Senior Manager, Planning & Allocation, Merchandising

Job Summary:

As a Head of Merchandise Planning / Allocation and Supply Management, Partner with Director (currently Executive Director), Direct-to-Consumer Retail (DTC Retail) and Merchandise Strategy & Development team to lead DTCR Merchandising planning team to achieve the financial targets.

 Responsibilities:

Merchandise Planning & Allocation

• Manage and lead all aspects of merchandising planning team to maximize DTCR sales opportunities and profitability.
• Implement purchasing plan and inventory strategies.
• Lead supply management process, including manage partners / vendors and cost negotiation.
• Effectively plan and execute merchandising planning and allocation strategies.
• Conduct analyses using sales, inventory, and customer data to identify market trends, and synthesize actionable insights.
• Lead cross-LOB/cross-company initiatives to maximize new business opportunities.

P&L Responsibility

• Achieve revenue and sales objectives while driving long-term strategic plan.
• Deliver weekly/monthly/quarterly financial business reviews to upper management.

Organization Management

• Develop strong, capable and efficient organization to archive the business objectives.
• Motivate team through establishment of clear and challenging strategies and tactics
• Set annual objectives for all direct reports and assess their performance, recommend for performance improvement

 Requirement:

• Deep knowledge and insight of retail industry in Japan
• More than 10 year’s experience in team management
• Demonstrated strong leadership, passion and energy to lead the organization.
• Excellent business acumen combined with excellent judgment and the ability to identify optimal solutions with a creative and innovative approach.
• Capable and flexible with the prioritization skills to handle multiple projects and act on high priority issues.
• Experience in product planning for Japan market and global / APAC and plan Merchandise assortment in multiple categories.
• Networking with supplier and effective negotiation skills
• Proven background in strategic planning and financial analysis/modeling.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Deliverable-focused, strong work ethic.
• Fluent English and Japanese in both written and verbal.