Vans: Senior Director, Global Merchandising, Apparel and Accessories

Vans is the original brand rooted in the authentic lifestyle of skateboarding. We are driven by our mission to inspire and empower everyone to live “Off The Wall” – embracing the youthful spirit of freedom, non-conformity, and relentless progression. Yesterday’s “Off The Wall” moment is today’s new normal, and at Vans, we believe in constantly outdoing ourselves. Together with our communities across the globe, our vision is to push culture forward because we believe that the pursuit of progression never ends. We are constantly inspired by the future generation of positive catalysts within our community. So, before we get to the job details, take a minute to learn a little more about us – our values and our culture. If you can see yourself working side-by-side with a team of people who think and live “Off the Wall,” Vans just may be the place for you. To learn more about our values and our culture, visit Vans Careers or www.vans.com. What will you do? A day in the life of a Senior Director, Merchandising, Apparel & Accessories at Vans looks a little like this. As the Senior Director, Merchandising, Apparel & Accessories, you will own the global merchandising strategy and multi-season merchandise portfolio for Vans Apparel & Accessories, spanning line architecture, category strategy, franchise investment, lifecycle intent, and DTC execution. This enterprise-level role ensures one globally aligned line that reflects Vans’ brand vision, consumer needs, cultural relevance, and commercial goals while enabling consistent execution across regions and channels. Partnering closely with Design, Product Development, Global Planning, DTC, Regional Merchandising, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, and VF partners, you will translate consumer and marketplace insights into scalable assortments, clear business tradeoffs, and enterprise merchandising decisions that drive profitable growth, inventory productivity, brand heat, and long-term portfolio health. This role reports to the Global Chief Merchant. Let’s break down that day-in-the-life a bit more. Own the global merchandising strategy and multi-season portfolio architecture for Apparel & Accessories across categories, price tiers, consumer segments, franchises, and channels. Define seasonal and long-range assortment strategy, including category priorities, option counts, pricing architecture, lifecycle intent, product segmentation, and franchise investment choices. Embed DTC as a core execution channel by aligning assortment depth, flow, pricing, launch sequencing, and marketplace priorities. Translate consumer insights, brand strategy, cultural relevance, regional feedback, and selling performance into scalable global assortments. Partner closely with Global Planning and Finance to align assortments to LRP, MFP, revenue, margin, option productivity, SKU efficiency, inventory guardrails, and profitable growth goals. What do you need to succeed? We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role, there are foundation skills you’ll need to succeed and excel. Additionally, while formal education in a related field is great to have, we are most interested in your 12+ years of progressive merchandising, product, or retail leadership experience, including experience leading global or multi-channel merchandising strategies at scale. The foundation skills you will need in this position are: Bachelor’s degree in Merchandising, Product Management, Business, Fashion, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of experience and education; advanced business, merchandising, or retail leadership experience is a plus. Deep apparel and/or accessories merchandising experience with proven ownership of global or multi-season product portfolios, including product creation, consumer trends, assortment strategy, pricing architecture, margin, lifecycle management, and marketplace segmentati…

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