Assistant Manager, Buying

Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Permanent
Full-time

20 days ago

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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 Team /OMNI Channel

Key Responsibilities:

Driving initiatives and guide on the buy for the franchise stores, lead the sell-in process with franchise partners to ensure best possible store performance and ensure compliance with company standards.
Work closely with adidas franchise commercial team to understand the business strategies.

Support the implementation of key buy strategic priorities in the country across franchise stores.

Support Buying Manager to plan & buy according to the OTB for all franchise doors.

Drive and achieve benchmarks/KPIs on productivity and sell-through.
Build the right product mix based on the share of 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 partners to ensure their sell-in buy is appropriate by giving them the recommendation assortment per store and in- sync with EM/SEA seasonal strategies.
Provide guidance to franchise partners 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, In-season Trading (IST) key person to ensure product grading and product option plan are in line with space management guideline (pre-season).
Work closely with in-season trading (IST) key person/franchise's buyer in monitoring and ensure that the best sellers are fully replenished on a weekly basis.
Compile each store's capacity plan for reference during the seasonal buying process.
Ensure in-season chase models (SPEED, In-Season-Creation and Planned-Responsiveness) are well managed to make sure inventory is optimal.
Attend franchise store-visit schedule to achieve an expected amount of time spent in the stores.

Key Relationships:

Internal: Country Franchise Team, Country Category Team/OMNI Channel, Brand Communication, VM, Country Finance
External: Franchise Partners

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:Competencies

Datamining & Presentation skills
Strong analytical mind set - 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

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

Professional Background/Experience:

Functional: Minimum 2 years in Retail Industry
Industry: Preferably in Fashion/Sports or FMCG Retail
Exposure: Sales, Sports, Fashion

Education:

Degree or Diploma in Sales / Marketing / Retail Management

Microsoft Skills

Outlook: Advanced
Word: Advanced
Excel: Advanced
PowerPoint: Advanced

Language Skills

English: Advanced
Local Language: Fluent

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