Merchandising Manager

About the Job

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor category performance and make recommendations to tailor the product mix to specific store profiles.
• Take appropriate action to maximize sales, profitability, and inventory productivity.
• Create category sales plans, inventory plans, and margin goals that align with product opportunities.
• Conduct regular store visits (HK & Macau) to proactively gather feedback from store staff on product quality, customer objections and preferences.
• Lead briefings on inventory priorities to ensure the sales team is focused on the right categories.
• Prepare product analysis and investigate the root cause of sales pattern. Work with buyers to build appropriate assortments by store by category that fit the sales plans.
• Collaborate with buyers on inventory and markdown management.
• Identify and communicate potential inventory liabilities and drive appropriate actions to resolution.
• Provide various reports for sales and product performance and analyze performance by category by series by store and make markdown or chase recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree or above.
• 8-10 years hands-on experience on buying in retail background in luxury retail/Jewellery/Apparel industry.
• Strong financial and analytical planning experience.
• Good statistical knowledge and experience in budgeting will be an advantage.
• An independent yet collaborative team player, agile, self-starter, motivated, customer focused and results oriented.
• An influential communicator with strong interpersonal, negotiation, demonstrate ability to manage key stakeholders across global, brands, regional and local markets thru experience and analysis.
• Strong leadership capabilities, strong conceptual and execution ability.
• Creative, strategic & critical thinking, strong in planning and implementation.
• Good command of Cantonese, Mandarin, and English.