Overview
Assistant Manager, Retail Buying Jobs in Makati, National Capital Region, Philippines at PUMA Group
Title: Assistant Manager, Retail Buying
Company: PUMA Group
Location: Makati, National Capital Region, Philippines
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YOUR MISSION:
Together with the Merchandising Manager, this role will be responsible for delivering a buy strategy per season and building the most profitable, balanced, customer focused range for the country which reflects the PUMA Brand Strategy and supports any key country strategies.
Execution of seasonal buy for FPS, FOC and ECOM
Execute seasonal buy in accordance with OTB & Budget
Define assortment based on Country/ Channel/market/ platform/ customer profile, participate in seasonal pre-line/ kickoff/ tradeshow meetings to ensure product relevance
Ensure timely submission of seasonal orders
Manage the right product mix with targeted division/product category in mind
Ensure the buy based on analysis of the historical data/sell through
Define product strategy by sales channel to achieve optimal sell through results
Deliver seasonal line to ensure gross margin, sell through performance and healthy stocks inventory
Present seasonal collection performance vs expectations and in analysing consumer buying patterns, predicting future trends
Propose Country requirement and pricing against competition
Effective and efficient in-season rollout
Ensure Country merchandising Team rollout seasonal buy in accordance to Global/ SEA direction
Be close to market to monitor direct competitors against Brand’s position in terms of pricing, product, technology, Hero items.
Ensure PLC guideline are adhere for promotion/ markdown roll out
Ensure both Offline and ECOM Team reaffirm on RESEC/ OSEC & Banner roll out
Align best practices across territory
Adhere to existing best practices and ensure it is consistently rolled out in different participating platform/s
Ensure that functional work processes are clearly defined
Other tasks
Task 1: Pre-season Planning
Task 2: In-season Planning
Task 3: Process improvement
Task 4: Strategy
YOUR TALENT:
Must be a college graduate, degree in business or similar field
Has minimum of 5 years retail / merchandising experience in a fashion / branded / e-commerce environment
Has good stakeholder management
Advanced skills in MS Office
Has good communication skills (written and oral – business level)
Has good presentation skills
Willing to work onsite in Makati
PUMA supports over 19,000 employees across 120+ countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.
PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.
