Divisional Merchandising Manager

Responsibilities

• Take the lead to oversee and develop the team so as to establish relationship with clients and manage their expectation


• Sustain good relationship with both internal and external parties in order to achieve overall development/production schedule and on-time delivery


• Identify opportunities for product gaps and margin improvements


• Take charge of budget issue and need to stay analytical on effective costing to enhance business growth


• Negotiate best price point and lead times with vendors


• Ensures all steps of approval including samples and trims etc. are completed within the TNA calendar to catch the original delivery date.


• Explore and source new vendors/suppliers to cope with the business growth


• Develop business strategy and sustain ongoing improvement on daily operations or introduce new processes in order to achieve cost efficiency

Requirements

• DSE / Form 5 or above


• At least 12 years’ solid experience in garment trading field; experience in EU and US denim brand is highly preferable


• Solid experience in managing offshore vendors


• Strong aggressiveness in leading and achieving high vision, capable to handle different levels of counterparts / stakeholders in driving business goals


• Excellent problem-solving skills and good time management


• Excellent command of both written and spoken English, Chinese including Mandarin


• Proficient in Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook


• Frequent seasonal travel is expected