Primary Objective:
Manage:
Offer valuable merchandise and service for customers and continue to create customers.
Achieve Sales and Profit target for Division/Dept in Charge.
Control stock & TOD to ensure financial efficiency
Communicate with OP & Marketing team to present merchandiser strategy to customers.
Key Activities:
Budget plan and Control
Check Sales & Stock progress and adjustment in season
Planning & executing sales/promotion events
Communication skill
Create Merchandise Policy
Rules and Regulations
Supplier management
Other Duties
Build Assortment Plan
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
List in order of importance the major responsibilities of the job and estimate the percentage of time spent on each
responsibility (the main function of the job may or may not be the one where the most time is spent).
(1) Create Merchandise Policy: 15%
– Analize 3C(Customer, Competitor & Company) pre- season with Marketing view and make Group Policy based on Softline policy.
Category Policy has 5 functions.
Price policy
Supplier policy
Concept
Promotion Policy
Sales Plan
(2) Build Assortment Plan: 20%
– Make item sale plan and SH map & C.A.P ( conceptional assortment plan)
– Make Promotion plan
– Set focus item ( Price, Sales & Purchase plan and Price & Cost)
– Schematic plan and Block layout for display
(3) Check Sales & Stock progress and adjustment: 20%
– Check Sales, Stock progress and make promotion plan for next month
– Check Sales, Stock progress and adjust for further order
– Provide the design, direction and placement of the POP
– Analyze and make decision to expand and reduce items
– Check actual stock inventory, storage, shrinkage and placement by Month
– Propose Sales plan in charge to OP team including display and Visual merchandiser
– Check Sales & Stock progress and adjustment in season by Week
(4) Budget plan and Control: 15%
– Monthly check MD report and adjust for next 2 month budget to achieve yearly budget in charge
– Forecast Sales and GP2 and TOD
(5) Supplier management: 10%
– Build and maintain excellent relationship and network with suppliers
– Develop sourcing for merchandise from local suppliers
– Ensure suppliers have the capability and capacity to provide product in line with agreed timescales and quality standards
– Ensure all aspects of supplier performance is properly and effectively assessed and managed, taking appropriate remedial action where necessary .
– Get better condition for TOP suppliers.
Communication skill: 10%
Explain to OP team as following
– Monthly sales plan ( Focus item with sale plan, Block layout & promotion plan, Trend of sales)
– Make marketing and POP to presend merchandiser starategy clearly for customers.
– Solve merchandisers’ problem
– Instruct and support to OP team layout change monthly
Other Duties, Rules and Regulations: 10%
– Follow all working procedures, the company’s policies, rules and regulations.
