Merchandiser

Duties & Responsibilities

Sales Reporting & Analytics

• Prepare daily/weekly/monthly sales and sell through
  reports.


• Proactively initiate ad hoc analysis to explore new
  opportunities and business concerns.


• Provide deep dive and qualitative feedback for Zone
  & Central.

Assortment Management

• Attend buying sessions.


• Create assortments considering brand
  strategies and market specificities, while delivering sales targets.


• In-season management, re-assorting stores
  based on performance, new opportunities, activations, etc.

Training & Collection Launch Preparation

• Partner with other categories on 360 Transversal
  Launches.


• Proactively initiate ad hoc analysis to explore new
  opportunities and business concerns.


• Provide deep dive and qualitative feedback for Zone
  & Central

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional partners (i.e. Retail, Learning & Development, Digital, Visual Merchandising, Communications, Client Development, etc.) to achieve 360 category objectives.


• Partnership with Country Merchandisers and Retail Teams to drive sales and understand market needs.


• Be the bridge between the South Asia zone (each country / store) and Paris team.

Supply Chain

• Partner closely with Supply Chain Team to ensure the right stock, at the right stores, in the right quantities.


• Work collaboratively on in-season sales forecasts and during buying sessions.


• Share category strategies to ensure alignment in stock management.

Retail

• Close communication with stores to understand product feedback and opportunities, as well as clients.


• Provide Retail Teams with tools and information to achieve sales targets.


• Support special events and activations.

Market & Competition Update

• Understand market trends and competitor strategies for market context and to feedback to Central team.


• Provide market feedback, product needs and opportunities to Central team for collection creation.


• Apply insights from market analysis to category action plans.

Key Requirements & Competencies

• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills along with a commercial mindset.


• Ability to draw meaningful insights from analysis and to clearly share findings and initiate actions.


• High proficiency in MS office, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint.


• Good interpersonal and communication skills.


• Results driven with a genuine passion for the product category.


• Highly adaptable, agile and comfortable with ambiguity.


• Organized, structured and action oriented.


• Genuine curiosity, proactiveness, and a team player in a fast-paced environment.