Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

This role is responsible for supporting Franchise business by implementing all day-to-day trading activities of the department by reviewing buy and work closely with external franchise’s buyer & in-season trading (IST) person to focus upon 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 Team /OMNI Channel

Key Responsibilities:

• Driving initiatives and guide on the buy for the franchise stores, lead the sell-in process with franchise partners to ensure best possible store performance and ensure compliance with company standards.
• Work closely with adidas franchise commercial team to understand the business strategies.

• Support the implementation of key buy strategic priorities in the country across franchise stores.

• Support Buying Manager to plan & buy according to the OTB for all franchise doors.

• Drive and achieve benchmarks/KPIs on productivity and sell-through.
• Build the right product mix based on the share of 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 partners to ensure their sell-in buy is appropriate by giving them the recommendation assortment per store and in- sync with EM/SEA seasonal strategies.
• Provide guidance to franchise partners 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, In-season Trading (IST) key person to ensure product grading and product option plan are in line with space management guideline (pre-season).
• Work closely with in-season trading (IST) key person/franchise’s buyer in monitoring and ensure that the best sellers are fully replenished on a weekly basis.
• Compile each store’s capacity plan for reference during the seasonal buying process. 
• Ensure in-season chase models (SPEED, In-Season-Creation and Planned-Responsiveness) are well managed to make sure inventory is optimal.
• Attend franchise store-visit schedule to achieve an expected amount of time spent in the stores. 

Key Relationships:

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

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Competencies

• Datamining & Presentation skills
• Strong analytical mind set - 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

 Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• Professional Background/Experience:
  • Functional: Minimum 2 years in Retail Industry
  • Industry: Preferably in Fashion/Sports or FMCG Retail
  • Exposure: Sales, Sports, Fashion

• Education:
  • Degree or Diploma in Sales / Marketing / Retail Management

Microsoft Skills

• Outlook: Advanced
• Word: Advanced
• Excel: Advanced
• PowerPoint: Advanced

Language Skills

• English: Advanced
• Local Language: Fluent