Professional, E-commerce Site Merchandiser

At Under Armour, we are committed to empowering those who strive for more, and the company's values - Act Sustainably, Celebrate the Wins, Fight on Together, Love Athletes and Stand for Equality - serve as both a roadmap for our teams and the qualities expected of every teammate.

Purpose of Role

As an E-commerce Merchandiser Professional, you will optimize site conversion through merchandising strategies, product launches, and site maintenance. You will manage daily business needs, including site merchandising execution, data analysis, and collaboration with creative, content, and marketing teams to update the site. Utilizing research and analytics, you will drive recommendations and decision-making, ensuring operational accuracy for a seamless customer experience. This position reports directly to the Manager of E-commerce Content, Merchandising.

Your Impact

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Contribute to the development of the E-commerce Content and Commercial calendar, with a strong focus on visual merchandising.
• Partner with Planning and Merchandising team to consolidate products calendar and products activation.
• Visually merchandise the site according to the activation strategy to effectively convey seasonal stories.
• Enhance the site by optimizing the PLP and PDP experience through effective management of PLP filters, faceted navigation, PDP badges, and product icons.
• Define and optimize sorting rules making sure the PLPs look visually aligned with Brand and commercial strategies.
• Review website daily to ensure category and product accuracy.
• Monitor product and PLP performance, providing reports and insights to the cross-functional team, and making proactive requests to adjust the commercial calendar.
• Analyze products performance to define, adjust and/or visually optimize the products assortment.
• Analyze data, use competitors’ analysis to identify opportunities, build plans to actualize ideas and bring innovation on merchandising/sorting techniques.
• Analyze and provide competitor overviews holistically (Pricing, Offer, Categorization etc); Edited knowledge is a plus.
• Perform other related duties, tasks, and responsibilities as required by management.

Qualifications

Desired Skills and Experience (include but are not limited to the following):

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a business-, marketing- or communications-related field.
• 2 - 3 years of work experience as a digital content merchandiser, preferably in an international sporting goods or fashion company, is a strong plus.
• Strong organizational and project management skills to be able to manage multiple projects and prioritize accordingly.
• Eye for detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment that requires performing under pressure – think ex. Cyber Week.
• Demonstrated effective problem-solving skills like thinking out of the box paired with the use rigorous logic.
• Track record of a proactive and solutions-oriented profile, always looking for ways to improve.
• Analytical skills and clear understanding of data-driven decision making.
• Experience in working with content management systems such Demandware/Salesforce Commerce Cloud and Adobe Analytics is a strong plus.
• Strong communicator with excellent command of the English language.
• Additional European languages such as German, French, and Spanish are a plus.

Behavioral Attributes of Ideal Candidate

• Team Player. Loves being part of a team, both leading and serving; demonstrated deep commitment to colleagues; highly effective in a matrix environment
• Ability to partner with cross-functional team members to develop holistic concepts, key items, and an always appealing assortment to ensure that the collection is commercially viable by providing a best in class customer experience
• Able to actively listen to and engage all members of cross-functional teams to ensure that innovative ideas are produced and acted upon
• Humble & Hungry. Confidence without arrogance; driven to continually “up their game" regardless of prior successes
• Unparalleled Integrity. In good times and bad, lives the UA Way; takes ownership for mistakes; delivers tough messages directly; doesn’t “back-channel”
• Action Oriented. "Can do" and "does do" attitude; authentically engaged with people and situations
• Proactivity paired with a good sense for need anticipation leading to creating business opportunities
• Must be self-driven, pragmatic, and always having a commercial mind set leading to the creation and scheduling of merchandising campaigns
• Accountable. Commits to stretch goals and delivers; holds self and team to the highest performance standards
• “Gets” Under Armour. Passionately embraces the challenge and effort to keep UA unique; committed to go the extra mile to build/protect the brand

Benefits & Perks

• Paid “UA Give Back” Volunteer Days: Work alongside your team to support initiatives in your local community.
• Under Armour Merchandise Discounts
• Health & fitness benefits, discounts and resources- We offer teammates across the country programs to promote physical activity and overall well-being.
• Hybrid work, a minimum of 2 days in the office
• 28 days holiday
• Teammate Resource groups e.g. Green Machine, Sustainability, LGBTQIA+, Women in Leading and Living etc.
• Human Performance Institute (Gym) on site
• Local Language course when moving from abroad

Our Commitment to Diversity

At Under Armour, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, family or paternal status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Under Armour believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities upon request.