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Vice President, Merchandising

CSC Generation· Merchandising
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Remote, Hybrid (Salt Lake City), Hybrid (Austin), Hybrid (Toronto)Full-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Senior leadership role responsible for the full merchandising function for one of CSC Generation’s portfolio brands, including assortment strategy, vendor partnerships, catalog quality, pricing, margin, and promotional calendar. Reports to the CEO. Location: Remote (US or Canada); with hybrid options in Salt Lake City, Austin, or Toronto.

Responsibilities

  • Set assortment strategy by category and price point; determine what to carry, cut, gaps, and adjacencies.
  • Run continuous assortment gap analysis using demand signals, search/browse behavior, unmet demand, and competitive set; produce prioritized vendor targets.
  • Own SKU productivity and rationalize catalog to improve performance.
  • Define the merchandising point of view to ensure a curated appearance of the assortment.
  • Source, pitch, and sign new drop-ship vendors; manage pipeline from target to first live SKU.
  • Negotiate and renegotiate commercial terms including cost, margin, freight, returns, damage, marketing/co-op, rebates, and exclusivity.
  • Evaluate true operational cost of vendors; reset terms or exit for performance.
  • Implement and manage a vendor scorecard; conduct quarterly business reviews.
  • Develop exclusive and co-developed product programs to strengthen differentiation and margin.
  • Represent the brand at market/trade shows and maintain forward-looking category perspectives.
  • Own catalog operations: item setup, taxonomy, attribution, imagery, copy, dimensions, lead-time accuracy.
  • Reduce onboarding time from signed vendor to live catalog; treat onboarding velocity as a metric.
  • Normalize vendor feeds for a clean, searchable catalog; collaborate with tech on scalable solutions.
  • Partner with Site Merchandising and Marketing to ensure findability and seasonal/gifting relevance.
  • Own pricing, margins, and promotion: set pricing strategy by category; manage MAP/MSRP discipline; build and fund promotional calendar.
  • Collaborate with Finance and CEO on revenue/margin plan; monitor and adjust merchandising levers; report results transparently.
  • Leverage AI tools to automate recurring analysis and develop AI-enabled merchandising workflows; integrate with data sources and ensure output quality.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in merchandising, buying, or category management in retail or e-commerce, including direct people leadership.
  • Demonstrated ownership of a revenue and gross margin number, not just assortment.
  • Real vendor negotiation experience with terms setting, renegotiation, and relationship repair.
  • Fluency with product data and catalog management (PIM or equivalent), taxonomy and attribution, scalable item setup.
  • AI fluency with hands-on experience using AI-assisted tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot, BI-native AI) integrated with live data sources (data warehouse/ERP).
  • Strong analytical and financial instincts; proficient in Excel; comfortable with SQL or BI tools; able to translate data into defensible decisions.
  • Comfort operating in a lean team environment with end-to-end ownership and unglamorous as well as strategic work.

Skills

Required:Merchandising leadershipVendor negotiationsProduct data & catalog managementAI tooling in merchandising

Benefits

  • Competitive Benefits (US): Paid time off, 401(k) match, medical/dental/vision, supplemental policies, and employee discounts across portfolio brands.
  • Competitive Benefits (Canada): Paid time off, RRSP match, medical, dental, and vision coverage, supplemental benefits, and employee discounts across portfolio brands.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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AI Native Retail Future: Commerce AGI

CSC Generation is the AI-native retail holding company. We modernize iconic brands with data, automation and our Genesis platform to build the future of Commerce AGI.

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