Manager, Merchandising Digital Marketplace - Dickieslife

Description

This role is the owner and driver of the Merchandising strategy and assortments for the 3 VF digital titan wholesale accounts: Asos, Zalando and Amazon as well as for Dickieslife.com.

Through deep understanding of retail merchandising for the digital space and partnering with the cross-functional strategic account team, the ideal candidate will deliver mutual profitability, revenue goals and growth objectives while driving assortment segmentation in the marketplace.

We're looking for a dynamic and entrepreneurial team player, who can manage multiple priorities, competing objectives and different points of view. Ability to synthesize complex problems into simple solutions with a positive and energetic spirit. Strong influencing skills and a desire to collaborate. Dedicated to finding solutions and equally passionate about product and financials.

Primary Accountabilities

Merchandising and Assortment Planning

* Generate and analyze the necessary reports (Last Year Buys, Sell-Through) to build top-down and bottom up merchandising plans. Partner with Sales, SAT, Planning and Business Planning resources to obtain necessary data.

* Demonstrate alignment with category merchandising, sales and marketing on product strategies through providing a clear point of view on seasonal merchandising strategies, supported by financials.

* Understand and develop consumer-right segmented assortments for the digital marketplace based on financial objectives, brand strategies and overall seasonal product objectives.

* Partner with the Regional Product Creation team to provide SKU plans for SMU (Special Make-Up) business and demonstrate integrated assortment approach between in-line and SMU exclusives.

* Act as gatekeeper to account assortment through approvals on re-activations, SMU requests and changes to the range.

* Provide insights and point of view on product selection and volumes for digital concessions. Partner with the cross-functional team to deliver mutually beneficial assortment extensions. Represent account interests in product conversations and provide category merchandising teams relevant insights and data to support needs.

Go-To-Market

* Drive Account GTM process from a Merchandising perspective, preparing and delivering seasonal kick-off, GTM1 and pre-line materials.

* Understand brand GTM process in order to inject valid insights and needs at the right time to affect in-line product range to meet account needs.

* Provide insights and support to the sales and marketing team throughout account GTM process to deliver effective meetings with external accounts.

Reporting

* Prepare and Maintain business re-caps in order to speak to performance to plan both from a sell-in and sell-out perspective.

* Partner with Assistant Merchant, SAT and Planning to obtain necessary data.

Team

* Participate in Merchandising Team meetings and contribute to total Vans GTM process.

* Develop relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders

* Drive alignment with all necessary parties

What you need to succeed?

* University degree or equivalent.

* 4-5 years of Merchandising experience

* Retail math expertise

* Excel and Power Point expertise

* Deep understanding of product

* Excellent English speaking and writing skills

* Self-starter, entrepreneurial skills

* Works effectively cross-departmentally

* Collaborates and communicates effectively in a team environment

What is in it for you?

* Playing a key role to accelerate our growth within one of our emerging brands

* Joining an ambitious Product team embedded into Dickies and VF, one of the largest, globally leading multi-brand organizations with great long-term career opportunities

* Purpose-led, international, fun and challenging working environment

Location: Mendrisio, Switzerland

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