I. JOB BRIEF:

The Merchandiser will be responsible for providing a structured, highly commercial and strategic input to the franchise market’s plans and activities and performance reviews. The role plays a critical part in the achievement of the company objectives. He/she will be the main responsible for the commitment order for the franchise partner.

II. DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION:

Commercial

- Ensure implementation of the weekly/monthly/yearly commercial plan for stores in the cluster based global brand guidelines.

- Ensures the execution of the Concept in close collaboration with the local retail teams.

- Create a proactive and relevant annual Commercial calendar and planning framework.

- Develop deeper data analytics and reporting to support proactive Trading initiatives in the Retail Team, including deeper understanding in category and price points.

- Working alongside other partner functional leads (managers) to support delivery of business objectives in store Sales, Productivity, Store EBITDA and Inventory.

Ordering

- Mainly responsible for the end-to-end commitment order process

- Prepare commitment orders (together with input from other functions and Regional Managers locally

- Ensuring orders support L4L sales growth and margin targets

- Observe campaigns and validate replenishment orders

- Assess needs for additional push orders

- Look into missing products of an order

- Follow up with stores on order of fixed items

Pricing

- Plan and confirm local price adjustments where needed

- Implement standardized product lifecycle routines (e.g. for tails, pricing)

Logistics

- Handle product flow between/ to stores to optimize availability and stock holding

- Take care of outbound handling

- To be the main contact point for Brand Logistics and Commercial Trade

Operations

- Follow up on picking mistakes with Brand Logistics

- Implement inventory management routines to optimize stock holding and mitigate margin erosion

-        University/ College degree

-        Fluent in English (speaking and writing) and Vietnamese

-        3+ years experience in Merchandising (experience in Retail Business is preferable). Showing extensive knowledge of retail management best practices.

-        Strong analytical skills and critical thinking to interrogate and analyze information in order to drive financial and business decision, ability to analyze costs / margins and report effectively

-        Experience working through a sales process

-        Flexible and pragmatic attitude

-        Ability to connect, build relations and communicate effective.

-        Planner and thinker with a bias for action/execution

-        Strong analytical skills and critical thinking to interrogate and analyze information to drive financial and business decision.

-        Should have the personality to stand-up to take responsibilities.

• Degree: Bachelor
• Age: Unlimited
• Job type : Permanent
• Salary: Competitive