Merchandiser

Job description / Role

Position objective

• The position assists the Brand Manager to plan the product and assortment strategies that meet or exceed financial goals.
• Coordinate all the activities related to allocation and delivery of merchandise to all the stores in the region.
• Assist in pre-season financial planning, in-season projections, open-to-buy management, and new store budgets.
• Ensure balanced collection at stores, regular replenishment from warehouse, and inter-store transfers.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare Retail Pro reports, sell-thru, and other merchandising reports such as consolidation sheet and product breakdown reports.
• Liaise with stores, logistics, and 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).
• Analyze previous seasons sales and report on the current seasons 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.
• Prepare merchandise plans and other information required for product range presentations and reviews for the buyers and brand manager.
• Report competition’s offerings and analyze opportunities for the Brand team.
• Skillfully manage processing of various Retail Pro reports and invoices.
• Ensure the accurate and timely preparation of all necessary reports and records.
• Ensure strict confidentiality in maintaining all the documents entrusted.
• Work closely with the Merchandise Planning team on the product range and planning to maximize commercial opportunities for products, as well as getting the right product mix in the business at sub-category and 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.