Assistant merchandising Offres d'emploi - Suisse Romande

The North Face is currently seeking an exceptional Marketplace Merchandising Manager to support our strategic partnership with Intersport Group and join our team basted in Stabio, Switzerland.

The North Face is the premier exploration company in the world. We spark curiosity. We dare to disrupt. We create communities. And we lead with integrity. We are a community of explorers and are constantly looking for new ideas, places and people to connect with. The North Face is a subsidiary of VF, the world’s largest apparel and footwear company.

Let's Talk About the Role

As Marketplace Merchandising Manager, you will be responsible for driving and executing the strategic direction of the Account through product line management. You’ll lead the merchandising vision for the business, develop seasonal consumer-right assortments, and ensure alignment across internal and external stakeholders.

You’ll identify key opportunities both post-booking and after assortments have landed at the Strategic Account. These insights will inform future assortment planning and enable Quick Turn and Short Lead Time initiatives.

This role sits at the intersection of consumer insights, market dynamics, and product strategy. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—Design, Product Development, Planning, Marketing, and Sales—to build assortments that reflect both commercial potential and brand vision.

How You’ll Make a Difference

You’ll contribute by identifying key market trends and patterns across Strategic Accounts and DTC, building seasonal assortments, and acting as the bridge between product merchants and key account sales managers. Specifically, you will :

• Develop and execute merchandising strategies tailored to Intersport Group’s market positioning and customer base
• Support the strategic account merchandising strategy across key accounts
• Brief account-specific SMUs into the Product Engine
• Drive segmentation and differentiation strategies in collaboration with channel counterparts
• Influence regional merchants to build consumer-relevant assortments that drive profitable growth
• be proactive and problem solving, be flexible with the
• Analyze market trends, shifts, and downturns, and provide feedback to Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing to improve product plans and GTM processes
• Build strong relationships with account leadership, buyers, and sales managers
• Present seasonal collections and highlights during GTM meetings.
• Foster a tight feedback loop among cross-functional partners, staying attuned to industry, consumer, and cultural shifts

What You Need to Succeed

What's in it for you?

Be part of iconic lifestyle brands

Join a multi brand and multi countries organization to drive you career forward

International and challenging working culture

On site gym offering health and well-being initiatives

Discount 50% on all VF brands

Subsidized canteen as well as break out areas offering complimentary hot drinks

Free to Be, Inclusion & Diversity

As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to foster a culture of belonging based on respect, connection, openness and authenticity. We are committed to building and maintaining a workplace that celebrates the diversity of our associates, allowing them to bring their authentic selves to work every day.

About VF

VF is a global apparel company connecting people to the lifestyles they cherish through our family of iconic brands. At the heart of our journey lies our purpose : We power movements of sustainable and active lifestyles for the betterment of people and our planet. This is our purpose. It’s the reason we come to work every day. Our purpose unites us and leads us to pursue our goals, together. This is our calling. Learn more at

If you like what you have read and want to join our team then we would like to hear from you!

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