Assistant Manager, Retail Merchandising

SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for in our candidates, defined by some simple values that inspire us to BE DRIVEN in our performance, BE VIBRANT in our sporting legacy, BE TOGETHER in our team spirit, and BE YOU to let our individual talent and experience shine.

Your Talent

• Bachelor's degree or higher
• Age minimum 30 years
• Minimum 8-10 years of relevant experience in buying/merchandising preferably in fashion or sport industry.
• Proven track record in buying and merchandising in prior companies.
• PC-skills, MS-Office Knowledge, Strong in Ms.Excel ( intermediate level up) Outlook, Internet, SAP, BI
• Fluent spoken and written in both English and Thai
• Having effective communication and presentation skill
• Ability to reason through complex issues, demonstrates effective communication, ability to present information to large groups
• Having a business & commercial acumen
• Having a strong passion & good knowledge in sport is preferable (Optional).
• Understanding and having knowhow of visual merchandising (optional)
• Hands on, can do daily reports and upon assignment
• Strong organizational and time management skills and able to work under pressure
• Have commitment and good time management
• Leadership and people management skill
• Sense of Ownership
• Trustworthy, flexible
• Good team player
• Enthusiastic
• Demonstrated ability to provide high levels of merchandising and buying skills
• Having nose for competitor news.
• Familiar with BI, SAP, Ms.Office especially intermediate excel

Your Mission

• Manage and achieve or exceed for retail store target
• Support line manager, colleague including store in terms of right assortment and quantities, stock replenishment & allocation, in-store promotion to deliver target
• Monitor intake margin from OTB, buying and planning. Implement in-season trading model base on agreed markdown policy.
• Able to monitor GP/ margin of total retail stores to achieve or exceed GP, margin, EBIT target
• Directly responsible for OTB planning, Buying & Selection, Merchandising planning and Stock allocation & replenishment for all Retail stores.
• Initiate seasonal product calendar and communicate to all relate parties e.g. VM, Training, Store operation, partner stores, etc.
• Manage and communicate all merchandise opportunities to Store Manager or the store management
• Responsible for inventory management and monitoring.
• Responsible to review, allocate, replenishment, transfer stock from DC to store, store to store and store to DC to deliver target sale, GP and stock level.
• Participate in new store openings and/or store closings; travel may be required.
• Required to work non-traditional hours; weekends, evenings, holidays; overtime may be required.

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

PUMA supports over 21,000 employees across 51 countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.