Assistant Merchant

About the company

PopSockets, founded in 2014 by former philosophy professor David Barnett, is a global digital-lifestyle brand known for creating playful, expressive products that help people get more from their devices. The company has sold nearly 300 million of its signature phone grips across 75 countries and has broadened its range to include phone cases, wallets, mounts, batteries, and chargers.

Its mission is to support better mobile use, self-expression, and genuine human connection. The brand describes its purpose as an “Eternal Positivity Machine” designed to inspire joy, creativity, and meaningful relationships. To deliver on that vision, the company emphasizes high standards in materials, packaging, logistics, and design, along with ethical, responsible, and transparent supply chain and labor practices.

In 2021, PopSockets was recognized by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.

Role overview

The Assistant Merchant will play an important part in assortment planning and competitive analysis, with a strong emphasis on merchandising by sales channel. This position supports the broader merchandising team across the full product journey, from early concept through product exit, while helping improve financial performance and ensuring channel-specific assortment strategies are well executed. The role requires a global mindset, insight into regional and channel differences, and the ability to build reporting that tracks results against business goals.

Responsibilities

• Help manage the overall line architecture, starting with slot planning and continuing through final collection approval, while serving as a central point connecting regions and channels and partnering closely with planning to support financial goals.
• Assist in creating detailed product briefs for the design team.
• Build and implement merchandising plans and assortment directions tailored to each sales channel to improve visibility, customer interest, and profitability across the product lifecycle.
• Support product lifecycle management and ensure product decisions remain aligned with financial targets and broader business objectives.
• Create and maintain performance reports that track how products are performing against strategic goals and use the findings to guide decisions.
• Partner with design, marketing, and sales teams to support retailer presentations, product launches, growth initiatives, and decline management across channels.
• Stay closely connected to consumer needs, including current sentiment around product categories and the problems customers are trying to solve.
• Monitor the market and competitors continuously to keep channel strategies current and products competitive.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Merchandising, Business Administration, or a related area.
• 1 to 3 years of experience in product merchandising, lifecycle management, and strategic financial planning, ideally with channel strategy exposure in consumer electronics, fashion, or beauty.
• Strong understanding of merchandising practices, financial evaluation, and channel-focused assortment planning.
• Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills, with demonstrated ability to use data in decision-making.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to independently produce and interpret channel performance reports.

Compensation

The annual salary range for this position is $70,000 to $75,000, with eligibility for a 10% yearly bonus.

Equal opportunity and hiring process notice

PopSockets is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate unlawful discrimination or harassment on the basis of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, color, creed, ancestry, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state, or local law.

The company also notes that artificial intelligence tools may be used to assist parts of the hiring process, such as application review, resume analysis, or response assessment. These tools support the recruiting team but do not replace human decision-making, and final hiring decisions are made by people. Applicants who want more information about data handling may contact the company directly.