Director of Merchandising

The Director of Merchandising owns the end-to-end sourcing and buying strategy — from vendor identification and negotiation through assortment planning, pricing, and inventory performance. This role sits at the intersection of supply, demand, and margin: you help decide what we buy, who we buy it from, what we pay, and how much we carry.

This is a full-time, in-office, player-coach leadership role reporting to the VP of Purchasing. You will manage and develop a team of buying and sourcing professionals, own the category budget and annual plan, build the analytics and KPI framework the team is measured against, and lead cross-functional projects from scope through launch.

The right person is equally comfortable building a cost model in a spreadsheet, negotiating annual terms across the table, running a weekly performance review with a direct report, and presenting a budget variance to the executive team.

Come work with us, not for us!

2nd Swing is a one of a kind, forward thinking, customer-centric golf retail company. Our employees are highly-valued, while working hard in a positive and supportive culture. At 2nd Swing you will find:

• Vast Exposure to the Golf Industry
• A Commitment to Total Well-Being
• Opportunities to Discover Your Fit and Make an Impact
• A Collaborative and Flexible Environment

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of buying and sourcing professionals
• Establish the team's KPI framework — set targets, define measurement methodology, and build the scorecards and dashboards that make performance visible

• Own the annual category budget — revenue, gross margin, inventory investment, and cost-savings targets — and manage performance against it throughout the year
• Build andmaintainthe open-to-buy plan by category, aligned to sales forecasts and financial targets; reforecast monthly and quarterly as demand, supply, and cost conditions shift
• Design andmaintainthe reporting infrastructure the team runs on: category dashboards, vendor scorecards, sell-through and margin reporting, and cost-savings tracking
• Translate analysis into recommendations —identify the trend,sizethe opportunity or risk, and bring a decision-ready point of view to leadership
• Identify, negotiate, and onboard new suppliers;maintaina diversified vendor base that balances cost, quality, lead time, and risk
• Monitor supplier performance against scorecard metrics (fill rate, on-time delivery, defect rate, chargebacks) and drive corrective action where needed
• Proactively manage supply risk — single-source exposure, tariff and duty changes, capacity constraints, and lead-time volatility
• Develop assortment strategy: good/better/best structure, price-point architecture, breadth vs. depth, and exclusive or private-label opportunities
• Set pricing, markdown, and clearance strategy with Finance and Merchandising, and execute cost-savings initiatives against target
• Analyze sell-through, attach rates, and category trends to inform reorders, expansions, and discontinuations; partner with Merchandising and Marketing on launches and promotional calendars
• Manage inventory to balance in-stock service targets against carrying cost and aged-inventory exposure; partner with Distribution and Store Operations on allocation, replenishment, and new-store opening buys

• Break complex initiatives into work streams with named owners, dependencies, and milestone dates; elevate blockers before they become delays
• Drive process improvement across the buying function — reduce manual work, tighten cycle times, improve PO accuracy, lead-time reliability, and data integrity at the source
• Identify where processes and systems are breaking down, then partner with Development and Operations to scope, prioritize,…