Assistant Manager Regional IST

Area:                                                                                       GCA 

Department:                                                                           In-Season Trading

Director Reporting Line:                                                        Sr. Director Retail Operations

Indirect/Secondary Reporting Line:                                     N/A

Location:                                                                                 Shanghai

GSMS Grade:                                                                          P1

Number of Personnel Managed:                                          -

Cost Center/Budget and/or Revenue Responsibility:              -

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION:

• Take role as product expert to work with regional retail operations team on data tracking & analysis to find the opportunities and drive business growth.  
• Connect regional operations with buying team to share regional feedback and collaborate on solution.
• Be responsible for regional action plan follow-up and execution.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage routine reporting analysis on the sales and product data from store perspective to drive action plans proactively.
• Collaborate with retail operations team and buying team to providing product insights and exploring sales opportunities for region, i.e. best seller management
• Gain real-time information on product and sales performance through routine store visit.
• Consolidate regional feedback regarding product to buying team for solution and improvement. 
• Generate consolidate report and guide operation team to transfer stock at store level.
• Provide buying team with monthly product allocation report and help operation team more understand products' distribution plan and allocated volumes to stores.
• Follow up and manage the action plan execution in region and stores.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

CS Buying, FO Buying, Demand Planning, Retail Operations team, etc.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Solid Data analysis skill 
• Product Management or Merchandising experience
• Well understanding on retail business.
• Effective partnering, communication, and influencing skills.
• High execution ability and self-management.

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor degree required and advanced degree in business or related fields preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in merchandising planning / buying function.
• Good written and spoken in both English & Mandarin.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to develop useful models/tools.
• Good presentation and PPT skills.