募集要項
- 仕事内容
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Merchandising Manager (or Assistant Manager)This is for candidates with having merchandising experience, at least 5 years in Women’s/Men’ category, and footwear’s buying experience is highly welcome.
本国との密な連携や、海外出張も想定される等グローバルにご活躍いただけます。
The candidate is expected to have deep knowledge of the Japanese footwear/fashion business and trends to provide insight to the HQ merchant team for market needs.
Experience and strong understanding of planning/forecasting and financial alignment is a strong plus.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate ability to be persuasive, particularly to cross-functional partners and HQ team.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Strategic Assortment Planning & Buying
• Develop assortment plan for Women’s/Men’s categories.
• Identify target assortment and sku counts across all categoriesto maximize commercial opportunity while being mindful of inventory efficiency.
• Partner with design teams and representatives in HQ to develop Japan-specific product.
• Establish logical and structured buy process to maximize sales opportunity and inventory accountability.
• Plan product lifecycle strategy including liquidation of outlet product as well as Inline transfer product to maintain target inventory balance and healthy turn.
2. Business Analysis and Insights
• Study and understand past performances, trends, opportunities and misses in the Women’s/Men’s categories
• Develop clear and comprehensive presentations of analysis on weekly, monthly and seasonal levels.
• Study competitive activities and pricing. Establish target pricing for own assortment with margin goals in mind.
3. Team Development
• Work closely with the rest of MD team for consistency in seasonal messages, crossfunctional communication and overall team development.
• Help establish best-in-class merchandising function.
4. Cross-Functional Relationship Management
• Effectively partner with Logistics, I&S, Marketing, VMD, Retail Sales and Finance to represent Merchandising strategy and priorities.
• Negotiate and push forward MD point of view on pricing, discount/promotion planning and liquidation.
- 応募資格
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- 必須
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1. Minimum 5 Years Merchandising experience, especially in Women’s/Men’s space (footwear preferred but apparel ok) and/or with a retail brand. Experience in both full price and Outlet merchandising a strong plus.
2. Superior fluency in excel and reporting skills
3. Ability to work with business reporting systems and order management tools.
4. Strong understanding of inventory productivity and retail math
5. Fluency in both ‘product trend’ and ‘analytical planning’ sides of merchandising
6. Ability to present strategies and plans in a clear ‘executive friendly’ manner
7. Ability to develop clear reporting tools to study and interpret the business.
8. Good project management skills.
9. Ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
10. Strong interpersonal, motivational, communication and organizational skills.
11. Creativity and adaptability. Passion for footwear, apparel and retail business.
12. Excellent problem-solving skills
13. English and Japanese fluency required. (English Business level)
- 雇用形態
- 正社員
- 勤務地
- Tokyo
- 年収・給与
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700-900万円+ターゲットボーナス10％目安（スキル・ご経験により決定）
- 待遇・福利厚生
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就業時間：9:30 - 18:00
サマーフライデー：７月上旬から９月上旬の２か月間、毎週金曜日は１３時で業務終了
プレミアムフライデー：毎月最終週の金曜日は１５時業務終了
リモート/オフィスワーク：半々で運用
社会保険完備
- 休日休暇
- 完全週休二日制（土曜、日曜、祝日）、年末年始休暇、夏季休暇、年次有給休暇
- 選考プロセス
- 書類選考、面接数回を予定
