If you were in the Director, Merchandising – Footwear role now, here are some of the core activities you would be responsible for:

• Developing and driving the footwear merchandising strategy; planning for both long term glide path, seasonal line plans and monthly flow to all channels
• Establishing and nurturing a sense of team and community around footwear across functions
• Realizing the footwear creative vision within a 5-year line plan, and driving seasonal line plans to market
• Leading a team of merchants and associate merchants to execute both in-season and towards future seasons, while developing a bench of talent for continued growth
• Conducting global research to maintain expert knowledge of the footwear market
• Providing strategic insights regularly; identifying additional product assortment or business growth opportunities
• Visiting our stores regularly to analyze performance and measure efforts versus realized actions to inform future strategies
• Leading the GTM process and advising on GTM tools for best-in-class market and consumer (guest) impact
• Bringing our creative and merchandising vision to life for our guests, partnering with Brand, Product Creative and Commercial teams, to support the growth of Arc’teryx as a leading footwear brand
• Travelling from our Portland office to our North Vancouver office as required

Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:

• Working cross-functionally to evolve our in-store merchandising and storytelling approach
• Exploring new areas for category expansion, building the business case, and driving to scale
• Collaborating with regional Merchandising teams to test new concepts in single markets

Are you our next Director, Merchandising – Footwear?

• You have 10+ years’ experience in outdoor or performance footwear merchandising, with global, DTC-led brands
• You have expertise in driving strategy, line planning and line architecture
• You have a proven track record in developing and leading the execution of a multi-year business strategy
• You are an influential leader; , possessing high emotional intelligence, with the ability to drive alignment across diverse cross-functional groups at all levels of the business
• You have proven people leadership skills and the ability to build, coach and guide a diverse and high performing team You demonstrate tireless integrity in driving excellence to milestones and deliverables
• You are willing and able to travel regularly to our North Vancouver headquarters to collaborate and engage with partners (up to 30% commitment)
• You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions, driving organizational excellence through continuous communication
• You thrive on building relationships and creating partnerships across the organization
• You flourish in a fast-growth, entrepreneurial environment and thrive on contributing to our brand and team’s evolution
• You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity 
• You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration
• You seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right 
• Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it