Merchandising Manager, Outdoor Footwear

About the role

REPORTS TO: VP Ecomm

BUSINESS AREA: Salomon North America, Footwear & Gear team,

LOCATION: Ogden, UT

As a member of the Footwear & Gear team, the Merchandising Manager leads the overall Footwear merchandising strategy for their Sport/Category in North America (US & Canada). This role works with the Footwear & Gear VP in North America, as well as the global merchandising and product teams in France to develop and implement meaningful assortments and merchandising plans by consumer and channel. This person also works closely with Sales & Marketing teams in North America on go to market strategies, tools, and activation on a seasonal basis.

What Makes This a Great Place to Work & Play

• Hybrid work schedule
• A generous PTO policy, plus 15 paid annual holidays and 3 floating holidays
• Half-day Fridays for 5 months of the year
• An exceptional employee discount on all our products and sister brands (Arc’teryx, Armada, Atomic, Wilson)
• Healthy Lifestyle Benefit designed to support your well-being and active lifestyle
• Opportunities to engage in the community and with industry partners

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily:

Product Strategy & Merchandising

• Develop and execute seasonal, annual, and long-term product strategies and merchandising plans for the Footwear category in North America.
• Create market-relevant, consumer-driven assortments by sport, shopper profile, and distribution channel.
• Identify gaps and opportunities within global merchandising plans and provide recommendations to the global product team to ensure market relevance for North America.
• Partner with global merchandising teams to align category strategies with broader brand objectives.
• Lead the presentation of category strategies, seasonal plans, new technologies, and key product initiatives at sales meetings, launches, and customer events.
• Serve as the category product expert, delivering product training and education to internal and external stakeholders.

Business Planning & Financial Management

• Manage category forecasts, pricing, margins, inventory, and channel mix in partnership with leadership to achieve seasonal and annual profitability targets.
• Own omnichannel demand planning and forecasting for the category.
• Collaborate with global supply chain and regional demand planning teams to ensure inventory levels and product flow support business objectives.

Consumer, Market & Performance Insights

• Conduct ongoing market analysis, including competitor benchmarking, channel assessment, and brand positioning reviews.
• Analyze sell-in and sell-through performance to identify trends, insights, and opportunities that inform category merchandising plans.
• Translate consumer, market, and industry insights into actionable category strategies and assortment recommendations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Sales teams to identify growth opportunities, develop consumer-relevant selling tools, and deliver seasonal merchandising packages.
• Collaborate with Shopper Marketing teams to enhance the consumer experience across channels and touchpoints.
• Build strong partnerships with Finance, Customer Experience, Credit, Supply Chain, and other key stakeholders to support business performance and operational excellence.
• Work closely with global and regional teams to ensure successful category execution and alignment across functions.

Qualifications, Skills, Abilities & Competencies

• 5+ years of related experience in merchandising, product or category management. Prior experience in the outdoor industry, with focus on Footwear preferred.
• Merchandising Expertise
• Passion for fashion
• Ability to develop effective processes and procedures
• Attention to detail
• Ability to identify and predict trends
• Strong business acumen and understanding of finance
• Planning, organizing and preparation
• Strong presentation skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Communication Skills
• Effective interpersonal skills; ability to work in a multi-stakeholder, international matrix environment
• Ability to influence

Physical Demands & Working Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to sit, stand and walk.
• The employee must occasionally kneel, stoop, crouch, twist and lift to 30 pounds, with or without accommodation.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.