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You will own assortment strategy and business performance for your assigned product areas, translating customer insights, market opportunities, and Thuma’s design point of view into compelling products and profitable growth.\nWorking closely with Merchandising leadership, Design, Product Development, Sourcing, and Inventory Planning, you will bring a clear merchant perspective from initial concept through launch and ongoing performance. The right person balances creative judgment with financial discipline and moves comfortably between strategy and hands on execution.\nThuma’s Headquarters is based in the historic Presidio neighborhood of San Francisco. This is a hybrid role that will be in office 3 - 5 days a week.\nYou Will\nAssortment Strategy and Product Direction\nDevelop assortment plans for assigned product areas, identifying opportunities for newness, expansion, refinement, and discontinuation.\nUse customer feedback, competitive research, and business performance to recommend clear product priorities that support Thuma’s roadmap and create Oasis.\nDefine commercial product briefs, including customer needs, assortment positioning, target retail prices, and margin goals; partner with Design, Product Development, and Sourcing to bring them to life.\nBusiness Performance and Inventory Partnership\nOwn the commercial performance of assigned product areas against agreed sales and margin goals; review results regularly and recommend specific actions.\nPartner with Inventory Planning on forecasts, open to buy, initial buys, replenishment, and product exits, balancing availability with inventory productivity.\nRecommend pricing and lifecycle decisions using product costs, competitive positioning, customer value, and financial performance.\nProduct Development and Launch Execution\nRepresent the merchant perspective in product and sample reviews, balancing design, quality, customer needs, and unit economics.\nMaintain clear assortment priorities and commercial decisions in partnership with Product Development and Sourcing; surface risks and tradeoffs early.\nOwn merchandising readiness for launches, including assortment details, pricing, product information, and selling stories; align timing with inventory availability and channel readiness.\nProduct Storytelling and Presentation\nPartner with Brand, Creative, Digital, Retail, and Visual Merchandising to translate product intent into clear, compelling customer experiences.\nEnsure product information, imagery, copy, and presentation accurately communicate design, materials, function, quality, and value.\nUse feedback from stores and Customer Experience to improve assortments, product information, and future development.\nThis Might Describe You\n5 or more years of buying or merchandising experience, preferably within home or a design led consumer business, with a record of growing sales and profitability.\nAn excellent eye for design, materials, quality, and proportion, with the judgment to distinguish lasting opportunities from short term trends.\nStrong command of assortment planning, pricing, margin, forecasting, open to buy, and inventory productivity.\nExperience partnering with Design, Product Development, and Sourcing to take products from concept to launch.\nStrong analytical skills and proficiency with spreadsheets and business reporting tools; ability to turn data into clear recommendations.\nClear communication, disciplined organization, and the ability to build alignment across teams.\nAn accountable, collaborative approach, with the confidence to bring a point of view and the flexibility to adjust as new information emerges.\nWhat 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