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Manager, Retail Buying_Originals (Apparel)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

 

Execute effective and accurate products investment to achieve the assigned brand or channel financial target (NS, profitability, ST% and inventory)

  • Develop category strategy and execute quarterly buying accordingly 
  • Right product, right time, right place (trend research, market survey, store assortment, size optimization)
  • Play a key role to share product information and knowledge within retail teams (in-season management, store operations and store managers)

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Pre-Season Merchandise Planning

  • Manage the Open-To-Buy by category according to buying strategy, financial target, and historical analysis
  • Conduct historical analysis and prepare pre-season buying guideline
  • Work closely with BU to understand marketing concept (reason to buy) and product knowledge on seasonal or quarterly basis
  • Build assortment plans by store format and clusters based on market RA, local needs & calendar
  • Combines/validates category assortment plans from BUs, and finalizes into a holistic, full store format assortment plan (width)
  • Output all assortment plans for all store formats factoring regionalization needs.
  • Integrate VM, OCM upfront into assortment building process and support VM plan
  • Depth planning: Lead development of the right assortment by channel or store format and determine appropriate order depth
  • Plan and execute Retail forecast as considering demand and inventory 
  • Follow GTM process and quarterly trade meeting for entire Retail channels
  • Gather sales trends, market insight or requirements to provide them to BU & the relevant teams

 

 

Process and In-Season merchandising management

  • Manage handover process to In-season team for trading (initial dispatch to replenishment)
  • Analyse in season performance tracking reports
  • Perform analysis to develop mark down strategy and support mark-down & clearance process
  • Track repeat or find opportunity based on read & react

 

Post-Season Review

  • Prepare and conduct analysis and documentation for post-season review
  • Perform seasonal deep dive analysis to develop action steps for next season

 

People management

  • Manage, coach and support team members

 

Key Relationships:

 

  • All Retail functions
  • All BU functions
  • Demand planning
  • Supply Chain (Purchasing / Order Fullfillment & DC)
  • P&I

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

 

  • Team managing skills
  • Advanced skills in MS Office
  • Fluent in English
  • Advanced understanding of Retail Management systems
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Structured, organised and process orientated
  • Attention to detail as error in analysis will have crucial impact to business
  • Ability to work effectively within a team environment and under pressure
  • Strong sense of Sports & fashion trends

 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

 

  • University degree and/or commercial training in the area of Finance, Accounting, Economics, Marketing or Sales are preferred.
  • Merchandising experience: 5-6 years
  • Management Experience preferred

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  • COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
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  • RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.


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Job Title:  Manager, Retail Buying_Originals (Apparel)

Brand: 
Location:  Seoul
TEAM:  Merchandising & Planning
State: 
Country/Region:  KR
Contract Type:  Full time
Number:  532913
Date:  Aug 7, 2025
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