Assistant Manager Brand Partnerships

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

• Drive success of STATEMENT and Y-3 across GCA within guidelines set by Global BUs 

• Play a critical role to support Statement team to drive brand direction, market heat and business growth

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the business success of STATEMENT/ Y-3 incl. setting forecasts, pricing, range size, Hard Launch Dates (HLDs), delivery and Sell-through (ST)

• Partner with GCA OMNI buying team to plan STATEMENT/ Y-3 OTB and buy strategy for GCA

• Analyze historical sell-through data to plan and react to deliver the best assortment for marketplace

• Define channels/store segmentation for globally allocated products and manage conversations with cross-functional stakeholders (Channels, Franchise, Sales, e-Com and Marketing related functions) to ensure products land in the most optimized and premium manner

• Support the line manager in interface between Global BU, GCA functions, and territories

• Responsible for ordering samples sets etc.

• Monitor systems and file management: Master Range File, HUBLIGHT, M-3 & RMA

• Actively participate in departmental level trainings and development initiatives and activities

• Performed as department business analyst to prepare and interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports

• Support management to prioritize business and information needs

• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns

• Locate and define new process improvement opportunities

KPI’s:

• Category NS, Net Margin and Contribution across GCA

• Sell-out

• Forecast & data accuracy

• NPS

• Market share

• Achievement of key SBP initiatives

• Market & Brand heat

Key Relationships:

• GCA Brand Marketing

• GCA Demand Planning/Finance

• GCA MOPS

• GCA OMB

• Creation Center Shanghai

• Global BUs

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to implement strategy

• Presentation/communication, negotiation and influencing skills

• Distinct track record of success and category management knowledge

• Industry knowledge, across divisions—footwear, apparel and accessories with focus on sneaker culture.

• Understanding of China market’s consumers, accounts, economic environment and commercial needs

• Results Oriented Mindset

• Team player with high level of integrity & attention to detail

• Proven working experience on data analyst or business data analyst

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy

• Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings

• Proactive personality and entrepreneurial mindset

• Strong passion and curiosity on products

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience in category management/product merchandising required, regional experience preferred

• University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience, ideally in marketing, merchandising and product creation

• Sporting goods industry experience preferred

• Fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese is a must

• Strong analytical, communication and presentation skills

• Strong Computer Skills including Outlook, Word, Excel (Pivot table, VLOOKUP), Powerpoint, etc.

• Passion for sports and belief that through sports we have the power to change lives

• Willingness to travel up to 15-20% of time