Assistant Manager - Retail Commercial Delicatessen

Lotus's (Bueng Kum)

Bueng Kum

Bangkok, Thailand

At Lotus's, we get up every morning and questioned ourselves daily on how we can serve our customers better. Lotus’s is an omni-channel retailer in Thailand, with a commitment to providing great quality products at affordable prices, while doing good things for our customers, colleagues, and communities. We serve customers through our network of more than 2,000 stores nationwide and online platforms, with more than 10.8 transactions made per week. We strive to cater to the ever-changing lifestyles of our customers, with a goal to deliver convenience and a seamless shopping experience anywhere anytime.

About this position

The Assistant Manager - Retail Commercial Delicatessen is responsible for managing category assortment, implementing strategies to meet budget targets, and enhancing product offerings based on market trends and customer feedback.

Responsibilities

• Manage my own category assortment and it implementation to reach targeted budget.
• Always seek opportunity to differentiate my own category. Keep update market trends, and customer feedback to identify opportunities for product assortment improvements.
• Understand store clustering and apply range, program to match with that, Review and update product by cluster and Range by cluster in own category to align with customer behavior, Store location and related market insight.
• Initial new product assortment on plan and execution with cross functional team and promoting product’s brand in Lotus’s.
• Work closely with cross-functional team and supplier to build impactful and viral promotion campaign, promotion strategy and promotion plan. Roll out in a right place and time.
• Improve the variety of space optimization and display range of each store cluster to increase product availability and also maximizing the return of profit regarding to space using. Propose idea to improve product display to attract customer.
• Monitor and analyze the periodic sales performance (daily, weekly and monthly). Finding solutions to close performance gaps with target.
• Manage stock (Stock provision, Know lost and clearance) to be the most benefit with company. Help Optimize space for stock.
• Manage other income from trade and in-store activity with integrity and accuracy.
• Work closely with other functions such as Customer, Trade Plan, Supply Chain, and Store Operations to ensure alignment and support E2E process and execution at store operation.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years in Merchandiser experiences with Retail, FMCG or any other Dynamic Business company.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in any related fields.
• Extensive merchandiser experience would be an advantage.
• Product knowledge and passion.
• Excel (Expert level) skill.
• Report preparation and data analysis skill.
• Product range and trade planning.
• New product development.
• Presentation, Communication and team player skill.
• Category Development.
• Leadership skill and attribute.
• Growth Mindset.
• Entrepreneurial-ship mindset.
• Situation Leadership skill.
• Delegation skill.
• Agility and resilience.
• Initiative and creative thinking.