The Merchandising Associate (Brand) maintains a commercially balanced and evolving merchandise program; aims to achieve profitability and hastened merchandise movement through effective buying and inventory management.
Responsibilities
Merchandise Planning and Buying
- Secures confirmation of orders and ensures timely build of Item Masterlist;
- Ensures necessary checks, documentation and communication are performed in a timely manner to facilitate receiving of orders.
Inventory Management
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Prepares sell thru report;
Monitoring and Assessment
- Prepares, updates and analyzes merchandising reports for review, discussion with merchandising head/SBU head and implementation;
- Ensures timely and accurate payment to suppliers;
- Prepares merchandising memos (new arrivals, etc);
- Coordinates with Account Executives on inquiries, orders, stocks and reports relating to corporate orders;
- Reviews any other pertinent documents and forms related to the department and its staff (i.e. Price List, Remittance Advice, Request for Payments, etc.)
Market Intelligence
- Builds on product knowledge and category expertise through familiarization with competitor and complement brands’ product ranges, pricing and positioning.
- Conducts regular store visits and validates flow of merchandise strategy from back-end to front-end and considers appropriate actions to improve.
- Builds on customer, market and competitor intelligence; establishing similarities and differences in doors per grading band, size or area.
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, or any related course
- New graduates are acceptable but preferably with one year of work experience
- Oral and Written Communication
- Customer Focus
- Product Knowledge
- Time Management
- Organization
- Interpersonal Relationship
- Computer Proficiency (MS Applications, etc.)