Manager Retail Merchandising/buying Gcc

3 weeks ago


Dubai, United Arab Emirates PUMA Full time

**YOUR TALENT**:

- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience within Buying & Merchandising.
- Preferably 2+ years of work experience in Retail Buying or Planning.
- Preferably university degree in business related area.
- Strong MS Office/ Excel skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Excellent knowledge of all relevant Merchandising KPIs.
- PowerBI, VRT or T1 Studio knowledge is a plus.
- Strong communication skills (English) is a must.
- Understanding of Merchandise Planning & Buying cycles.
- Attention to detail.
- Knowledge of market trends, sporting goods & fashion industry.
- Adaptability to work in a fast-paced retail environment.
- Team Player.

**YOUR MISSION**:

- Define seasonal product ranges and buy plan across full price & online business.
- Determine range building blocks, weeks in store, sell thru targets and store gradings based on qualitative & quantitative data to submit forecasts and final buy quantities.
- Accountable for timely order placement & tracking.
- Jointly responsible to track bottom-up and top-down-targets in season and revising action plans to meet targets.
- Accountable for buy spend, divisional inventory control and option counts.
- Liaise with Teamhead Retail Merchandising to develop financial plans and seasonal strategies across categories & stores.
- Jointly accountable for sale strategies, performance tracking and post-sale-analysis.
- Inventory control, stock movements & option count management to ensure maximum profit, space density & option flow in season.
- Jointly accountable for delivering maximum sales, margin, and profit to the business.
- Work closely with the allocation team to ensure timely product launches and implementation of assortment plans.
- Work closely with VM, Commercial Marketing, Brand Marketing & Operations to ensure most commercial display & zoning in store.
- Responsible for weekly product performance and Sell Thru analysis (plan vs actuals) to improve future buys, store distribution, OTB level & achieve store budgets.
- Product and strategy presentations to global team (Buy Review), management, operations and other stakeholders.
- Build product assortment for new store openings based on historical data & store environment.
- Prepare RESEC based on regional and global calendars as well as Retail specific product focusses.
- Range Plan Maintenance (ISDs, Buy quantity, store distribution, pricing, etc.)

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

PUMA supports over 21,000 employees across 51 countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.



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