Merchandising and Planning Manager

Job description / Role

• Analyze previous year sales and y project the following years sales, margin, closing stock, stock turn, markdowns and purchases, by brand and category.
• Review space allocation within each store and breakdown by brand, by category.
• Analyze sales trends by week, month, quarter, season and year to optimize current sales and stock levels to improve KPI's
• Controlling the aging stock levels, defined by Company for all brands
• Manage, monitor and apply expertise with the relevant Buyers on In-Season and Post-Season product, marketing and store activities
• Conceptualize, develop and implement departmental and category plans to achieve targets for turnover, GP and stocks
• To maximize store and stock performance by quantitatively and qualitatively managing the merchandise assortments.
• Influencing and implementing the relevant brand’s merchandise strategy
• Manage range assortment and replenishment on an going basis
• Works alongside the Brand Manager to ensure all measures are taken to achieve KPI targets set.
• Coordinate Markdowns and other actions to tackle slow sellers
• Prepare weekly performance feedback reports for the weekly scorecard meeting
• Assist in discussing, deciding and freezing the department merchandise strategic plan around the following factors:
• Financials: Sales, Stock, Margins, Forward Cover, Sell-through, Trackers, Managing OTB by Department, Option Plans
• Store: Subgroup levels sales, Order quantities, re-balancing, Replenishment
• Assortment: Apply logical reasoning in terms of Pricing by category, Supplier, planning Markdown activity

Requirements

Qualifications
• 5 years of experience in the apparel merchandise businesses: Retail or Digital Sales
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Fashion Design, with Sales and Marketing or a related discipline
• 5+ years’ of Strong Merchandising, Marketing, Financial and General Business knowledge
• Competencies
• Building a Successful Team
• Planning and Organizing
• Delegation
• Follow Up
• Communication
• Customer focus

About the Company

A leading lifestyle retail and distribution company in UAE.