Assistant Manager Value Range Buying

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION:

Deliver FO & online events individual and monthly products assortment. Analyze daily and historical sell-through data to deliver the best store assortment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Buying Planning

• Plan seasonal & monthly assortment per offline FO stores and online Douyin Daily sales & Mega events.
• Plan and manage product launch flow according to Channels demand and store stock status.
• Plan with logistics department shipment & delivery on schedule.
• Analyse daily and historical sell-through data to deliver the best assortment per store.

Buying Execution

• Support FO & online store managers, operations team and internal Planning team assortment needs per month.
• Study market trend and industrial top sellers, work with Channels and BU on CCS new creation to bring a more efficient and competitive assortment range.
• Analyse daily sell-through and adjust assortments and deliveries to ST results.
• Actively participates to DTC channels KPI's delivery.
• Manage with DP and SCM/Sourcing on SNP FC phasing and order placement.
• Manage with Logistics team on-time delivery of all assortments in accordance with store sell-in and sell-through targets, provide promotion and discount.

Post-Season Review:

• Provide analysis and documentation for post-season review.
• Provide seasonal deep dive analysis for offline FO stores and online Douyin Daily sales & Mega events.
• Partner with X-function team to develop action steps for next season.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

OMB Planning, OMB IST, BU, Retail & ECOM Operations team, DP, SCM, etc.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Solid products and merchandising knowledge
• Be passionate about buying and able to work under intense timeline
• Good understanding of retail business.
• Good (written and verbal) communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to influence cross functional teams, cultivate relationships;
• Strong analytical skills
• Learning and self-development
• Results oriented

REQUISITE EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND OTHER SKILL

• Bachelor or Master's degree required, with solid years in consumer industry with at least 3-5 years in merchandising / buying function
• Prefer good Excel skills and ability to develop useful models/tools
• Prefer good presentation and PPT skills