Assistant Merchandiser - Apparel Group
Job description / Role
Employment: Full Time
POSITION OBJECTIVE
The position is responsible to ensure that the products appear in the right store at the right time and in right quantity
Key Responsibilities- Prepare Retail Pro reports, Sell Thru and other merchandising reports such as consolidation sheet and product breakdown reports
- Liaise with stores / logistics & warehouse department to ensure product supply meets demand
- Analyze every aspect of the best and worst sellers (for example, the best selling price points, colors or styles)
- Analyzing previous season's sales and reporting on the current season's lines
- Optimize the volume and profitability of product categories
- Gather information relating to customer reaction towards the products
- Coordinate with buying team on product issues (orders, repeats, damages etc.) and assist in range planning, sales analysis and deliveries
Requirements:
- Preparation of merchandise plans and other Information required for product range presentations and reviews for the buyers / brand manager
- Report competition's offerings and analyzing opportunities to the Brand team
- Skillfully manages processing of various retail pro reports and invoices
- Ensure the accurate and timely preparation of all necessary reports and records
- Ensures strict confidentiality in maintaining all the documents entrusted
- Working closely with the Merchandise Planning team on the product range, planning to maximize commercial opportunities for products, as well as getting the right product mix in the business at sub category/price point level
About the Company
The Apparel Group is a global fashion and lifestyle brand conglomerate residing on the crossroads of a modern economy - Dubai, UAE. The mercurial growth in the last 17 years has been by acquiring a host of world class fashion labels from around the world - Nine West, Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Aldo & Tim Hortons just to name a few.
Today the group caters to thousands of eager shoppers through its over 1530 stores, 75 International brands and employing 12,000 multi cultural staff in over 4 continents. Apparel believes in turning dreams in to reality and we give everyone - our customers, our stakeholders, our employees - an equal opportunity to do so.
Apparel group has carved its strong presence not only in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia but opened thriving gateways to market in India, South Africa, Poland, Singapore, Jordan, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Additionally, clear strategies are in place to enter emerging markets such as Hungary, Pakistan, Egypt and Philippines.
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