Manager Regional IST

Area:                                                                                       GCA 

Department:                                                                           Retail

Director Reporting Line:                                                        Sr. Director Retail Operations

Indirect/Secondary Reporting Line:                                     N/A

Location:                                                                                 Chengdu

GSMS Grade:                                                                          M4

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.

EY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as the product champion representing region both CS and FO (with focus on CS in 2025)
• Actively participate in GTM process and able to share quality feedback on price band, launch month, color, material and order type A/B/C selection, etc.
• Serve as the regional lead for in-season product/campaign feedback (shopper inisight) sharing in a systematic and quality manner with HQ IST team
• Provide weekly product insight related to business performance which leads to quick wins at store level
• Participate in IA process including but not limited to IA feedback and store sale planning building block (with focus on Halo door and FDD)
• Act as the engine to drive effective/efficient regional product consolidation to improve SOR%
• Manage routine reporting analysis on the sales and product data from store perspective to drive action plans proactively.
• Provide input for re-order product (to HQ AP team)
• 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 5 years of work experience in merchandising planning / buying functions in sports apprael industry
• Good written and spoken in both English & Mandarin.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to develop useful models/tools.
• Good presentation and PPT skills.