Vice President of Retail, Merchandising & Product

WHO WE ARE

The first of its kind boutique fitness experience, Soul Cycle revolutionized the fitness industry. Our signature 45-minute indoor cycling class is an immersive and intense mind-body-soul workout, where legendary instructors guide riders through class– helping them lose themselves in the ride, the music, the experience. Taking place in dark, candlelit studios, allowing riders to be grounded in the moment, Soul Cycle rides connect our community through the experience and energy of the room.

OUR MISSION

To foster an open, diverse, & inclusive community– while embracing each unique individual exactly as they are. We empower each other by listening with an open mind, finding ways to learn and grow together, and always nurturing a sanctuary of trust.

Job Description

Soul Cycle is seeking a VP, Retail, Merchandising & Product to join the Soul Cycle leadership team to propel Soul into its next phase of growth. The VP, Retail, Merchandising & Product will be a business driver with an established track record of success demonstrating both creative ability and financial skill; will plan and direct brand-aligned merchandising strategies & full product lifecycle while overseeing all merchandise selection, product design, buying and impactful design collaborations that will help to elevate the brand- while managing to a budget and hitting clear metrics and measures of success.

This individual will need to devise short and long-term strategies that meet or exceed financial goals and rider expectations of the brand. In the immediate-term, the VP, Retail, Merchandising & Product will be charged with ensuring the retail business is running as efficiently and effectively as possible, optimizing the business performance and taking a data-driven approach to achieve key business success metrics .

To build for the long term, the candidate must identify strategic growth areas to accelerate the growth of Soul Cycle’s retail business including apparel, accessories & other miscellaneous categories.

Beyond leading day-to-day performance, the VP, Retail, Merchandising & Product will be responsible for re-envisioning what the retail business at Soul Cycle can be. This individual will bring with them an array of industry relationships and a point of view on how to leverage strategic partnerships to elevate the brand. They will oversee and direct the design of Soul’s apparel and accessories, together with securing design collaborations & a creative direction, that will drive demand and create a brand halo for Soul.

As a business leader, this person must be an entrepreneurial thinker who thinks creatively about unlocking opportunities with modest resources and budgets. At the same time, they should also be a fantastic operator who can execute strategies quickly, efficiently and work well cross-functionally.

The VP, Retail, Merchandising & Product will motivate and coach their team to be consumer-focused, results-oriented, brand-led, creative, collaborative, and nimble in their work. The Soul Cycle Retail business is a divisional P&L within a rider-centric business; the ideal leader will have experience in an entrepreneurial environment and will be comfortable working within a matrix-based organization.

• Own and lead P&L for Soul Cycle’s multi-unit and eCommerce retail business through developing and driving a strategy that meets or exceeds the Company’s brand and financial goals.
• Develop and execute an annual plan to support the scale of the business including the open-to-buy, warehousing & logistics, technology systems, and regional infrastructure (people and process).
• Create and own monthly business analyses identifying key trends, areas of success, opportunity, and concern to accurately project and impact the annual results of the business with a focus on top line revenue as well as business line profitability.
• Oversee and evolve all retail operations including the full product lifecycle from collection design (buying and product development) through planning and allocation through delivery and exit strategies. Also working closely with the operation & field teams on execution, visual…