Job Description

Christian Bassett is recruiting a Head of Merchandising/ Senior Merchandising Manager for a fast fashion retail company.

Job Summary

• You will constantly be in touch with the trends of the fashion market and customers, to curate and edit the product range.

• You will provide excellent leadership to establish and communicate the long-range and seasonal vision for the company\'s product lines globally for different region including North Asia, South East Asia, Middle East, Europe etc.

• You will be responsible for the global pricing and developing the merchandise mix strategies based on diversified market analysis, that is consistent and aligned with our company\xe2\x80\x99s DNA.

Job Responsibilities

• In charge of the implementation of the product matrix, range development, buying calendar and strategizing the critical path for shoes, bags and accessories globally for different regions

• Develop collection brief for planners, giving buying recommendations, based on trend analysis, customer profiling / climate / store profile (must buy) of different regions

• Work closely with the Design team to feedback on market needs and product performance

• Work with the Visual Merchandising team to decide what products should be displayed in-store to maximize consumer interest and promote sales for the brand

• In charge of developing enhanced \xe2\x80\x98Sales Through Report\xe2\x80\x99 to highlight reasons of performance/non-performance and allowing better product grouping and recommendation for products to be repeated based on trend analysis.

• Work with the Planning team to identify and implement best practices (store profiling matrix/product life cycle management based on product matrix) in view of increasing GP and ROI

• Negotiation of product pricing based on the retail price strategy with the Planning Team and Singapore HQ to identify gaps and needs in the pricing strategy

• Conduct regular market visits to identify and evaluate all relevant products and trends, and survey competitors, creating range development based on the sampling process

• Work closely with the Training Team on Trend & Product training material development

• Identify and propose strategies of core product (to be repeated) and work closely with local merchandise planning teams on the push model (Buy)

• Work closely with Marketing regarding the preparation of annual retail calendar

• Coordinate monthly meetings with all respective Teams for updates on collection, campaigns, windows and merchandise planning

Requirements

• Degree in Business, Fashion Merchandising, Retail Management, Economics, Applied Mathematics or its equivalent

• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in similar capacity and managerial position

• Proficiency in SAP and Qilkview will be an added advantage

• Excellent interpersonal, planning and organizational skills to multi-task in a fast paced environment

• Bilingual, analytical with an eye for details

• Fun, vibrant & outgoing personality with great personal style

• Keen sense of fashion and a passion for the fashion industry

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified due to high volume of applications.

Christian Bassett