Director of Merchandising & Product Development (Fashion/Apparel).

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: TYPE OF WORK

Full Time

: SALARY

1,0000

: HOURS PER WEEK

50

: DATE UPDATED

Oct 16, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

# We're Hiring: Fashion Merchandising & Product Development Manager

**Location:** Philippines (Remote)
**Industry:** Fashion / Apparel / E-commerce
**Position:** Full-Time

## About the Role

We are a growing fashion and lifestyle brand looking for a highly creative, analytical, and trend-driven **Fashion Merchandising & Product Development Manager** to help guide our product strategy and future collections.

We are looking for someone who understands both the **business side of fashion and the creative process**.

Your role will be to analyze our sales performance, identify bestselling products, research emerging trends, and translate those insights into clear creative direction for our fashion designer and graphic designer.

You will play a key role in determining what products we should develop next, which styles to expand, and how we can create collections that customers love.

## Key Responsibilities

**1. Sales Analysis & Product Strategy**
- Analyze weekly and monthly product sales to identify bestsellers, underperforming products, and customer preferences.
- Identify which silhouettes, graphics, colors, and styles perform best.
- Recommend which products should be restocked, redesigned, expanded, or discontinued.
- Use sales data to recommend new product variations and collection opportunities.

**2. Creative Direction & Design Team Collaboration**
- Work directly with our fashion designer and graphic designer to communicate new product ideas.
- Develop detailed creative briefs outlining recommended colors, graphics, prints, silhouettes, and design concepts.
- Recommend new variations of bestselling products.
- Provide designers with trend research, mood boards, visual references, and commercial insights.
- Review proposed designs to ensure they align with customer demand and the brand's identity.

**3. Trend Forecasting & Market Research**
- Research emerging fashion trends, popular color palettes, graphics, fabrics, and silhouettes.
- Monitor competitors and successful fashion brands to identify market opportunities.
- Research seasonal trends and consumer purchasing behavior.
- Recommend new product categories and collection concepts that fit our brand aesthetic.

**4. Collection & Drop Planning**
- Help plan upcoming clothing drops and seasonal collections.
- Recommend product assortments, colorways, and style variations.
- Work with the design team to ensure product concepts are completed on schedule.
- Recommend which styles should receive priority based on sales potential.
- Present collection recommendations to the founder for final approval.

**5. Performance Reporting**
- Prepare weekly reports highlighting product performance, customer demand, and opportunities.
- Present actionable recommendations for upcoming collections.
- Track how newly developed products perform after launch.
- Use previous drop performance to continuously improve future product decisions.

## What We're Looking For

- Previous experience in fashion merchandising, apparel product development, buying, or merchandise planning.
- Strong understanding of women's fashion, streetwear, lifestyle apparel, and e

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Director of Merchandising & Product Development (Fashion/Apparel).

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