Arc’teryx - Manager, Digital Merchandising EMEA (m/w/d) - Garching

Digital Merchandising Ownership (Manager Scope)

• Own and execute the EMEA digital merchandising strategy, aligned to global frameworks
• Maintain accountability for category architecture, navigation, collections, landing pages, and seasonal storytelling
• Ensure decisions prioritize guest clarity, technical credibility, availability, and commercial impact

Merchandising Analytics & Performance Leadership

• Own merchandising performance analysis and convert insight into action
• Define and track KPIs: conversion, AOV, revenue, product discovery effectiveness, sell‑through, bounce/exit on key nodes, PDP engagement
• Analyze performance by activity, category, market, season, and traffic source to identify opportunities and risks
• Developing Product recommendation strategies through reporting analysis, and A/B testing 
• Optimizing on-site search by conducting frequent audits, rule optimization and analysis on top key search terms with and without results
• Build clear performance narratives for leadership and global partners and recommend decisive next steps

Inventory Flow & Availability Management

• Partner with Planning, DC Operations, and Transportation to align buy, inbound flow, and site presentation to key commercial moments (season drops, weather shifts, peaks)
• Own the translation of inventory positions into merchandising action: prioritize hero SKUs, size runs, and colorways; throttle low‑depth items; manage early/late arrivals
• Ensure availability is visible and reliable across EMEA: manage regional nuances, cut‑ins, carryover, and size‑curve health
• Coordinate with Global/Regional partners on allocation, replenishment, and channel protection to avoid over-sell and guest disappointment

Inventory Analytics & Sales Insights

• Define and track inventory‑linked KPIs: in‑stock rate/availability %, OOS rate, back‑in‑stock velocity, fill rate, weeks of cover, aged inventory %, RTV/markdown exposure, size‑curve integrity
• Build assortment health views (by activity, category, market, and season) and recommend re‑merchandising moves to protect guest experience and revenue
• Identify early demand signals and communicate hero SKU opportunities, risk on low depth, and substitution pathways to sustain sell‑through without compromising brand standards
• Partner with Planning on buy-read guidance and in‑season rebuys, informed by click‑to‑cart, PDP conversion, and search/filter interaction data
• Own back‑in‑stock strategy in partnership with CRM: set prioritization logic, timing, and PDP messaging to maximize recovery and minimize guest friction
• Establish cadenced reporting and action reviews (weekly/seasonal) that directly inform site updates, campaign readiness, and inventory protection moves

Seasonal & Regional Execution

• Lead EMEA seasonal execution aligned to climate, terrain, and market demand
• Partner with Planning to align inventory strategy, depth by size, and hero product focus
• Ensure timely, high‑quality execution of launches, campaigns, and transitions, with inventory readiness checked and communicated

Cross‑Functional Leadership

• Serve as the EMEA merchandising SME in global forums
• Influence decisions through data‑backed insight and clarity of recommendations
• Represent regional learnings and guest behavior to inform global standards, tools, and roadmaps

• Advance activity‑based and personalized merchandising using availability and intent signals
• Co‑develop self‑serve dashboards for merchandising + inventory health
• Integrate sustainability and repairability deeper into assortment and PDP decisioning
• Mentor junior teammates in inventory‑aware merchandising judgment 

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