based on solid weekly sales analysis & consumer insights from retail stores.
- Evolves store product assortment strategy innovatively based on the fast-changing consumer demand & dynamic marketplace.
- Coordinate assigned project process and deliverables
- Quick response to ad-hoc local business team request
Key accountabilities:
- Deliver and participate in the key corporate gates and Consumer facing deliverables
- Ensure assortments support financial targets in partnership with Planning and Analytics
- Read and react to in season analytics and identify opportunities to adapt current business and inform future assortments, merchandising strategies and strategic initiatives
- Partner with Global and RPC team to get after product opportunities to serve GC consumer needs.
Functional Competencies
- Deep Knowledge of Energy/Collab industry and market
- Demonstrate Brand Passion
- Lead and Influence Others
- Communicate Effectively
- Drive Business Results
- Continuously Grow and Develop with teamwork and Diversity
Enterprise/Leadership expectations:
- Be Open and Curious
- Think Like a Consumer
- Visionary and Strategic
- Be Resilient
- Embrace Change
- Engage Teams
Key Partnerships:
- Global Consumer Merchants and Product Merchants
- GC Merchandising Planning / Sales
- GC Local Creation team
HOW WE HIRE
1. Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
2. Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
3. Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
