Head - Omni Channel Merchandising

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About The Role

OMNI Merchandising Lead

fashion retail

category management

customer-centric planning

Key Responsibilities

Category Ownership & Strategy

• Lead end-to-end merchandising for digital platforms.
• Drive short- and long-term commercial strategy with a focus on Share of business, growth, and profitability.
• Regularly assess fashion trends, competition, and consumer demand to build seasonally relevant assortments.
  

Planning, Buying & Stock Management

• Manage planning cycles from product range planning to buying, allocation, and replenishment.
• Optimize stock flow to ensure product availability in the right store/channel, at the right time.
• Identify high performers and slow movers and take action to maximize sell-through.
  

Commercial Growth & Analytics

• Monitor and report KPIs: sales performance, inventory turns, profitability, etc.
• Partner with supply chain and analytics teams to ensure accurate demand forecasting.
• React quickly to sales insights, adapting plans and buys to improve performance.
  

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with E-commerce, Marketing, VM, Design, Buying, and Store teams to align on product visibility and strategy.
• Collaborate with external vendors and production partners to ensure timely delivery and compliance to critical paths.
  

What We’re Looking For

Skills & Experience

• 6–10 years of relevant experience in merchandising, category management, or buying (fashion & apparel preferred).
• Strong exposure to OMNI retail strategy and merchandising in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Analytical, commercially astute, and adept at using Excel, merchandising tools, and dashboards.
• Hands-on experience in e-commerce merchandising, P&L ownership, and stock planning.
• Excellent communication, market awareness, and decision-making abilities.
  

Preferred Background

• Fashion / Apparel / Retail Industry
• NIFT or similar fashion/merchandising educational background is a plus.
  

Why Join Us?

• Work at the intersection of fashion, customer insight, and data.
• Opportunity to lead a high-impact, high-visibility category with a growing brand.
• Fast-paced, collaborative culture with growth and ownership opportunities.
• High ownership, high execution.