Merchandising Manager (Havaianas)

HAVAIANAS is a premium flip-flop brand which started in 1962 in Brazil. It is a lively, energetic, fun loving & customer-obsessed Brand with presence across 65+ mono brand stores, 7 online platforms & 80+ multi-brand doors. The Brand is looking for an awesome Merchandise Manager to write the next phase of promising growth story.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise & manage the stock allocation & replenishment for all stores across all channels (offline & online)
• Identify the bestsellers and slow movers and taking appropriate actions like consolidation & re-distribution so as to meet business objectives
• Creating an intelligent & region-level buy plan at SKU level after analyzing all stock related KPIs
• Design and manage assortment and range plan for new merchandise at each store & region level
• Manage & track detailed OTB plan, esp. spend vs approved OTB budget
• Monitor stock health KPIs like stock cover, size availability, ageing at SKU level and create alert mechanisms
• Monitor stock fill rates, both at TO & PO level
• Design & implement promo & markdown strategy post analyzing the sell-through, stock covers, ageing, product classification and business needs for both offline & online channels
• Set benchmark pricing for each SKU once new season merchandise is launched
• Visit stores on regular basis to make sure the best store stock health
• Co-ordinate with internal teams like Marketing, Operations, Warehouse, VM to ensure smooth conduct of business
• Liaise with shipping to ensure timely and cost-efficient deliveries of merchandise from the principal
• Liaise with finance to ensure timely raising of POs & tracking of rebates & credit notes from the principal
• Conduct market surveys to identify latest trends and completion mapping
• Negotiate with the Brand Principal about costs, special merchandise & liaise to share routine reports, co-ordinate for shipping & credit note issuances
• Identify merchandising pain points, if any, & act as champion to pro-actively find solutions
• Act as face of merchandising function & be able to present to external & internal stakeholders
• Act as leader for team of 6-7 merchandisers – coach, mentor & manage career growth

Requirements:

• Diploma or Bachelor degree holder any field.
• Over than 7 years working experience as Merchandising role
• Advanced/Intermediate Excel Skills: ability to handle large set of complex data and model it as per requirement
• Well versed with Excel pivots, power pivots and advanced functions
• Added advantage if have prior experience with data-warehouse, SAP, business planning tools
• High comfort level with MS Office, esp. Power Point and Word
• Merchandising & Planning skills, Project Management
• Problem solver through data analysis, root cause analysis
• Professional & excellent team player - cheerful, energetic & positive personality
• Fluent with English, good communication skills
• Extremely high degree of attention to details
• Ability to handle ambiguity and ever changing business needs
• Willing to listen to new ideas and learn
• Ability to foresee business needs and act accordingly
• Excellent time management and people management skills