As part of the Global Brand Merchandising team, you will focus on bringing our Brand vision and strategy to life through seasonal, integrated “One Marketplace” product assortments across wholesale and direct to consumer, full price and value channels, throughout the Americas region and deliver on financial and assortment key performance indicators (KPIs).   

Join the Timberland Family

Founded in 1973, Timberland® is a global outdoor lifestyle brand based in Stratham, New Hampshire, with international headquarters in Switzerland and Shanghai.  Best known for its original yellow boot designed for the harsh elements of New England, Timberland today offers a full range of footwear, apparel, and accessories for people who value purposeful style and share the brand’s passion for enjoying – and protecting – nature.

At the heart of the Timberland brand is the core belief that a greener future is a better future.  This comes to life through a decades-long commitment to make products responsibly, protect the outdoors, and strengthen communities around the world.

Timberland is a VF Corporation brand.  VF is one of the world’s leading apparel, footwear, and accessories companies with socially and environmentally responsible operations and a commitment to deliver innovative products and create long-term value for its employees, customers, and shareholders.

To learn more about Timberland and share in our mission to step outside, work together and make it better, visit one of our stores, www.timberland.com, or follow us @timberland.

Senior Manager, Global Brand Merchandising (Global Timberland)

You will be a trusted member of our team reporting to the Senior Director, Global Merchandising, Women's.  You will collaborate and liaise with the merchandise team as well as the global product merchandising, wholesale planning, direct to consumer buying, and merchandise planning teams, and the sales directors and account executives

How You Will Make a Difference

What you will do:
! Contribute to delivering seasonal dates and gates requirements and deadlines in line with Act vertical seasonal milestone/go-to-market (GTM) process
! Play a leadership role for the Women’ category supporting sales directors and account executives at sales meeting, tradeshows, market weeks and Direct to Consumer (DTC) Boot Camps
! Garner insights to inform seasonal product assortments, focusing on planned key accounts.
! Stay abreast of women’s market trend and competitive set to inform seasonal assortment decisions, maintain Brand and price position, and effectively manage product lifecycles and cascades. 
! Conduct market and store visits as necessary

How you will do it:
! Collaborate with key internal partners to build seasonal product assortments that deliver regional financial and strategic KPIs, leveraging the “Act Vertical” line building process, i.e., the Merchandise Financial Plan (MFP) and Conceptual Assortment Plan (CAP)
! Work collaboratively with cross-functional partners in regional marketing on developing compelling, differentiated and integrated GTM product stories inclusive of youth culture “Energy” product, e.g., Collaborations, Special mark ups (SMUs) & DTC Exclusives, to attract and excite the street-savvy consumer, bringing a “one marketplace” vision to life to drive Brand heat, height, sell-in and sell-through

What success looks like:
! You are adaptable with innovation and innovative thinking while continuously learning and driving for results. 
! With your management skills in business acumen, customer focus, driving execution, operational decision making and selecting talent, you will build strategic work relations with trust, communication and commitment while leveraging cultural diversity. 
! In building and maintaining a successful team, you coach and develop others with empowerment and by facilitating change. 

Free to Be, Inclusion and Diversity

As a purpose-led, performance-driven company, we strive to foster a culture of belonging based on respect, connection, openness, and authenticity.  We are committed to building and maintaining a workplace that celebrates the diversity of our associates, allowing them to bring their authentic selves to work every day.

Skill for Success

Years of Related Professional Experience:  5-7 years of experience in merchandising or buying

Formal education and subsequent undergraduate/graduate degrees, such as a bachelor’s degree, preferably in a related field, are nice to have, but we are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements. 

! What we expect you already know/have:
! Knowledge of the streetwear/luxury market (retail or wholesale)
! Prior experience working with a high-functioning team
! The ability to function as an individual thinker but also as a collaborative team player
! Strong analytical skills
! Proficiency in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
! Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, in English
! Excellent presentation skills
! The ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25 percent of the time, which may include moderate heavy lifting of sample bags

! What we will teach you:
! Career ownership, enabling you to build your knowledge and experience across different brands and even other countries 
! To thrive in a supportive feedback-based culture where respect and integrity guide us in what we do 
! How to grow, both professionally and personally, with tailored training – from a thorough induction to ongoing online and face-to-face training
! Be part of an inclusive environment where people of diverse backgrounds, lifestyles, and nationalities love working together
! To inspire others to step outside and make it better, make a difference by using purposeful actions first and encourage others to join you, believe in collaboration and work to create positive transformations, and initiate and propose bold ideas for innovation, development, and progress. 

! VF Guiding Principles:  Live with Integrity, Act Courageously, Be Curious, Act with Empathy, and Persevere

What’s In It for You

We’re in the business of unleashing human potential, driven by the ideas, energy, and commitment of our people.  That’s why we offer comprehensive benefits that encourage mental, physical, and financial well-being for all VF associates.  When it comes to benefits, we’re the total package.  Go to MyVFBenefits and click “Looking to Join VF?” to learn more. 

Our Parent Company, VF Corporation

VF is one of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies connecting people to the lifestyles, activities, and experiences they cherish through our family of iconic outdoor, active and workwear brands.  At the heart of our journey lies our company-wide purpose: We power movements of sustainable and active lifestyles for the betterment of people and our planet.  This is our purpose.  It’s the reason we come to work every day.  It’s a commitment shared by our global associates across all brands.  Our purpose unites us and leads us to pursue our goa