Job Description

Overview

We seek an experienced merchandiser who’s collaborative and passionate about driving business and sales through creativity to join our International team.

We are Caleres, a global footwear company with brands that fit people’s lives. We are ferocious about fit and living our mission of inspiring people to feel great…feet first!

Responsibilities

We seek people who:

• Assures the end-to-end (sell-in to partners, sell-out to consumers) management of all aspects of assigned brands and regions including but not limited to following partners: distributors, sales agents, and direct retail accounts
• Establish strong partnerships with the international leadership team to build tools and execute a strongly-brand-directed operating model
• Achieves sales goals and gross margin targets by accounts in all categories
• Works closely with brand’s Global Merchandising on region-specific assortment planning, price architecture, promotion, inventory, receipt flow for each account
• Partners with each account manager & partner to create marketing and brand building plans and calendars including specific spend by vehicle, activities, required collateral
• Plans market meetings – creating line sheets and other physical and digital market meeting tools, merchandising and receipt flow by month, inventory, pricing and competitive analyses
• Supporting order placement and management and working closely with the Demand Planning/Operations team on all follow up

Qualifications

We seek people with these qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 5+ years’ experience in retail, fashion, branding, international, consumer goods or services, or other related areas (Footwear experience a plus)
• High proficiency in Excel and all Microsoft programs
• Deep product and consumer knowledge, ability to understand what is/will sell and why
• Fluency in Spanish or Japanese, Mandarin, Korean, and other languages a plus
• Financial acumen with a solid understanding of fashion and retail economics

But most of all, we seek believers. People who share our values and our ferocity for fit.

People passionate about their work. People who hold themselves and others accountable. People who think a multibillion-dollar company should be as creative as a start-up. People driven by an insatiable curiosity. People who care about being the best, among the best.

People who believe remarkable things are possible and will not stop striving for them.

We care deeply about our associates, and are committed to ensuring a safe & healthy work environment. Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered for U.S.-based job, if not currently employed by Caleres, Inc. Of course, we do make exceptions for qualified approved medical or religious reasons.

Caleres is an Equal Opportunity Employer by choice. We believe our company should be as diverse as the consumers we serve. We seek and engage talented individuals from all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, lifestyles, and belief systems