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Job Descrption

The Role

Reporting to the Commercial VP, this role sits within the Commercial Team overseeing the DTC Brick-and-Mortar, Ecommerce and Marketplace channels whilst ensuring the company strategy is executed from an omnichannel standpoint.

Main Responsibilities

FORECASTING AND OTB MANAGEMENT
• Set up Sales and Planning tools / WSSI to accurately track sales and manage stock inventory across DTC channels.
• Monitor Retail, Ecommerce and Marketplace performance and Season S/Ts.
• Monitor and review OTB, highlight opportunities and propose actions.

SEASONAL BUY – SELECTION, QUANTIFYING, SIZING
• Management of market timelines and Critical Path deadlines.
• Carrying out end-of-season analysis and forward season planning in preparation for Market.
• Ensuring OTB and buying strategy is signed-off with the relevant departments.
• Working closely with the store and Product Merchandising in preparing the seasonal Retail, Ecommerce and Marketplace Buys, aligning this to DTC channel needs but... also Company Strategy and Wholesale buying trends.
• STOCK MANAGEMENT: REPLENISHMENT AND TRANSFERS
• Identify replenishment or transfer needs across channels and work with the Wholesale team to manage and optimise shared company inventory.
• Manage Markdown lists in conjunction with Product Team and make recommendations from the DTC standpoint.
• Propose MD stock strategy across channels to maximise sales.

IN-SEASON TRADE AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
• Preparing complete trade packs on a weekly and seasonally basis and presenting performance to the relevant teams. Identifying commercial opportunities to maximise trade and submit insightful and qualitative feedback and trade opportunities to the Commercial and Product teams.
• Make recommendations on how to potentialize sales through promotions, markdowns, repeats vs. discontinuations.
• Maintain presence in store to understand the customer, product, deliveries and ongoing VM rotations.
• Evaluate competitively the surrounding trading space across channels and propose commercial actions.
• Periodical customer profiling across channels.
• International Geopricing.
• Product training to stores and key stakeholders in the marketplace.

Requirements
• Minimum 3-year experience at Retail Merchandiser / Buyer level with full ownership over Department/Category, and proven track record of successfully developing owned area of the business;
• Background in WRTW / Accessory Luxury Fashion market with awareness on market trends, key players and competitors
• Excellent Communicator with polished presenting skills; the ability to present feedback and information efficiently and concisely
• Highly numerate
• Experienced/Advanced user of Excel
• Experience of systems including Zedonk preferred
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to manipulate data to produce reports accurately and efficiently.

About You

Enthusiastic & driven; A strong, commercially minded decision-maker; Organised, with the ability to multi-task effectively and a high attention to detail; Approachable and a team player

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