Senior Merchant

Senior Merchant Merchandising | Full-Time Reports to: Senior Director of Merchandising | Location: NYC HQ (Hybrid — 3 days in-office / 2 days remote) | Manages one direct report | Salary $90,000 - $120,000 POSITION OVERVIEW The Senior Merchant is a strategic product leader responsible for shaping and executing merchandising strategies across seasonal categories, core collections, and long-range product roadmaps. This role combines strong product instincts with commercial analysis to build compelling assortments, improve business performance, and keep cross-functional teams aligned. The ideal candidate is comfortable operating with autonomy, making confident product decisions, and presenting a clear point of view and recommendations to senior leadership. WHAT YOU'LL DO Product and Merchandising Strategy Own merchandising strategy for seasonal roadmaps, aligned with company goals and the Roller Rabbit brand vision. Translate business objectives into clear category, delivery, SKU, silhouette, color, and price-point strategies. Partner with the Senior Director of Merchandising on assortment architecture, category priorities, pricing, margin, and growth opportunities. Bring a strong product point of view to the development process and make confident, timely assortment and design decisions with appropriate autonomy. Use customer insights, market trends, competitive research, and historical performance to identify opportunities and guide product direction. Provide competitive analysis across price points, silhouettes, fabrications, and category to keep the assortment sharp and on trend. Own the ongoing strategy and evolution of core styles and colorways. Business Performance and Reporting Lead weekly and monthly business reviews, clearly communicating performance, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions. Build and present seasonal and category hindsights that translate results into strategies for future assortments, buys, pricing, and product lifecycle decisions. Analyze sales, sell-through, inventory, margin, and productivity to identify growth opportunities and areas of underperformance. Partner with Buying, Planning and Allocation on seasonal buys, reorders, and inventory actions. Present merchandising strategies, performance insights, and recommendations to senior leadership with clarity and confidence. Cross-Functional and Team Leadership Serve as a key merchandising liason to Design, Production/Product Development, Planning, Marketing, Retail, providing clear direction from concept through commercialization. Keep teams aligned to product roadmaps, milestones, SKU targets, and key decisions while proactively surfacing risks. Collaborate closely with Planning and Allocation, Marketing, Ecommerce experience with Shopify, Report Pundit, and NetSuite is a plus. OUR BEST FIT CANDIDATE Balances creative product instinct with rigorous commercial thinking. Takes ownership, anticipates needs, and brings solutions. Is decisive and comfortable operating autonomously while knowing when to align or escalate. Communicates with clarity and builds trust across creative, operational, and leadership teams. Thrives in a hands-on, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial environment. WHAT WE OFFER Medical, dental, and vision coverage Unlimited PTO Company discount and allowance Roller Rabbit is a fashion and lifestyle retail brand under the Vivid Group portfolio. This role reports directly to the Senior Director of Merchandising and partners closely with Design, Production/Product Development, Planning, Buying, Allocations, Marketing, Ecommerce