Assistant Manager, Buying
Adidas
- Petaling Jaya, Selangor
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Implementation of Merchandising Country Strategy
- Execution of the Merchandising End-to-End (E2E) process
- Provide guidance for the buying strategy/ buy volume/assortment planning for franchise stores
- Providing relevant feedback to Country Category Marketing /OMNI Channel
- Driving initiatives and guiding on the buy for the franchise stores, leading the sell-in process with Franchise Partners to ensure the best possible store performance and compliance with company standards
- Support the implementation of key buy strategic priorities in the country across Franchise stores
- Support the Buying Manager to plan & buy according to the Open-To-Buy (OTB) for all franchise doors
- Drive and achieve Benchmarks and KPIs on productivity and sell-through
- Build the right product mix based on the share of the business of store formats, product categories, store types, age, and gender mix for Franchise
- Review and implement the right buying analysis by categories for Franchise
- Support Franchise partner to ensure their sell-in buy is appropriate by giving them the right range recommendation per store based on seasonal strategies
- Provide guidance to Franchise to ensure that all merchandising strategies and principles are executed timely and correctly
- Ensure orders are placed accurately and on time for Franchise
- Work closely with external franchise’s buyer and in-season Trading (IST) key person to ensure product grading and product option plan are in line with space management guidelines (pre-season) for Franchise
- Work closely with IST key person/Franchise partner’s buyer in monitoring and ensuring that the Best Sellers are fully replenished every week
- Compile each store’s capacity plan for reference during the Buying process
- Ensure in-season chase models (SPEED, In-Season-Creation, and Planned-Responsiveness) are well managed to make sure inventory is optimal for Franchise
- Follow Franchise store-visit schedule to achieve an expected amount of time spent in the stores
- Internal: Country Franchise Team, Country Category Marketing/OMNI Channel, Brand Communication, VM, Country Finance
- External: Franchise Partner
- Datamining & Presentation skills
- Strong analytical mindset - detail and numbers-oriented
- Excel/computer skills
- Business Acumen & problem-solving skills
- Category know-how - products, ranges, market trends
- Planning & Organizing
- Manage Relationships and diversity
- Big picture thinking
- Process and system understanding
- Learning and self-development
- Collaboration & Influencing skills
- Ability to multitask