[Hiring] Vice President of Merchandise @LSKD People Portal

Role Description

As VP of Merchandise, you'll be the generalist merchandising leader for LSKD's US business — owning range architecture, assortment planning, pricing and margin strategy, and the flow of product from concept through to the customer. You'll work hand-in-hand with Design, Product Development, and Supply Chain, bringing a strong working understanding of production and inventory management.

This is a remote, US-based role reporting directly to our GMM in Australia and alongside the CGO based in Austin.

How you'll make an impact…

• Own the margin across the US range
• Execute the best inventory flow and plan
• Create the merchandise calendar for USA
• Find the assortment gaps
• Build a forecast and OTB to support a high growth business
• Make shit happen

Merchandise Planning & Range Strategy

• Own end-to-end merchandise planning for the US market — range architecture, assortment breadth/depth, and seasonal flow
• Build and manage financial plans including sales, margin, markdown and open-to-buy budgets
• Translate brand and category strategy into commercially sound, customer-led ranges
• Set pricing and promotional strategy in partnership with Sales/eCommerce and Finance
• Use sell-through, trend and customer data to make sharp, fast in-season and pre-season calls

Supply Chain, Production & Inventory Alignment

• Bring a strong generalist understanding of supply chain, production timelines and manufacturing constraints into every planning decision
• Partner with Supply Chain and Production to align buy quantities, lead times and capacity to demand
• Own inventory health across the US business — stock cover, aged stock, in-stock rates and replenishment
• Identify and mitigate risks across the supply chain that could impact range delivery or in-stock position
• Support cost and margin improvement initiatives without compromising product quality or delivery

Cross-Functional Pioneer from the Northern Hemisphere

• Partner closely with Design and Product Development to align vision, cost, timing and execution
• Provide merchandising and commercial input into product briefs, range reviews and Go-To-Market milestones
• Present range strategy, performance and risk at key business and leadership forums
• Act as the connective tissue between Australian HQ functions and the US business

Team Leadership & Capability

• Start the process to identify future US structure - that is to build, lead and develop a high-performing US merchandising team as the business scales
• Foster a collaborative, accountable and growth-oriented team culture
• Establish clear ownership, planning cadences and ways of working
• Champion continuous improvement across merchandising tools, systems and processes

Systems & Process

• Ensure effective use and integrity of planning and PLM systems (including 3 Clicks) and supporting tools
• Maintain accurate planning documentation and visibility across the merchandise lifecycle
• Identify opportunities to improve planning workflows, reporting and scalability as LSKD grows in the US

Decision Responsibility

• Recommending range plans, buy strategies, pricing and inventory investment
• Executing approved merchandise and inventory plans
• Signing off on range and assortment readiness ahead of launch
• Escalating risks and trade-offs with clear options and recommendations

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a generalist Merchandising leader (VP, Director, GM or Head of Merchandising) in apparel, footwear or a related consumer product category
• Strong understanding of supply chain, production and inventory management, and how these connect to merchandising and financial plans
• Track record owning range, assortment and financial planning end-to-end, including OTB/inventory investment
• Experience operating in high-growth, founder-led or scaling DTC/wholesale brands
• Ability to influence cross-functional partners across Design, Product Development, Supply Chain and Finance
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage complexity and competing priorities
• Experience with merchandising/planning and PLM systems and process governance
• Clear communicator who can translate complexity into practical, commercial recommendations
• You embody the Ideal Team Player by being Hungry, Humble, and Smart
• You love to lead, influence and inspire others
• You take every opportunity to find a way to do things better and can change priorities in a fast-paced environment
• You're a strategic thinker, and you set strategies that are aligned to the mission and values of LSKD
• You're resilient — persistent, positive and recover quickly from setbacks
• You know your numbers (budgets, forecasts, retail strategy) and you use them to make sharp, fast calls
• You're an everyday athlete — you're as passionate about fitness as we are, in whatever way you love to sweat!

Benefits

• Join us and you'll be part of a brand obsessed with getting 1% better every day.
• A place where your ideas move fast, your work shows up in the community, and your effort is genuinely part of something bigger than a job.