Overview

• Manage the financial success by meeting sales, gross margin, gross margin return on investment and inventory management goals.
  
• Construct OTB by collaborating with region merchandising, finance, retail and HQ planning to optimize sales with a thorough understanding of collections and trends
  
• Analyze historical data and forecast trends to identify risks and opportunities, design flow of products with the aim to raise efficiency
  
• Regular analysis of actual sales results to plan, and forecast in-season sales and inventories on a weekly/ monthly/ quarterly basis of APAC Markets, on own initiatives and management requests
  
• Responsible for managing permanent collections, traffic builder products including eyewear and perfumes
  
• Collaborate with merchandising and VM to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial and business opportunities as well as aligning company goals and brand image
  
• Identify risks and opportunities with constant monitoring of business and economic environment and recommend strategies to achieve financial goals
  
• Present the market differentiation of financial plans, trend and strategies in key meetings
  

Your Impact

In charge merchandising planning job and reports to Senior Merchandising Manager, Asia Pacific. She/he needs to cover the planning and allocation over entire Asia Pacific Region, including Hongkong, Taiwan, Singapore, Macao, Australia etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
  
• 3-5 years' experience as a Planner or equivalent
  
• Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities
  
• Able to organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines
  
• Demonstrates strong listening, written and oral communication skills
  
• Demonstrates logical analysis and problem solving skills
  
• Ability or aptitude to learn technical applications/systems quickly
  
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel
  
• Language: Fluency in English and Mandarin is a must