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Job description / Role
Our client, a globally successful retail brand is seeking to recruit a Category Merchandising Executive - Fragrance to be fully responsible of the permanent and non-permanent merchandising in all of its ME stores. Bearing in mind the company’s overall retail strategy and the category strategy, he/she applies, enforces changes to the category merchandising rules.
Main Responsibilities:
•Assortment Management and Merchandizing: •Plan and manage product lifecycle, and prepare sales and stock plans under supervision of Category manager
•Ensures proper stock levels for display and sales for animations and thematic
•Secure planograms of allocated brands and ensure full merchandizing visibility
•Maintain assortment by country on SKU level and manages allocated catalogue of brands’ portfolio.
•Maintain Fragrance calendar including strategic and tactical launches, expansion and opening of new doors
•Prepare sales forecast on SKU level by store / country in alignment with brand budget. Propose the most relevant product mix.
•Monitor stock based on forecasts and flag overstock situations to management, particularly monitoring slow sellers and suggest action plan
•Analyze every aspect of the brand performance (bestselling points…) and ensure that they reach their full potential.
•Commercialize the assortment and optimize sales return by allocating the relevant visibility and shelving space in stores
•Close partnership with the supply chain team to ensure adequate distribution of stocks
Ecommerce
•Define E-commerce related assortment for Fragrance Category and ensure assortment’s update communication to all stakeholders
•Liaise with Ecommerce team for marketing support (assets, activations…) and ensure its timely delivery from third parties
•Provide regular and timely updates on the digital activations and opportunities that occur on a monthly and repeated basis.
•Secure online exclusivities and pre-launches from brand and ensure successful implementation.
Communication and Reporting
•Prepares monthly category and brand performance KPI’s defined by management
•Tracks monthly brand budgets by country and by store
•Regular meetings and communication with brands to align on brand performance and build constructive and transparent communication
•Ensure correct budget tracking and timely re-invoicing
•Tracks performance of activations by brand
•Weekly communication with store teams on new launches, visual merchandizing changes,
Requirements
Job Requirement:
•At least 3 years experience in merchandising within beauty and fragrance preferred
•Very strong analytical skills
•Experience working with a retailer or e-commerce brand is a great plus
•Dynamic, hardworking and a multi-tasker
Education Background and Additional Qualification:
•At least a Bachelor Degree holder
About the Company
The Adecco Group is the world’s leading talent advisory and solutions company. We proudly make a difference in the working lives of 3.5 million people every year. Our culture is entrepreneurial and inclusive, and we are united by our passion for making a difference in the world of work. We work with over 100,000 organizations in 60 countries, enabling their success. We have 35,000 people working with us across more than 60 countries and territories.
Adecco has been rapidly growing in the Middle East since 2008, developing a substantial footprint throughout the region. We work across 250 different clients, Adecco has more than 62 full time employees, working in 4 offices, servicing all countries across the GCC region. We offer Temporary Staffing, Permanent Placement, Executive Search, Assessments, Visa And Payroll, Outsourcing, PRO Solutions customised as per client requirements. Adecco Middle East Head Office is based in Dubai with a branch at Abu Dhabi.