(This role is open to Indian Nationals only)

Role Profile:

•  The Assistant Merchandiser will be providing support to the Merchandisers on daily operational, trading and merchandising activities which includes, but not limited to, monitoring and management of the timely arrival of the stocks into the stores, covering retail activities such as allocation, analysis, reporting and tracking.

Below are the responsibilities of an Assistant Merchandiser but not limited to:

• Responsible to perform all allocation activities accurately as required to deliver sales plan and product strategy.
• Assess the quality of allocation and how the stores are performing based on sales and other KPIs including the execution of stock building during peak trade periods.
• Analyse daily/weekly sales reports and propose product movement and rotation.
• Accountable for data entry, sample budgets, ensure proper item tracking and efficient, detailed maintenance of orders.
• Establish and manage inventory levels on seasonal sales plan and constantly adjust based on actual sales to ensure inventory turnover and minimal carry-over/markdown abilities.
• Work with Business Governance team to ensure the right parameters on allocation, channel clustering, size scaling output performed by Business Governance Specialists.
• Proactively manage and enrich data in system/tools.
• Support Merchandisers by providing automated reports and analysis of historical performance, sales, margin, profit etc.
• Recommend actions to be taken through the Allocation solution based upon store performance.
• Support Merchandisers in ensuring the successful opening of new stores as part of the brand expansion plan. (focusing on, but not limited to, ensuring stock is available and sufficient at new stores).
• Track and update price files, including promotion and mark down.
• Perform store stock balancing (including stock transfers).
• Provide support to stores including fixing stores related issues, to escalate issues surrounding product and stock related matters.
• Communicate and liaise with warehouses on information regarding new arrivals and ensure shipment arrives on time.
• Execute Return to Vendor activities in the system.
• Review automated documentation of invoices are in order.
• Build and maintain an effective and strong relationship with peers and internal customers to foster collaboration.
• Create effective working relationships across the organisation to gain product feedback and market research.

Language and knowledge required:

• English speaking essential, conversational Arabic advantageous.
• Basic understanding in retail.
• Good analytical, numerical reasoning capability and commercial acumen.
• Ideally, has previous working experience in retail.

Qualification and experience:

• Relevant bachelor’s degree, with retail experience preferred.
• Ideal 1 to 2 years of working experience in retail; any retail allocation, retail sales or merchandising experience desirable.
• Desire to build career in merchandising.

Skills and competencies (preferred):

• Demonstrates good communication skills.
• Possess good level of business acumen.
• Possess good analytical and problem-solving skills expected of at an assistant merchandiser level.
• Demonstrates qualities such as ambitious, desire to learn, driven and collaborative.