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Manager Merchandizing

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

Deciding and recommending most consumer centric range for Franchise Partners/stores and thereby achieving Sell-thru target for the channel.

Supporting Fr. Operations’ team & Partner Merchandisers in managing in-season trading by sharing best practices and relevant actionable insights.

Ensuring implementation of Brand Product strategies and digital tools to support the business.

 Pre-Season Planning and Buying

  • Support and execute strategic direction and store expansion planning for the Franchise business from Merchandising lens.
  • Design pre-season strategy for DTC Franchise for ranging, assortment planning & ensuring consistency with marketing strategy & historical data.
  • Drive the seasonal priorities & DTC Franchise Buying Strategy through Partner Merchandising Teams in close collaboration with OPS teams.
  • Provide quantitative and qualitative feedback to channel teams on assortment planning in close collaboration with marketing stakeholders.
  • Seize any opportunity on Assortment/category planning for DTC Franchise
  • Participate in major go-to-market milestones to gain insights about key seasonal brand and BU strategies/initiatives and including them in the DTC FR outlook.
  • Drive the ordering tool efficiencies & present the buy checks for sign-off by DTC FR leads.

In-Season Planning and Trading

  • Lead the article performance & analyses on aligned frequency and implement in close collaboration with other channels.
  • Provide actionable recommendations and calls for action based on gathered insights.
  • Work in collaboration with Regional Merchandising, VM, and OPS teams to optimize the opportunities.

Key Relationships:

  • Brand Teams
  • Cluster SCM
  • Cluster Finance
  • DTC FR functional teams (Ops, COE,)
  • IT / BI
  • Franchise Partners

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

  • 5-7 years of work experience in this domain and preferably Masters in Fashion Management.
  • Experienced in data analysis with strong skills in Microsoft Excel is required.
  • Knowledge of other functional areas involved in the Pre-Season and In-season Merchandising planning is preferred.
  • Good understanding of brand building and consumer perspective.
  • Holistic thinker – establish and drive end-to-end strategies and initiatives encompassing multiple functions.
  • Strong influencer and natural collaborator
  • Fluent in English

 

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Job Title:  Manager Merchandizing

Brand: 
Location:  Gurgaon
TEAM:  Merchandising & Planning
State:  HR
Country/Region:  IN
Contract Type:  Full time
Number:  529008
Date:  May 20, 2025
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