Assistant Manager FRS Buying

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION:

Manage franchise store merchandising planning, buying in determining store OTB, store clusters, category mix, article selection, article depth, and timely providing sales analysis, trading/fashion trend recommendation to support the business

Play a critical role to drive brand share, business growth

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Pre-Season Merchandise Planning:

• Develop buy plan (OTB) by store type (what to buy, how much, etc.), according to buying strategy, top down financial target
• Land buy plan with corresponding customers and categories
• Educate customers on products by various ways such as sales trainings, TM meetings
• Conduct historical analysis in terms of buying structure and provide proposals for pre-season buying structures at cluster level
• Based on existing analysis model to provide detailed analysis on the article level to identify key drivers for top selling articles, as well as slow moving articles
• Monitor buying quantity vs. budget; reconcile buy plan to merchandise plan
• Generate POS level order by utilizing order system, in compliance with top line buying guideline, as well as product/market knowledge

In-Season Merchandising Execution:

• Lead sales performance analysis, including but not limited to, product/stock/comp analysis etc
• Provide in season performance tracking reports

Post-Season Review:

• Give insights for seasonal and ad-hoc analysis review

Systems and Processes

• Manage with planning team/sales team for order placement
• Manage with CTC for assortment finalization

KPI's:

• Sell-Through %
• SKU efficiency

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