Retail Merchant

Department: Merchandising
Reports To: Senior Manager, Merchandising
Location: Vancouver, BC (Hybrid)
Employment: Full-Time

About DUER

DUER is a performance lifestyle brand built for the Modern Outsider — active, ambitious individuals who refuse to choose between style, comfort, and function. From No Sweat pants to performance denim, every product we make is engineered to move with you. We are a fast-growing brand with a strong DTC presence, wholesale partnerships, and an expanding global footprint.

Role Summary

The Retail Merchant is a key contributor to DUER's seasonal go-to-market strategy, owning the full assortment across Men's and Women's categories. You will drive line planning, partner with wholesale and DTC buying teams, and ensure the right product is in the right channel at the right time. This role sits at the intersection of product, data, and commerce — ideal for a merchant who is equally comfortable analyzing sell-through and building a seasonal buy.

Key Responsibilities

Line Planning & Assortment

  • Own seasonal line plans across Men's and Women's categories including tops, bottoms, denim, outerwear, and midlayers
  • Curate and rationalize assortments by channel, balancing carry-over core styles with new product introductions
  • Partner with product and design teams during line reviews to provide merchant input on colour, fabric, and silhouette direction
  • Maintain style-colour-size matrices for FW and SS seasons in alignment with margin and volume targets
  • Manage sample tracking, line sheets, and internal product communication tools across the seasonal calendar

Wholesale & Retail Buying

  • Build and develop seasonal buys in partnership with planning for wholesale accounts and retail channels, ensuring depth and breadth align with sales forecast
  • Build and manage pre-season assortment plans and partner with sales and wholesale teams on account-level assortment planning
  • Support key account sell-in processes with product storytelling, assortment recommendations, and margin analysis

DTC Line Launch

  • Lead the merchandising execution of seasonal DTC launches across e-commerce and owned retail stores
  • Develop launch calendars in alignment with marketing, creative, and digital teams to ensure product storytelling is cohesive
  • Build and maintain product taxonomy, naming conventions, and site merchandising hierarchies for online channels
  • Coordinate go-live checklists for DTC drops including product copy, imagery, pricing, and inventory availability

Visual Merchandising

  • Maintain seasonal in-store VM guidelines that reflect DUER's brand aesthetic and product priorities
  • Partner with retail store teams to execute floor sets, fixture layouts, and product adjacencies that drive conversion
  • Support creation of VM toolkits and planograms for new seasonal launches, ensuring consistency across all owned retail locations
  • Conduct regular store visits to assess VM execution, identify opportunities, and provide actionable feedback to store teams
  • Collaborate with marketing and creative on window and in-store display concepts that bring seasonal stories to life
  • Ensure product placement reflects sell-through priorities, balancing newness with core carry-over styles on the floor

Data & Analytics / Sell-Through

  • Track and report on sell-through, weeks of supply, and inventory performance by style, colour, and channel on a weekly basis
  • Identify opportunities for markdowns, replenishment, or reallocation based on in-season performance signals
  • Conduct post-season hindsight analysis to inform future line planning and buying decisions
  • Build and maintain merchandising dashboards in partnership with the planning and analytics team
  • Synthesize competitive and market data to contextualize DUER's performance within the broader performance lifestyle category

Qualifications

Required

  • 3–5 years of merchandising, buying, or retail planning experience in apparel or lifestyle brands
  • Demonstrated experience managing multi-category assortments across DTC and wholesale channels
  • Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel; experience working with sell-through reports and OTB tools
  • Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced, seasonal environment
  • Excellent cross-functional communication skills — you work fluidly with product, sales, marketing, and supply chain teams

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Shopify, SAP B1, Netsuite, or comparable ERP/retail platforms
  • Familiarity with performance or technical apparel fabrics and construction
  • Background in both wholesale and DTC merchandising environments
  • Experience using analytics tools such as Looker, Tableau, or similar BI platforms

What We Offer

  • Extended health, dental, and vision benefits
  • Generous employee discount
  • Hybrid work environment with a collaborative Vancouver HQ
  • A fast-moving team that values craft, curiosity, and doing things differently

How to Apply — Please apply through Indeed