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Merchandise Planning Manager
Location: Singapore
Full-Time

Job Responsibilities:

Range Curation

  • “Must-Have” Seasonal Style: Define the “Must-Have” seasonal styles with clear Target Order Volumes and Sales Contribution benchmarks, ensuring these “hero” products drive the majority of the category’s turnover.
  • Core Evolution: Use performance data to identify high-contribution styles to be reinvented into “Core Repeat” status for long-term momentum.

Pricing Strategy Framework

  • Market-Based Pricing: Establish global pricing hierarchies based on market demand and competitor benchmarking while maintaining strict Target Margin Benchmarks.

Lifecycle Management

  • End-to-End Ownership: Direct the full lifespan of every SKU, from initial creative concept and material selection to seasonal markdowns and final exit strategies.
  • Global Inventory Re-balancing: Drive Exit Inventory Productivity by orchestrating the global movement of stocks, re-routing slow-moving inventory from underperforming regions to high-demand markets to maximize full-price sell-through globally.

Responsive Supply Chain & Agile Inventory Model

Demand-Led Replenishment: Manage the flow of inventory across the global network based on real-time performance data, ensuring stock fluidity and optimal global stock turn.

Strategic Inventory Buffering (Push): Oversee a high-responsiveness inventory model based on strategic forecasts, ensuring the brand is positioned to bypass traditional production lead times.

Demand-Driven Replenishment (Pull): Architect a robust Pull-based replenishment system where global stock movement is triggered by real-time sales demand, ensuring inventory is only deployed to markets with proven velocity to maximize ROS per SKU.

Requirements:

  • Advanced sales data analysis for accurate demand forecasting
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Retail Merchandising or related field
  • 8+ years of relevant experience
  • Proficient in Office 365 tools, especially excel and Power BI
  • Advanced sales data analysis for accurate demand forecasting
  • Collaborative cross-functional team experience
  • Expertise in assortment planning and market research
  • Optimal inventory management to minimize costs
  • Strong understanding of relevant KPIs and metrics
  • Detail-oriented sales trend analysis approach
  • Adaptability to changing market conditions