Global Merchandising and Product Director
Dr. Martens is more than a brand — it’s a global icon with over 60 years of attitude, heritage, and cultural impact. We’re a thriving, values‑driven business powered by diverse thinkers, bold doers, and people who bring their whole selves to work. If you’re ready to make your mark, you’re in the right place.
At DM, our values guide everything we do: Be Yourself, Act Courageously, Show You Care. They’re not just words — they’re how we turn passion into progress.
WHERE YOU SIT
As our Global Merchandising and Product Director, you’ll be part of the Brand Department, working closely with brilliant people across the business and reporting into our Chief Brand Officer. You’ll be right at the heart of fast‑moving projects that shape how we show up for our consumers — today and tomorrow.
WHERE YOU CONTRIBUTE
The Global Merchandising and Product Director defines Dr Martens’ product vision and commercial strategy, ensuring it comes to life consistently across markets and channels. This role transforms consumer and market insights into powerful product concepts that drive relevance, consistency, and sustainable growth. Working in close partnership with the Marketplace & GTM Director and global teams in Creative, Marketing, Development, and Supply Chain, this role is pivotal in connecting consumer needs with commercial outcomes, supporting the strategic focus on consumer centricity.
CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES
As our Global Merchandising and Product Director, you will be responsible for:
- Defining and delivering the global merchandising and product strategy in alignment with brand vision and commercial objectives.
- Leading the creation of global product assortments, ensuring consumer relevance and commercial viability.
- Embedding margin accountability into product decisions, owning margin performance across the product lifecycle, ensuring pricing, cost structures, and mix deliver targeted profitability.
- Driving trend-led, consumer-centric merchandising, synthesising global trends, consumer behaviours, and market analytics to create powerful assortments and range architecture that resonate across channels and geographies.
- Setting and maintaining global standards for product quality, sustainability, and innovation.
- Translating consumer insights and business opportunities into compelling product concepts that align with brand strategy.
- Developing and maintaining a robust product architecture that ensures balanced market coverage across categories, price points, and consumer segments.
- Partnering with design, marketing, and sales teams to deliver consumer-led assortments that drive growth and brand equity.
- Overseeing global pricing strategy, balancing global consistency with local relevance.
- Driving cross-functional collaboration across product, design, supply chain, and commercial teams.
KEY SKILLS & CAPABILITIES
Put simply, the key things we’re looking for are:
- Strategic merchandising and product leadership in a global, consumer-led brand.
- Deep expertise in product lifecycle management, range planning, and commercialisation.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret consumer and market data.
- Collaborative leadership and stakeholder management across functions and geographies.
- Expertise in margin management and profitability levers within merchandising and product strategies
- Ability to translate trend and consumer insights into commercially successful assortments
- Experience in driving innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence.
- Commercial acumen and understanding of global pricing, margin, and profitability levers.• Ability to inspire and develop high-performing teams.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
- Hybrid working
- Welcome to the family free pair of Docs
- ‘Buy as you Earn’ Share scheme
- 65% off all Docs
- Private healthcare
- A dedicated culture team
- 2 paid volunteer days per year
READY TO FILL YOUR BOOTS?
If you’re excited to own your impact, shape the future of an iconic brand, and grow your career in a place that champions individuality — we’d love to hear from you.
At Dr. Martens, we welcome applications from everyone. Diversity makes us stronger and helps us speak authentically to our global community. Whoever you are, whatever your background — you belong here.