Manager, Merchandise Planning, Calvin Klein Asia Pacific
Manager, Merchandise Planning, Calvin Klein Asia Pacific
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POSITION SUMMARY:
Responsible for preparing the OTB plan including the financial KPIs: sell through discount inventory turn assumption for the regional merchandising team to prepare seasonal buy and improve assortment productivity. Drive and manage an integrated and successful regional Buy management process that effectively supports brand profitability and business objectives. Monitor in season sales planning to make sure each category full year net sales are achieved.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES OF THE JOB:
- Pre-season planning and analysis
- Lead the partnership with regional and country merchandising planning and finance team to develop OTB according to buying strategy financial target and historical analysis
- Conduct Seasonal OTB meetings with regional and country teams
- Follow up with country team to ensure the on-time execution
- Drive the initiatives throughout different function teams to follow the same calendar and process
- Drive assortment productivity
- Support Seasonal Buy Signoff process post market week
- Monitor actual vs OTB plan
- In-season planning and analysis
- Lead in the process to provide ongoing product and category performance and quantitative analysis
- Maintain and monitor of inventory plan and sales plan
- Understand seasonal approach and the relevant impact to business plan
- Working together with regional Merchandising team on in-season planning and analysis
- Support and coordinate the same analysis with country planning team to achieve the Asia Pacific level target
- Lead and drive the regional sales meetings with regional business partners
- Understand the current market trend and business needs
- Follow up on the latest issues and requirements
- Leverage the best practices between countries and coordinate the needs between markets and regional
CREATIVITY: Must possess a high degree of fashion aesthetic; interest in trends lifestyles competitors and media. Support introduction of new ideas. Can work within the creative process effectively and support bring ideas to realization.
TEAMWORK: Builds good working relationships; collaborates toward deadlines and deliverables. Able to communicate effectively across the team and organization; effectively works at long distances.
ORGANIZING: Works according to defined schedules and deadlines; takes direction well and able to work with high accountability; manages own work and tracks progress. Seeks out resources to get things done; able to multi-task and adapt to changing priorities.
ENVIRONMENT: Ability to work in fast-paced team-oriented setting; interface with Global Product Kitchen Merchandising and Supply Chain.
Functional Competencies:
- Better and in-depth understanding business merchandising and demand planning to drive potential incremental sales
- Ability to create detailed and analytical plan for informed business decision support
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:
Experience:
- A minimum of 8 years merchandising planning managerial experience inMNCs preferably in the retail industry
Education:
- Bachelors degree
Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Detail oriented with excellent organizational skills and self-motivation
- Knowledge of SAP systems - Demand & Supply Planning Inventory management Sales & Distribution & Purchasing
- Computer skills with databases and spreadsheet programs
- Proven written and verbal communication skills in English and preferably with other Asian languages/ Mandarin Chinese
- Negotiating skills and ability to resolve conflict and multiple priorities
- Possess and utilize team concept presentation skills resolution skills and the ability to encourage others to develop and implement adequate solutions to business issues be a great communicator.
About PVH:
We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach we are driving fashion forward for good as one team with one vision and one plan. Thats the Power of Us thats the Power of PVH.
One of PVHs greatest strengths is our people. Our collective desire is to create a workplace environment where every individual is valued and every voice is heard and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. Learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at PVH here.
PVH Corp. or its subsidiary (PVH) is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race ethnicity color sex gender identity or expression age religion national origin citizenship status sexual orientation genetic information physical or mental disability military status or any other characteristic protected under federal state or local addition to complying with all applicable laws PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill ability educational background work quality experience and potential.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
