Perform Seasonal Buy Planning and Validation
- Work with merchandising head and central merch team for store cluster & IA size setting, general & MTC feedback submission, top investment planning and zone buffer validation
- Work with planning manager for OTB rationalization and category allocation; suggest order changes to reflect local needs.
- Provide market insights and competitor activities and conduct a seasonal buying debrief meeting to cross-functional teams for merchandise strategy and key investment
Communicate local finetuning assortment with central merch and product strategy with zone commercial teams
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Sales Driving and Performance Analysis
- Align with central merch and zone commercial teams on sell-through performance, product opportunities, risks and solutions; produce regular sales reports for management review and monthly retail presentations, and prepare seasonal buying reports and post-season reviews to spot trends, opportunities and improvement areas.
- Design local product focus and newsletter to prepare cross-functional teams for new season/ capsule/ drop launch
Work with central merch for special capsule proposal
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Sales Planning & Inventory Management
- Perform new season launch, allocation, manual reorder, pricing implement and adjustment, further markdown proposal, B&M and Digital special promotion assortment and stock management.
- Support manager to monitor sales & inventory levels and proceed consolidations pushing ST% and increase productivity
- Work with HQ supply chain and local logistics teams to coordinate delivery; Initiate special transfer for events or VIC inquiries
Training
- Develop product training materials and conduct seasonal training.
Create a new launch package with an allocation plan, training note and product focus in each drop launch and share with cross functional teams.
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Pricing and Promotions
- Validate price change in local currency and monitor impact to the business; follow up seasonal price change with corresponding teams
Evaluate the effectiveness of pricing and promotional strategies
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Team Coordination & Consolidation
- Coordinate & consolidate admin tasks of Merch team, and manage special mall promotions and coordinate promotion forms and approval process
Work with compliance team and follow up on QC process and action based on results.
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