Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

This role is responsible for supporting the Franchise business by implementing all day-to-day trading activities of the department by reviewing buy and working closely with external franchise’s buyer & In-season Trading (IST) person to focus on delivering of planned sales, margin, and terminal stock objectives

This includes:

• Implementation of Merchandising Country Strategy
• Execution of the Merchandising End-to-End (E2E) process
• Provide guidance for the buying strategy/ buy volume/assortment planning for franchise stores
• Providing relevant feedback to Country Category Marketing /OMNI Channel

Key Responsibilities:

• Driving initiatives and guiding on the buy for the franchise stores, leading the sell-in process with Franchise Partners to ensure the best possible store performance and compliance with company standards

• Support the implementation of key buy strategic priorities in the country across Franchise stores
• Support the Buying Manager to plan & buy according to the Open-To-Buy (OTB) for all franchise doors
• Drive and achieve Benchmarks and KPIs on productivity and sell-through
• Build the right product mix based on the share of the business of store formats, product categories, store types, age, and gender mix for Franchise
• Review and implement the right buying analysis by categories for Franchise
• Support Franchise partner to ensure their sell-in buy is appropriate by giving them the right range recommendation per store based on seasonal strategies
• Provide guidance to Franchise to ensure that all merchandising strategies and principles are executed timely and correctly
• Ensure orders are placed accurately and on time for Franchise
• Work closely with external franchise’s buyer and in-season Trading (IST) key person to ensure product grading and product option plan are in line with space management guidelines (pre-season) for Franchise
• Work closely with IST key person/Franchise partner’s buyer in monitoring and ensuring that the Best Sellers are fully replenished every week
• Compile each store’s capacity plan for reference during the Buying process
• Ensure in-season chase models (SPEED, In-Season-Creation, and Planned-Responsiveness) are well managed to make sure inventory is optimal for Franchise
• Follow Franchise store-visit schedule to achieve an expected amount of time spent in the stores

Key Relationships:

• Internal: Country Franchise Team, Country Category Marketing/OMNI Channel, Brand Communication, VM, Country Finance
• External: Franchise Partner

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Competencies

• Datamining & Presentation skills
• Strong analytical mindset - detail and numbers-oriented
• Excel/computer skills
• Business Acumen & problem-solving skills
• Category know-how - products, ranges, market trends
• Planning & Organizing
• Manage Relationships and diversity
• Big picture thinking
• Process and system understanding
• Learning and self-development
• Collaboration & Influencing skills
• Ability to multitask