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Assistant Manager, Buying

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

 

This role supports the Franchise Business by driving and executing trading activities, including reviewing buys and collaborating closely with external franchise buyers and in-season trading teams. The focus is on delivering planned sales, optimizing margins, and ensuring effective stock management.

 

This includes:

  • Implementing the country merchandising strategy in alignment with overall business objectives.
  • Executing the end-to-end merchandising process to ensure seamless operations.
  • Providing guidance on buying strategy and assortment planning for franchise stores.
  • Delivering relevant insights and feedback to the Product/ Omni-Channel teams to support continuous improvement.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive initiatives and provide guidance on franchise store buying, leading the buy process with Franchise Partners to ensure optimal store performance and alignment with company standards.
  • Develop product assortments based on share of business, considering store formats, product categories, store types, and gender mix for FRS.
  • Support the implementation of key country strategic priorities across all FRS stores.
  • Assist the Buying Manager in planning and executing buys in line with OTB across all franchise doors.
  • Drive and achieve key benchmarks and KPIs, including productivity and sell-through performance.
  • Support FRS partners by providing the right range recommendations per store, aligned with EM/SEA seasonal strategies to ensure an appropriate and effective buy.
  • Ensure all orders for FRS are placed accurately and within the required timelines.
  • Collaborate closely with external franchise buyers and In-Season Trading teams to ensure product grading and option plans align with space management guidelines for FRS.
  • Manage in-season chase models (Best Seller, In-Season Creation, and Planned Responsiveness) to maintain optimal inventory levels for FRS.
  • Adhere to the FRS store visit schedule to ensure sufficient time is spent in stores for performance review and execution follow-up.

 

Key Relationships:

  • Internal: Franchise Team, Product Team/OMNI Channel, Brand Comms, VM, Finance
  • External: Franchise Partners

       

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Competency

  • Strong analytical mind set - details and numbers oriented
  • Datamining & Presentation 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 Sports & Fashion or FMCG Retail
    • Commercial or key account sales experience will have an added advantage for this role.
  • Education:
    • Degree or Diploma in Fashion / Marketing / Retail Management

 

Microsoft Skills

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

 

Language Skills

  • English: Advanced
  • Local Language: Fluent

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Job Title:  Assistant Manager, Buying

Brand: 
Location:  Petaling Jaya
TEAM:  Merchandising & Planning
State:  10
Country/Region:  MY
Contract Type:  Full time
Number:  542441
Date:  Mar 19, 2026
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