Director, Assortment Management

Our values start with our people, join a team that values you!

Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.

As part of our team, you will experience:

• Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
• Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
• Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
• Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.

Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2025 revenues of $22.8 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

The Director, Assortment Management will oversee the analysis and execution of assortment strategies for their assigned team. They also align with Merchant leaders on the assortment vision to develop an allocation approach that provides the optimal product mix for our customers. They lead the translation of broad Merchant priorities and guidelines into actions for their Director team and ensure the clear communication of execution levers to internal Allocation partners.

The Director, Assortment Management oversees work of their direct reports and holds them accountable for achieving assigned goals.

As a Director, Assortment Management, you will:

• Meet with Merchant and Planning cross‑functional partners to drive Product strategies.
• Collaborate with your business partners to give guidance, identify opportunities, and provide potential solutions to improve store assortments.
• Lead Manager teams to translate Merchant business strategies into Allocation levers that can be executed.
• Drive cross department communication to ensure accurate execution of assortment strategies and business objectives.
• Communicate with Merchants, Planning, and other external key business partners to establish and achieve assortment goals. Ensure VP and business partners stay informed.

The base salary range for this role is $119,800 - $225,250. The base salary range is dependent on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.

• Lead a data‑driven team to identify Assortment opportunities and communicate implications to internal/external business partners.
• Work collaboratively to influence stakeholders to adopt plans that optimize sales, margin, and markdowns for assigned products.
• Oversee the execution and analysis of below‑class strategies, limited store distribution, style breadth and depth, assessment of region/store assortment needs, and additional assortment related ad hoc analysis.
• Analyze and understand broad implications of assortment strategies on business objectives and communicate implications to your team and internal/external business partners.
• Manage the analysis and assortment activities to support the execution of seasonal strategies, holidays, events and shops.

• Clearly articulate your point of view; comfortable presenting your analysis, insights, and recommendations to Executive Leaders (VP+).
• Negotiate effectively and push back when needed in a diplomatic way.
• Ensure allocation strategies, including business nuances, are clearly communicated to direct reports, internal partners, and other business partners as needed.