Ugg Head of Product Merchandising, UGG (12 months FTC) in London

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The Role

As the Head of Product Merchandising for the UGG product line across EMEA Wholesale & Distributor channels, you'll be the driving force behind regional merchandising strategy, ensuring our product assortment, pricing, and go-to-market approach are perfectly tailored to local market needs. You'll collaborate with global and regional teams, analyze sales and margin data, and provide clear, actionable feedback to inform product development and commercial decisions. You'll lead and develop a talented merchandising team, championing the brand vision while delivering on commercial goals.

Your Impact

• Provide seasonal Regional Line Opportunities to global product teams, influencing product line decisions for all categories (footwear, apparel, accessories)
• Represent EMEA at global go-to-market milestone meetings, ensuring product offers support regional strategic and financial goals
• Lead EMEA regional GTM meetings, collaborating with sales and DTC teams, and provide feedback to PLM/Design
• Support sales teams during Preview meetings, onboarding buyers and identifying SMU opportunities
• Build and update Merchandise Financial Plans, aligning with regional strategies and fiscal targets
• Liaise with Integrated Planning teams throughout the go-to-market process
• Own regional pricing, balancing global directives with local market positioning
• Collate, analyze, and communicate sales and margin information for UGG in the region, including forecasting, sell-in performance, and SKU productivity
• Develop and maintain accurate seasonal line sheets and price lists, ensuring timely communication to relevant teams
• Foster a culture that nurtures, develops, and retains talent within the merchandising team
• Create SMART goals and meaningful IDPs, supporting professional growth and succession planning

COME AS YOU ARE

We celebrate diversity of your background, your experiences, and your unique identity. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and equitable workplace where all of our employees can Come as They Are. We believe that when we bring our different perspectives to work, we are truly Better Together.

Who You Are

• You are a collaborator who builds relationships across the organization to achieve shared goals
• You display humility by addressing hard topics, admitting when you don't know and calling out missteps
• You ask questions to encourage creative thinking and innovation
• You hold yourself and others accountable for achieving results while role-modelling the company values

We Would Love To Hear From People With

• Proven experience managing and developing high-performing product teams
• Skilled in merchandise planning, pricing, and financial analysis
• Commercially astute with deep market knowledge of the European footwear landscape, including competitors, product, pricing, distribution, and consumer trends
• Possess a superior eye for product, with respect for brand vision and commercial awareness
• Strategic thinker with experience developing and implementing regional product strategies
• Able to prioritize multiple tasks and projects, with a high sense of urgency and ROI focus
• Highly analytical, with excellent skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Comfortable presenting to senior management and key stakeholders

What We Will Give You

• 27 Days Holidays + Bank Holidays & some time away from work - on top of generous holiday allowance, we can generally take advantage of half day Fridays providing our work is finished for the week.
• Extras, discounts, perks & volunteering opportunities - Being a valued member of the Deckers Brands team means more than just a pay check. From generous discounts to community-based programs, we offer a variety of cool extras.
• Growth and Development - Deckers Brands was built on the idea of pursuing passion. That's why we offer extensive opportunities and support for personal and professional development including Global Mentorship Programme.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Diversity and inclusion are key to our success. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for our brands. We welcome qualified applicants embracing their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition and all of the other beautiful parts of your identity.