Company and Culture

Complex is the leading platform for global youth culture and music lifestyle, combining innovative content, commerce, and live experiences at unprecedented scale. Through fresh storytelling, Complex covers music, streetwear, style, sports, art, and more. Its content creates an ongoing dialogue with audiences, helping reflect and shape the spirit of convergence culture. Backed by a powerful media presence and a curated marketplace, Complex is changing how fans connect with their favorite brands and artists, while shaping the future of digital culture and commerce.

What You’ll Do

– Build seasonal assortments across footwear, apparel, and accessories that align with merchandising, editorial, and financial priorities—while meeting or exceeding sales and profit targets.
– Lead product and category strategies across all channels, growing the assortment to stay relevant to Complex customers.
– Stay highly informed on fashion, sneakers, music, sports, and broader cultural trends; ensure key trends are represented and test new ideas for commercial potential.
– Manage open-to-buy budgets and oversee sales forecasts, inventory, returns, margins, pricing, and overall category profitability.
– Review weekly and monthly results—including sales velocity, sell-through, TY/LY, inventory turns, product attributes, online availability, and markdowns—to find opportunities and reduce risk.
– Drive in-season performance through reorders, cancellations, markdowns, pricing changes, inventory adjustments, and “chase” opportunities; complete post-season analysis to strengthen future assortments.
– Maintain inventory levels, product availability, delivery schedules, and the flow of goods into internal systems across all channels.
– Ensure accurate and timely product setup, including SKU creation, purchase-order entry, pricing, costing, product details, and delivery tracking.
– Serve as an internal partner across Licensing, Merchandising, E-commerce, Marketing, Editorial, Operations, and Finance to align goals and execution.
– Build and sustain strong relationships with brands and vendors, supporting negotiations, exclusive product opportunities, licensing initiatives, and design collaborations.
– Work with Editorial, Marketing, and E-commerce teams to craft engaging product stories for the website, email, social media, content, and pop-up activations.

Who You Are

– 5+ years of buying or merchandising experience, ideally in footwear, streetwear, apparel, or multi-brand e-commerce.
– Strong retail math skills, including OTB, margin, markup, sell-through, inventory turns, and markdown strategy.
– Familiarity with the fashion calendar, market appointments, delivery timelines, and sneaker/streetwear launch and drop strategies.
– Deep knowledge of footwear, streetwear, fashion trends, and youth culture, with strong product instincts.
– Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, with experience managing budgets, reports, purchase orders, and product data.
– Strong vendor management, negotiation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
– Ability and willingness to travel for market appointments, trade shows, and brand meetings.

What We Offer

– Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
– Healthcare FSA
– Dependent Care FSA
– Commuter Benefits FSA
– Short-term/long-term disability and life insurance
– Paid parental leave
– 401(k) with a 4% match
– Pet insurance
– Legal and identity theft plans
– Flexible paid time off (PTO)

$85,000 – $100,000 per year

This position lists a pay range that includes salary and commission. Actual pay may vary based on factors such as location, experience, and performance. The range shown is only one part of Complex’s Total Rewards offering.

Complex is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color,