Manager Retail Merchandising/Buying GCC

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Your Talent

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience within Buying & Merchandising.
• Preferably 2+ years of work experience in Retail Buying or Planning.
• Preferably university degree in business related area.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent knowledge of all relevant Merchandising KPIs.
• PowerBI, VRT or T1 Studio knowledge is a plus.
• Strong communication skills (English) is a must.
• Understanding of Merchandise Planning & Buying cycles.
• Knowledge of market trends, sporting goods & fashion industry.
• Adaptability to work in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Team Player.

Your Mission

Responsible for the Retail Merchandising & Buying function within PUMA GCC (Full Price, .com).

• Define seasonal product ranges and buy plan across full price & online business.
• Determine range building blocks, weeks in store, sell thru targets and store gradings based on qualitative & quantitative data to submit forecasts and final buy quantities.
• Accountable for timely order placement & tracking.
• Jointly responsible to track bottom-up and top-down-targets in season and revising action plans to meet targets.
• Accountable for buy spend, divisional inventory control and option counts.
• Liaise with Teamhead Retail Merchandising to develop financial plans and seasonal strategies across categories & stores.
• Jointly accountable for sale strategies, performance tracking and post-sale-analysis.
• Inventory control, stock movements & option count management to ensure maximum profit, space density & option flow in season.
• Jointly accountable for delivering maximum sales, margin, and profit to the business.
• Work closely with the allocation team to ensure timely product launches and implementation of assortment plans.
• Work closely with VM, Commercial Marketing, Brand Marketing & Operations to ensure most commercial display & zoning in store.
• Responsible for weekly product performance and Sell Thru analysis (plan vs actuals) to improve future buys, store distribution, OTB level & achieve store budgets.
• Product and strategy presentations to global team (Buy Review), management, operations and other stakeholders.
• Build product assortment for new store openings based on historical data & store environment.
• Prepare RESEC based on regional and global calendars as well as Retail specific product focusses.

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