Job Description

Who We Are

At Rhone, we cultivate a work culture that is empowering and rooted in our core values. We are gritty, approaching challenges with resilience and determination. We are responsible, holding ourselves accountable to each other and the work we do. We strive for excellence, pushing boundaries to deliver our best every day. We remain authentic, embracing honesty, humility, and individuality. And above all, we are team centered, knowing that true success comes from collaboration and shared purpose.

About The Role

The Men's Merchant is responsible for driving the seasonal assortment strategy and execution for the Men's business across all product categories. This role partners closely with Design, Product Development, Production, Planning, Sourcing, Marketing, Creative, Wholesale, and Ecommerce to build compelling assortments that support the brand vision while achieving financial objectives.

This position owns the end-to-end merchandising process—from assortment architecture and seasonal line planning through commercialization and product launch—ensuring product decisions are aligned with consumer insights, sales performance, inventory productivity, and long-term business strategy.

The ideal candidate combines strong product intuition with analytical thinking and exceptional cross-functional leadership. They thrive in a fast-paced environment, can manage multiple seasons simultaneously, and are passionate about building best-in-class product assortments that drive growth across all channels.

What You’ll Do

Product Strategy & Assortment

• Develop and manage seasonal product assortments across Men's apparel and accessories, balancing innovation, core business, and commercial opportunities.

• Partner with Design and Product Development to shape seasonal line architecture, product briefs, color assortments, pricing, and franchise strategies.

• Analyze sales performance, consumer insights, competitive landscape, and market trends to inform assortment decisions.

• Drive recommendations for product lifecycle management including newness, carryover, core optimization, and SKU productivity.

• Own seasonal assortment tools, merchandising frameworks, and product information throughout development.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the primary merchandising partner throughout the product creation process, ensuring alignment across Design, Product Development, Production, Planning, Sourcing, Marketing, Ecommerce, Retail, and Wholesale.

• Lead cross-functional communication around assortment updates, product changes, milestone decisions, and launch readiness.

• Partner with Planning to ensure assortments align with financial targets, inventory strategies, and channel needs.

• Collaborate with Marketing and Creative to support product storytelling, seasonal launches, photoshoots, and go-to-market initiatives.

Business Performance

• Monitor category performance, productivity metrics, and post-launch business results to identify opportunities and risks.

• Develop recommendations around pricing, color productivity, style productivity, and assortment optimization.

• Present assortment strategies and business performance to senior leadership during milestone reviews and seasonal presentations.

• Support wholesale and international partners by adapting assortments where appropriate while maintaining brand consistency.

Process & Team Leadership

• Maintain merchandising accuracy across PLM, ERP, assortment tools, and reporting systems.

• Ensure seasonal calendars, key milestones, and product information remain accurate throughout development.

• Mentor and develop the Assistant Merchant through coaching, prioritization, and workload management.

• Continuously improve merchandising processes to drive efficiency and cross-functional alignment.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Merchandising, Business, Fashion Merchandising, Marketing, or related field.

• 4–6 years of merchandising experience within apparel or consumer products.

• Strong understanding of assortment planning, product lifecycle management, and merchandising best practices.

• Highly analytical with advanced Excel skills; experience with PLM and ERP systems preferred.

• Ability to interpret sales data and translate insights into actionable product strategies.

• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple seasons and competing priorities simultaneously.

• Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills across cross-functional teams.

• Proven ability to build collaborative partnerships and drive decisions in a fast-paced environment.

• Passion for apparel, product innovation, and the consumer.

• Willingness to travel as needed.

• Ability to work in-office three days per week.

What You’ll Get

• Competitive compensation

• Health, dental, vision, and ancillary benefits

• 401(k) with company incentive savings plan

• 10 company holidays annually

• Discretionary time off policy

• Career growth and advancement opportunities

• Clothing discount plus semi-annual gift card allotment

Salary Range: $85,000-$105,000

Our Commitment

Rhone Apparel, Inc is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status.

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