Ralph Lauren Senior Brand Merchandising Associate, Polo Women's Accessories & Footwear

February 24, 2026

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Company Description
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands. At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Position Overview
Coordinate, Manage, and execute the activities of Merchandising for Women's Polo Accessories & Footwear. Assist senior leadership in developing, executing, and communicating a product strategy that meets or exceeds financial goals and global product strategy.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Develop and partner with the brand planning team on building seasonal Global Line Plans - Create super season category strategies inclusive of style and SKU plans, ensuring alignment to global brand strategy and LRP targets. - Directly partner with regional buying partners in combination with trend driven market research to anticipate the needs of the business and identifying category opportunity. - Share and present back to design partners to influence seasonal development. Prepare and present weekly analysis on sales trend and sell through, volume drivers and SKU productivity to influence business driving recommendations Attend weekly cross-functional team meetings, driving product category and managing changes. Attend Design meetings. Directly manage OK to BUY process. Manage the creation and daily maintenance of data in GFE; including accurate & timely data entry & system updates for all merchandising item definition and line changes; ensuring all cross-functional teams are in alignment. Communicate and distribute all critical merchandising information to key functional areas on a timely basis. Presentation of line assortment to direct cross functional partners at the time of adoption and line opening presentations Knowledge of competition and trends, identifying new opportunities appropriate for brand. High level of understanding of the accessories and footwear competitive landscape. - prepare and present quarterly trend market research shopping the competition regularly to understand trends and pricing. Ensure adherence to product category's calendar milestones, line development and update status. Drive and optimize weekly operations to calendar deadlines. Ensure accurate sample management of product category; tracking of samples; managing to sample accuracy Responsible for document creation and maintenance, ad hoc projects; line lists, adoption, line review, regional sample review and line opening materials

Experience, Skills & Knowledge
Bachelor's Degree preferred Strong merchandising or buying experience in Women's, Accessories and Footwear experience preferred Strong analytical and retail math skills. Strong communication, interpersonal & teamwork skills. Evident influencing skills. Highly organized, detail oriented & accurate. Creative problem solver with a solution-driven approach. Innate critical thinker Resourceful, efficient, and able to take initiative. Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Ability to operate seamlessly during moments of ambiguity. Priority and time management. Ability to juggle multiple seasons and daily priorities Computer Skills: Proficiency in MS Office applications, Retail Math, Adobe XD, and systems knowledge (GFE+). #LI-CE1

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