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Head of Merchandising

Central Retail (Bangkok Metropolitan Area)
Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭
Central Retail Corporation Public Company Limited (“the Company” or “Central Retail”) is the leading multi-format and multi-category retailing platform in Thailand. Central Retail is also growing internationally, securing leadership status in Italy, and becoming one of the leaders in Vietnam.

Detail posisi

The Head of Merchandising is responsible for developing strategic directions to drive long-term success, focusing on customer experience, growth, and profitability.

Kewajiban

• Develop strategic directions to drive long-term success, focusing on customer experience, growth, and profitability
• Drive financial goals and objectives and increase operating performance including budget management and business plan development
• Participate in commercial strategy development with brand principals in own responsible brands including setting and managing sales targets
• Build up a joint business plan with the brand principals and the key customers account to have every stakeholder aligned on the strategy and mid/long terms targets
• Manage P&L (sales, %GP, Inventory, EBIT) and the Operating costs of the team within the approved budget
• Perform analysis on sales history for each season in order to set plans for product collection, assortments, and manufacturing for all types of stores
• Manage the success of the brand by driving the top line and bottom-line performance of the brand
• Drive product penetration and sale volume among customers through innovative campaigns and programs by leveraging data science
• Participate in store productivity improvement strategic plans and execution
• Develop and define consumer insight-driven marketing mix and product portfolio
• Grow the whole sales business channel: build up long terms relationships with key accounts, set up trade shows to present the brands' direction and new collections, manage the whole sales team
• Coordinate with other departments across the organization (Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, Business Development) to improve processes and deliver the company target
• Delegate responsibility to others, set clear KPI and goals, coach, develop and train the team

Kualifikasi

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in merchandising & buying
• Minimum of 3 years of team management
• Good in English communication