HCM – Merchandise Planning Specialist (Retail)

Job description

Commercial

– Ensure implementation of the weekly/monthly/yearly commercial plan for stores in the cluster based global brand guidelines.

– Ensures the execution of the Concept in close collaboration with the local retail teams.

– Create a proactive and relevant annual Commercial calendar and planning framework.

– Develop deeper data analytics and reporting to support proactive Trading initiatives in the Retail Team, including deeper understanding in category and price points.

– Working alongside other partner functional leads (managers) to support delivery of business objectives in store Sales, Productivity, Store EBITDA and Inventory.

Ordering

– Mainly responsible for the end-to-end commitment order process

– Prepare commitment orders (together with input from other functions and Regional Managers locally

– Ensuring orders support L4L sales growth and margin targets

– Observe campaigns and validate replenishment orders

– Assess needs for additional push orders

– Look into missing products of an order

– Follow up with stores on order of fixed items Pricing

– Plan and confirm local price adjustments where needed

– Implement standardized product lifecycle routines (e.g. for tails, pricing

Logistics

– Handle product flow between/ to stores to optimize availability and stock holding

– Take care of outbound handling

– To be the main contact point for Brand Logistics and Commercial Trade Operations

– Follow up on picking mistakes with Brand Logistics

– Implement inventory management routines to optimize stock holding and mitigate margin erosion

Responsibilities

1. Strategic:

· Fully understand the strategies of the department and company.

· Understand how the responsibilities and goals of the employee are tied to the department and company strategies.

2. Performance-driven:

· Fully understand and achieve individual KPIs (iKPIs) set by direct superior.

· Understand how iKPIs contribute to the achievement of departmental KPIs (dKPIs) and corporate KPIs (cKPIs).

· Acknowledge the detailed Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) set by direct superior at each point of time.

3. Financial:

· Contribute to the revenue-generating/cost-controlling activities of the team.

· Know the team’s revenue/budget performance in an ongoing basis.

· Fully be aware of saving the resources of the company including manpower, tangible and intangible assets and overhead resources of the company.

4. Operational:

· Follow company’s processes, procedures, and policies (PPPs).

· Be proactive and resolve issues or escalate those being over-authorized to respective superior.

· Maintain the security and safety of the office, employees and guests by keeping a watchful eye on the office, ensure all entrances are guarded or closed and locked at all times.

Required Experience Skills

– University/ College degree

– Fluent in English (speaking and writing) and Vietnamese

– 3+ years experience in Merchandising (experience in Retail Business is preferable). Showing extensive knowledge of retail management best practices.

– Strong analytical skills and critical thinking to interrogate and analyze information in order to drive financial and business decision, ability to analyze costs / margins and report effectively

– Experience working through a sales process

– Flexible and pragmatic attitude

– Ability to connect, build relations and communicate effective.

– Planner and thinker with a bias for action/execution

– Strong analytical skills and critical thinking to interrogate and analyze information to drive financial and business decision.

– Should have the personality to stand-up to take responsibilities.

Specific required experience

Perk/Benefits

The Merchandiser will be responsible for providing a structured, highly commercial and strategic input to the franchise market’s plans and activities and performance reviews. The role plays a critical part in the achievement of the company objectives. He/she will be the main responsible for the commitment order for the franchise partner.

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