Associate Merchant, VS Sport

Why You Belong Here

At Victoria’s Secret & Co, you’ll join a world-leading specialty retail brand recognized globally for innovation and excellence in lingerie and fashion. You’ll work alongside industry leaders to set the standard for what a retail brand can achieve, placing customers at the center of everything we do to create products and experiences that bring them joy.

We believe everyone deserves a place where they truly belong. We celebrate individuality and know that your passion, experience, and unique perspective strengthen our team and business. Here, you’ll be empowered to perform, grow, and engage through unmatched opportunities to develop your skills, gain real-world experience, and learn from the best in the business.

The Associate Merchant is responsible for directly supporting senior merchandising team members & a category of business to develop product plans in accordance with the season’s strategy in a specific product category for the stores and digital channel. They may assume increased responsibility for merchandise category to deliver or exceed volume and profit goals. This position researches customer trends, product history, competitive intelligence, fashion trends, and analyzes sales.

At Victoria’s Secret & Co, you’ll join a world-leading specialty retail brand recognized globally for innovation and excellence in lingerie and fashion. You’ll work alongside industry leaders to set the standard for what a retail brand can achieve, placing customers at the center of everything we do to create products and experiences that bring them joy.

We believe everyone deserves a place where they truly belong. We celebrate individuality and know that your passion, experience, and unique perspective strengthen our team and business. Here, you’ll be empowered to perform, grow, and engage through unmatched opportunities to develop your skills, gain real-world experience, and learn from the best in the business.

• Accountable for accuracy of product detail through excellent execution and management of assortment documentation and communication, with emphasis on MAT tool execution

• Consistently demonstrate an ability to turn Customer insight into actionable recommendations as it relates to assortment strategy
• Be the voice of the customer through store visits/travel, market distortions, and new product launches
• Be in or communicating with stores on a weekly basis to gain customer feedback and business insights
• Understand the customer’s lifestyle by staying on top of trends, social media, and pop culture as it specifically relates to the customer
• Utilize customer insights to support the evolution of the product to continue to build an emotional connection with the customer
• Lead competitive patterning (i.e., focus groups, share of drawer, campus visits, etc.) in order to understand the current competition/market trends and influence product strategy while making business recommendations

• Consistently demonstrate an ability to turn product insight into actionable recommendations as it relates to assortment strategy and influence the evolution of potential new categories to fill customer’s needs
• Lead key meeting prep with sample availability, style & color ranking, deck preparation, and ad hoc requests and analysis, always staying agile and flexible
• Responsible for ongoing trend analysis and reporting, inclusive of competitive landscape & competitive patterning
• Support ideation and execution of a robust testing agenda to identify and unlock future growth opportunities

• Understand financial parameters and applications needed to drive category results
• Leverage and analyze core financial reporting tools necessary to read and provide business insights (i.e. color report, placemats)
• Providing style and collection level insights as to what is working and not working within the assortment and propose actions based on insights
• Understanding and bringing attention to channel-specific selling nuances within the assortment
• Remain curious about category financials and performance while seeking to understand and apply…