SENIOR EXECUTIVE, ECOM RETAIL MERCHANDISING

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YOUR MISSION:

Together with the Country Merchandising Manager, responsible for delivering a in-season strategy and building the most profitable, balanced, customer focused range for the country which reflects the PUMA Brand Strategy and supports any key country strategies

• Accountable for managing the in-season trading of the business in a way where inventory is managed efficiently and required trading decisions are made and communicated to stakeholders
• Execution of seasonal eCOM buy
• Involve in assortment feedback based on market/store/customer profile, participate in seasonal kickoff meetings to ensure product relevance, ensure right product mix with targeted division/product category in mind
• Assist in submission of seasonal orders
• Ensure the buy based on analysis of the historical data/sell through
• Involve in review seasonal collection performance vs expectations and in analysing consumer buying patterns, predicting future trends
• Effective and efficient in-season rollout
• Collaborate with VM & Retail Operations to ensure seasonal rollout is aligned with Global/ SEA direction
• Garner feedback from Brand ambassadors on shop floor to enhance on pre-season planning.
• Be close to market to monitor direct competitors against Brand's position in terms of pricing, product, technology, Hero items.
• Ensure timely rollout of monthly launches and product assortment plan prior launch of a season
• To ensure incoming new stocks to be launched responsible doors in a timely manner
• To execute accurate replenishment and to ensure stock holding is in healthy level
• To manage stock consolidation in between stores to reduce slow moving merchandise quantity
• To work closely with Country Logistic team and to be more pro-active to plan product ranges, give delivery forecast, check shipment status of incoming stocks, delivery schedules
• Partner with Country Planner in Weekly/ Monthly allocation and replenishment plans
• Pricing and Promotion setup in system
• Touch base weekly/monthly with VM/ Retail Ops/ Content Team to reaffirm on RESEC/ OSEC/ EC BANNER
• Participate in monthly SIC meeting / Walk the stores/retail visit bi-monthly
• Align best practices across territory
• Adhere to existing best practices and ensure it is consistently rolled out in different partner doors/ Platform
• Process Improvement
• To process monthly inventory projection report together with Country Planner
• To manage unproductive inventory and develop creative pricing programs for clearance or markdown
• To strategize annual EOSS events and Ad Hoc promotions/ activations to boost sell-through
• Working with Logistics to ensure timely deliveries of merchandise
  
  

YOUR TALENT:

Education: University degree with a focus on Business or other relevant degree

Professional: Minimum 3 years retail / merchandising experience in a fashion / branded / FOC retail environment

IT Skills: Strong computer skills including MS Excel, Word, Power Point.

Language Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Good English written/verbal skills required

PUMA supports over 19,000 employees across 120+ countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

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