Senior Merchandiser (Contract)

Position:

The Senior Merchandiser, South East Asia contributes to company success through supporting the Fendi merchandising function for South East Asia. Coordinate and support each buying season, study and define the product assortment according to the specificity of South East Asia markets. Conduct daily merchandising activities such as daily & weekly reports, stock rebalancing & fulfilling clients’ requests. Support in product training to the markets.

The Senior Merchandiser, South East Asia will work closely with VM, CRM & Marketing and Retail teams on key projects, launches and commercial activities.

Job responsibilities:

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Merchandising & Product Training

• Prepare launch plans, allocation matrix for every launches
• Analyze sales performance through sell-through analysis & propose action plan
• Assist in evaluating stock level to establish action plan
• Key support to all the events (eg. LG & Shoes MTO & collection preview events)  
• Support the preparation of product training materials
• Work with regional VM on guidelines to support visual merchandising and stores on display
• Study competitors’ pricing

Commercial Follow-up

• Prepare weekly and monthly reports on comments about merchandises
• Support in re-order and initiate stock rebalancing when necessary
• Follow up the development of quality and after sales services
• Conduct market research on customer behavior, market trend, competitors' price and product offer

Buying

• Analyze and define the product assortment according to the specificity of each South East Asia markets
• Provide support in seasonal buying session including Fabs input &  preparing reports before buying
• Consolidate merchandise information and order details to share with stores after buying

Profile:

• Ideally, applicant should possess a Bachelor’s degree
• Strong sensitivity to the luxury products universe
• Minimum 4 years or above solid merchandising experience in high end fashion
• Strong fashion sense, familiar with both local and overseas market situations and trends
• Strong analytics skill, detail oriented and numerically sensitive
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational and follow up skills
• Self-motivated, results oriented and able to work under pressure on tight deadlines
• Able to work independently but also collaboratively with cross functional teams
• Proficient in MS Office especially MS Excel and Power Point