Senior Manager, Site Merchandising

Costa Mesa, CA (Hybrid)

$130K/yr – $145K/yrSenior Level7+ years exp

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own and execute the end-to-end site merchandising strategy across price, launches, and promotions, guiding cross-functional teams to optimize navigation, product discovery, and conversion.

  • Own the merchandising roadmap and testing calendar
  • Partner across Product, Marketing, and Analytics to translate business priorities into a cohesive digital experience

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end site merchandising strategy across full-price, product launch, and promotional experiences.
  • Lead weekly and in-season trading, using revenue, conversion, average order value, add-to-cart, traffic, inventory, and category performance to identify opportunities and establish priorities.
  • Lead product curation and storytelling across categories, launches, and key commercial moments, balancing brand presentation with customer behavior, inventory position, and performance data.
  • Establish standards for the customer journey from homepage through category and product pages, with a focus on product discoverability, engagement, and conversion.
  • Identify opportunities to improve product and category productivity through merchandising strategies and onsite experiences.
  • Own the strategic roadmap for navigation, category structure, product listing pages (PLPs), product detail pages (PDPs), onsite search, recommendations, filters, and product discovery.
  • Identify customer friction points and growth opportunities using behavioral data, customer feedback, reviews, and site analytics.
  • Build and prioritize a merchandising testing roadmap in partnership with Analytics, Digital Product, and Marketing.
  • Drive continuous improvement across sorting, badging, bundling, recommendations, personalization, and promotional merchandising.
  • Use testing and performance insights to continuously improve the digital shopping experience.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in ecommerce, digital merchandising, or digital retail, including experience leading teams or functions.
  • Strong commercial and analytical acumen with demonstrated ability to translate site, customer, and financial KPIs into revenue-driving actions.
  • Deep understanding of digital merchandising, product curation and storytelling, customer journey optimization, navigation, onsite search, PLP/PDP optimization, personalization, and conversion.
  • Ability to balance creative and brand instincts with customer insights, inventory considerations, and commercial performance.
  • Experience leading complex, cross-functional digital initiatives across Product, Marketing, Creative, Inventory/Planning, Analytics, and Technology.
  • Experience with Adobe Commerce/Magento or similar ecommerce platforms preferred.
  • Experience with analytics and reporting tools such as GA4, Adobe Analytics, or Power BI preferred.
  • Experience with project management tools such as JIRA or Asana preferred.
  • Strong leadership, prioritization, communication, and presentation skills.

Benefits

  • medical, dental and vision insurance
  • a 401(k) program with employer match
  • employer-paid basic life and AD&D insurance
  • Hospital Indemnity/Accident insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account/Health Saving Account
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid Time Off/Paid Holidays/Sick Time
  • Casual Dress Code
  • Employee Discounts
  • If you are a regular full-time employee working at least 30 hours per week, you and your eligible dependents may participate in 5.11’s benefits program.
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