Director of Merchandising (Furniture Retail)

Location: San Francisco, California; Workplace: On-site

Company

hirify.global is a modern design company specializing in furniture and home goods, with a focus on simplicity, premium design, and hospitality.

What you will do

• Own revenue, margin, inventory productivity, and growth for assigned product categories.
• Develop category strategies, business plans, assortments, pricing architectures, and product roadmaps.
• Identify customer needs, market opportunities, competitive gaps, emerging trends, and whitespace for category expansion.
• Partner with Finance on forecasting, inventory plans, open-to-buy strategies, investment recommendations, and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with Product Development, Industrial Design, Sourcing, Retail, Marketing, Creative, and executive leadership on product briefs, go-to-market plans, and customer-facing category storytelling.
• Build and develop a high-performing merchandising organization while establishing reporting frameworks and business review processes.

Requirements

• 10+ years of merchandising or category management experience, including significant furniture and retail experience.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience, including building, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.
• Proven ownership of category performance, including revenue, margin, inventory productivity, and growth.
• Strong experience with category strategy, assortments, pricing, product roadmaps, forecasting, inventory planning, and lifecycle management.
• Exceptional analytical, financial, communication, and executive presentation skills.
• Direct-to-consumer and omnichannel retail experience required; willingness to travel as needed.

Nice to have

• Experience with luxury, premium, and design-led brands.

Culture & Benefits

• 401(k) program with company matching up to 6% of contributions.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, employer-paid parental leave, and One Medical and WellHub memberships.
• Employee stock option plan.
• Flexible hours, flexible PTO, and a hybrid approach supporting focus and balance.
• 13 company holidays, a 40% employee discount, a $100 monthly cell phone stipend, and up to $150 monthly commute reimbursement.
• Complimentary hirify.global product credit valued at up to $3,000 upon joining.