Senior Manager Merchandising

Purpose & Overall Relevance For The Organisation

This role is responsible for maximizing the profitability of DTC (OR & Fr.) channel by deciding & recommending most consumer centric range (width & depth) in line with merchandising strategy and by delivering maximum possible product Sell thru with careful planning and working closely with Trading & Allocation team during the season.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of key strategic priorities in line with the company and market merchandising framework.
• Preparing Option Plan at the beginning of every season for the channel as part of GTM milestone.
• Working closely with CTC team to ensure proper segmentation for the channel.
• Ensuring orders are prepared keeping EM/CTC guidelines and region/stores’ needs in mind.
• Ensuring OTB budget is met and ISC, Campaigns, Hype drops, in-season buying, etc. are managed well.
• Meeting all GTM & EM milestones including Reviews.
• Monitoring inwards vs. plan with SCM team and sharing progress/action plan.
• Monitoring all imp. launches for the channel closely including inwards & performance tracking.
• Review product performance at BU, category & store level and provide insights to the team on findings & recommendations.
• Support new store launches and other initiatives trading calls, workstreams, Disc. Master, etc.
• Support the improvement of all merchandising systems and tools.
  
  

• Israel & EM merchandising
• CTC & OR Ops team
• OMNI Marketing, SCM, VM & Finance.
  
  

• Excellent attention to detail and analysis skills
• Strong work ethic willing to put long hours of work when required
• Advanced Excel capabilities
• Excellent command of English
• Understanding of retail management systems and back office
• Structured, process oriented at the same time approachable and strong interpersonal skills
• SAP Retail, ALS knowledge is a strong advantage
  
  

• University degree in Fashion / Marketing / Business
• 8-10 years merchandising or product planning experience