Job Description
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation: Execute effective and accurate products investment to achieve the assigned brand or channel financial target (NS, profitability, ST% and inventory) Develop category strategy and execute quarterly buying accordingly Right product, right time, right place (trend research, market survey, store assortment, size optimization) Play a key role to share product information and knowledge within retail teams (in-season management, store operations and store managers) Key Responsibilities: Pre-Season Merchandise Planning Manage the Open-To-Buy by category according to buying strategy, financial target, and historical analysis Conduct historical analysis and prepare pre-season buying guideline Work closely with BU to understand marketing concept (reason to buy) and product knowledge on seasonal or quarterly basis Build assortment plans by store format and clusters based on market RA, local needs & calendar Combines/validates category assortment plans from BUs, and finalizes into a holistic, full store format assortment plan (width) Output all assortment plans for all store formats factoring regionalization needs. Integrate VM, OCM upfront into assortment building process and support VM plan Depth planning: Lead development of the right assortment by channel or store format and determine appropriate order depth Plan and execute Retail forecast as considering demand and inventory Follow GTM process and quarterly trade meeting for entire Retail channels Gather sales trends, market insight or requirements to provide them to BU & the relevant teams
