Ecommerce Merchandising Manager(14 Months Contract)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

Create the optimal country level buying/trading plan by own.com and eMarket place for the designated category by working closely with the internal/external team to drive sales performance and deploy key brand concepts in the eMarket place.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage all buying activities related to responsible category or brand and range selection during Sign off and Trade meetings every season for own.com and eMarket place 
• Collaborates with retail and brand teams and group function partners to position key stories and product, in line with on-line business and company’s strategic vision
• Responsible for ranging product category breadth and assortment by eCom channel to deliver financial and range efficiency targets (i.e. Buying budget, Sell-thru, category shares, Inventory Days Lasting and Net margin targets)
• Review and analyse trading results overseeing daily sell-thru results, inventory status and business trend, in order to identify sales opportunities
• Handover range and forecasts at agreed timelines to ensure timely Placing Orders (Pre-Season)
• Management of phasing & giving timely signals to Demand planning to pursue replenishment/re-order of fast-moving articles (In-Season)
• Supports full-price & off-price decisioning to maximize sell-thru & inventory usage
• Manage sales events for assigned channel by supporting preparation to ensure smooth operation of the events
•   Communicate with Asia Pacific stakeholders (Range Architecture, Assortment Planning) for own.com and e-market assortment plan
•   Range analysis and Asia Pacific report for Country Strategic Input, Supply Network Planning, range sign off and buy review
•  Review and analysis trading results overseeing daily digital sales and monitor consumer responses by tracking digital KPIs such as traffic, orders, conversion rate, Average Order Value and returns
• Monitoring competitor’s ecommerce price status and market trend for respective categories

Key Relationships

• Korea eCommerce team
• Korea Brand adidas
• Global Digital team
• Korea Finance Demand Planning team
• Korea Supply Chain Management team
• Korea 3rd party vendors

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Advanced user of MS Office suite of products
• Fluent in English and Korean
• Advanced knowledge of Korea eCommerce landscape
• Strong analytical skills
• Structured, organized 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

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• University degree in business, ideally with marketing and sales focus or equivalent professional experience
• Merchandising & Trading experience:  Minimum 6 years
• E-commerce experience is preferred.