Senior Manager eMarketplace Merchandiser
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:
Key Responsibilities:
- In season trading to ensure that all categories are performing at optimum levels, constantly monitoring sell-in, sell-out, order book position and feeding back any upside or risk to sales.
- Own weekly trade meetings, highlighting opportunities/risks and action plans.
- Own forecasting for eMarketplace top seller, by creating monthly forecasts and advising buyers additional buy opportunities, as well as influencing forecast planning teams.
- Own eMarketplace promotional strategy, ensuring maximum profitability.
- Drive monthly business review meetings (MBR) and strategy meetings prior to new season planning
- Working closely with BU’s to influence range planning to ensure a balanced ranges,
- Replenishment management to maintain the optimal stock levels on never out of stock styles.
- Reviewing sales and stock against plan to identify areas of risk and opportunity
- Providing an appropriate level of data analysis and insights that can be shared with relevant teams to aid decision making and gain buy in for ideas
- Meet with account managers/buyers to ensure sales insights, and movements in forecast are communicated regularly.
- Demonstrating a global mindset, discussing and sharing opportunities and risks with other depts to influence global strategy
Key Relationships:
Key Account Sales, Advertising, Marketing & Operation teams, EU & Global DPC, EU Partner Program, EU Brand Teams, Wholesale sales, Customer Service, Supply Chain, Finance,
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Has a proven track record in Merchandising with branded experience within a fast-paced and rapidly changing global retailer or brand
- Demonstrates the ability to drive the success of a department through creative and commercial thinking
- Demonstrates the ability to gain buy in from the team and management to potentialize opportunities
- Understanding of how to accelerate and optimize our brand performance within a digital eMarketplace retailer’s platform
- Quantitative mindset, proficient in MS Excel, Ideally already first experience with web-analytics tools and proven qualities in data manipulation and analysis
- Team mentoring and coaching experience
- Ability to work effectively and under pressure within an international team environment
- Skilled in diligently working with large data sets
- Highly motivated, with the ability to work in deadline driven environment
- Results driven personality
- Solution-oriented with a focus on achieving results. Great attention to detail
- Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills
- Keen interest & knowledge in digital and of the sporting good industry
- Fluent English is necessary
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- Experience of Merchandising in multi-product areas.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to identify key products trends and emerging opportunities
- Minimum 4 years of Mmerchandising experience with a recognised top-tier brand
- University degree is preferred
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Job Title: Senior Manager eMarketplace Merchandiser
Brand:
adidas
Location:
London
TEAM:
Sales
State:
LND
Country/Region:
GB
Contract Type:
Full time
Number:
495270
Date:
Mar 9, 2023