Division Merchandise Manager, Apparel

Are you a strategic merchant with a passion for women's fashion and a knack for navigating complex retail ecosystems? Kroger is seeking a dynamic Divisional Merchandising Manager (DMM) to lead our Women's Apparel category across all channels.

This role is ideal for a visionary leader who thrives in a transformative environment and is ready to roll up their sleeves to drive innovation, profitability, and customer delight.

What you'll do:

As a DMM for Women's Apparel, you will be responsible for developing and executing merchandise strategies that elevate brand positioning, drive financial performance, and deliver compelling customer experiences.

This includes owning product-level P&L, curating assortments, and influencing cross-functional teams through constant change.


* Strategic Leadership: Define and execute category vision aligned with Kroger's brand and Our Brands initiatives.


* Assortment Planning: Curate commercially viable assortments across in-store and online channels.


* Financial Performance: Drive sales growth, manage budgets, and optimize profitability.


* Trend Forecasting: Analyze market trends, customer insights, and sales data to inform purchasing decisions.


* Innovation: Identify new opportunities for growth and differentiation.


* Vendor Management: Build strong vendor relationships, negotiate terms, and ensure timely delivery.


* Inventory Optimization: Monitor stock levels, adjust assortments, and minimize markdowns.


* Cross-Functional Collaboration: Influence and lead teams across merchandising, marketing, planning, and product development.


* Marketing & Promotion: Oversee ad plans, display strategies, and storytelling through content and catalogs.


* Private Label Development: Partner with Corporate Brands to enhance private label offerings.

What You'll Bring

We're looking for a strategic leader with a passion for fashion, data and a customer-centric approach to merchandising.

Someone who is highly adaptable to change, thrives in fast-paced environments, and can inspire teams.


* Bachelor's degree in business or related field


* 6-10 years of merchandising/operations management experience


* Proven success in omni-channel merchandising across wholesale, specialty, mass, and DTC retailers


* Experience with both in-store and digital channels (5-8 years digital)


* Strong financial acumen and P&L ownership


* Ability to lead through ambiguity and change


* Experience in content creation and storytelling


* Experience with private label and wholesale strategies

Responsible for setting and executing overall merchandising, marketing, assortment and vendor strategy for a GM department or sub-departments.

Develop annual sub-department budget for each division; accountable for meeting sales and profit goals.

Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.Minimum


* Bachelor's degree in busi...