Director Merchandising

Job description / Role

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:
This role is responsible to lead the merchandising activity for key customers with the support of the merchandising leads. The role is focused on performing all merchandising activity based on the client requirement in collaboration with the data scientist to improve the key KPI’s for the client.

Key Responsibilities:
• Work with merchandise leads and data scientist in executing the merchandising goals and ensure delivery of the same for customers to their satisfaction.
• Implement range and assortment planning strategy for customers for the assigned area of responsibility, ensuring customer strategies are executed so driving commercial success.
• Support the enhancement of all merchandising systems and tools, working with the Solutions Team to meet world class merchandising best practice.
• Drive the definition and regular analysis of competitor activity in the market for the customer.
• Review and guide customer to conduct competitive pricing. Seasonally review the markets pricing policy and make recommendations for a consumer focused pricing approach.
• Steer the development of key merchandising reports and be responsible for the implementation with the customer.
• Review Open-To-Buy (OTB) of customer and highlight concerns to ensure the buy is based on historical full price sales and brand vision.
• Work with the Sr. Management to define the methodology of option and space management. Work with customers to implement the same.
• Work with Sr. Managers to formulate proportionality framework and ensure execution of the same at market level

Requirements

• University degree in business, ideally with marketing and sales focus or equivalent professional experience
• Merchandising Experience: 10 - 12 years
• Management Experience: 5 - 7 years

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Advanced skills in MS Office
• Fluent in English
• Additional language is an advantage
• Advanced knowledge of Retail Management Systems

About the Company

iConnect is an international recruitment resource consultancy based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

iConnect is engaged in the recruitment of executives for the retail, healthcare and hospitality industries, utilising traditional recruitment methods and specialist headhunting activity.

At iConnect we understand that attracting and retaining great people is harder than ever and that the activity of recruiting can be time consuming, difficult and expensive. By listening and understanding our client’s human resource requirements we are able to place the best candidates at the first time of asking.

Our Recruitment Consultants are all highly trained and work unique specialist markets. This specialist focus allows them to understand the executive recruitment needs of both our clients and candidates.