Job Details
Overview- Manage the financial success by meeting sales, gross margin, gross margin return on investment and inventory management goals.
- Construct OTB by collaborating with region merchandising, finance, retail and HQ planning to optimize sales with a thorough understanding of collections and trends
- Analyze historical data and forecast trends to identify risks and opportunities, design flow of products with the aim to raise efficiency
- Regular analysis of actual sales results to plan, and forecast in-season sales and inventories on a weekly/ monthly/ quarterly basis of APAC Markets, on own initiatives and management requests
- Responsible for managing permanent collections, traffic builder products including eyewear and perfumes
- Collaborate with merchandising and VM to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial and business opportunities as well as aligning company goals and brand image
- Identify risks and opportunities with constant monitoring of business and economic environment and recommend strategies to achieve financial goals
- Present the market differentiation of financial plans, trend and strategies in key meetings
Your ImpactIn charge merchandising planning job and reports to Senior Merchandising Manager, Asia Pacific.
She/he needs to cover the planning and allocation over entire Asia Pacific Region, including Hongkong, Taiwan, Singapore, Macao, Australia etc.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
- 3-5 years' experience as a Planner or equivalent
- Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities
- Able to organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines
- Demonstrates strong listening, written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrates logical analysis and problem solving skills
- Ability or aptitude to learn technical applications/systems quickly
- Proficient with Microsoft Excel
- Language: Fluency in English and Mandarin is a must