The Product Creation and Merchandising team has a one-team mentality across a multitude of specialties—trend and Concept, Footwear Design, Product and Consumer Merchandising, Product Development, and Business Operations—collectively driven to deliver Converse consumers with the best products possible and advance the independent spirit of youth.   

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Senior Product Merchant, to join the Global Sport Style team. An ideal Senior Product Merchant is a collaborative teammate with a history of excellence, strong problem-solving skills, and phenomenal attention to detail. You will need strong organizational skills, a drive to craft outstanding products, and the ability to learn, adapt, and lead quickly. A passion for serving our consumers is required. We are looking for someone who can partner effectively with diverse teams around the globe and across the Converse organization.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

The Sports Style team manages the sports category (Skate, Basketball, and Running) for the Mens and Womens consumer. This role will lead and own all aspects of the performance and lifestyle business's product creation process, obsessing over the needs of consumers and athletes. You will drive the whole product offense. This includes ensuring profitability while delivering fresh solutions for our consumer needs. Managing the sports line, you will work on lifestyle and performance product management teams across the genders to ensure alignment and drive a complete sports offense. You will also collaborate with merchandising, design, development, and marketplace planning on the footwear creation process from line planning through final product approval. You will research our product, consumer, and marketplace, manage product creation workflow and data, maintain product tools, and effectively collaborate across functional partners. You will deliver on critical dates and hold yourself accountable to be a great teammate.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will work closely with your product management cross-gender teammates and global merchandising, design, development, marketplace planning, and marketing teams to manage the product creation and advise our go-to-market process.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Retail Merchandising, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+  years' relevant experience in product-related roles.
• Influencing skills. Ability to drive vision and strategy across functions while respecting the balance of competing interests.
• Keynote presentation building and presenting along with strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proven experience translating a footwear vision into a multi-year line plan.
• Relationship management and professional athletes
• Passion for basketball and sneaker culture.
• Able to demonstrate a deep understanding of and streetwear consumers (tastes, habits, preferences, interests & behaviors)
• Optimism. Dedication to bring hopefulness and confidence about the future.
• Franchise, Classification, and Lifecycle Management
• Attention to detail and deadlines.
• Ability to travel globally up to 10% of the time.
• This role is based in our Converse WHQ in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees and job applicants. We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.