Shapermint is one of North America’s leading DTC shapewear and intimates brands, trusted by millions of women for its comfort-first designs, inclusive fit, and empowering mission.
Built on a powerful performance engine, Shapermint scales through rapid experimentation, AI driven execution, and a relentless focus on profitable growth.
We operate across the US, Canada, and international markets - and we run one of the most advanced creative and media performance systems in the DTC space.
Our philosophy is simple: test fast, learn faster, and scale what works - with ownership, speed, and excellence.
Why Shapermint
• One of North America’s leading shapewear brands, trusted by millions of customers
• Large-scale DTC operation across eCommerce, marketplaces, and retail
• High product velocity with complex inventory and SKU management
• Merchandising decisions directly impact revenue, margin, and inventory performance
• Fast-moving, data-driven environment focused on execution and results
• Remote-first team with real ownership and business impact
The Role
We’re hiring a Head of Merchandising to own and lead the merchandising and demand planning function across a high-scale DTC operation.
This role is accountable for driving revenue, margin, and inventory performance through better assortment, forecasting, and purchasing decisions.
By combining data, demand planning, and execution, this leader ensures the business scales efficiently while maintaining strong sell-through and healthy inventory levels.
This is a leadership role — but hands‑on.
Job Responsibilities
What You’ll Own:
• Own merchandising strategy across categories, managing large SKU assortments and making decisions that directly impact revenue, margin, and inventory health.
• Lead seasonal planning and Open-to-Buy, ensuring inventory is aligned with demand, sell-through targets, and business growth.
• Drive pricing, discounting, and offer strategy in close collaboration with Marketing, ensuring promotions and product positioning maximize conversion and profitability.
• Own purchasing and inventory decisions, managing stock levels, coverage, and turnover to avoid overstock and stockouts.
• Define and execute assortment strategies for core products and new launches, identifying what to scale and what to cut.
• Manage vendor relationships end-to‑end, negotiating terms that improve cost structure, lead times, and product performance.
• Partner closely with Marketing and Acquisition teams to align merchandising with high‑performing products, bundles, and campaigns.
• Lead merchandising execution across eCommerce, marketplaces, and wholesale channels, ensuring consistency, performance, and scalability across all touchpoints.
• Lead a merchandising team and drive execution through clear KPIs and OKRs tied to revenue, margin, and inventory efficiency.
Your responsibility is clear:
Drive sustainable, profitable growth - by turning merchandising, inventory, and assortment decisions into revenue and margin.
Requirements
• 8+ years of experience in merchandising, buying, or brand management within Fashion or Intimate Apparel across retail and eCommerce.
• Proven experience managing large SKU assortments and inventory at scale.
• Proven ability to impact revenue, margin, and sell-through through merchandising decisions.
• Experience defining pricing, discounting, and offer strategies in collaboration with Marketing.
• Strong understanding of how merchandising connects with acquisition, conversion, and product performance.
• Experience working across eCommerce, marketplaces, and wholesale channels.
• Strong vendor negotiation and relationship management skills with clear impact on cost and performance.
• Advanced analytical skills with ownership of KPIs such as margin, sell-through, inventory coverage, and forecast accuracy.
• Proven experience leading teams and driving execution across merchandising or cross-functional environments.
• Experience improving processes and leveraging automation or AI to improve efficiency and decision-making.