Ecommerce Merchandiser

Job Description

Principal responsibility
The position will be responsible for merchandise planning process to achieve department /category sales, margin, stockholding and flow objectives under the guidance of Head Ecommere Merchandising.

Key Responsibilities:
•Maximise Sales and profitability for the Concepts/Brand
•Support in determining high-level financial goals including pre-season financial plans & in-season projections
•Prepare and maintain MIS analyctics for Concept /Brand merchandise based on actual sales, sales forecasts, company order parameters, inventory checks, forth coming events, replenishment needs
•Assist in the creation of merchandise/seasonal plans for the Concept/Brand based on insights gained from merchandise analytics, customer preference, historical and current fashion trends
•Assist in weekly /monthly reporting the concept/brand on sales, stock, margins, replenishment
•Ensure effective in season management (stock balancing, markdown management, stock analysis, stock vs sales performance)
•Ensure optimum category inventory levels are maintained at Category level keeping in mind online trading
•Ensure excess Category inventory is not maintained at the warehouses and ensure flow of stock back to Concept/Brand
•Analyse the effectiveness of the promotions in achieving the targeted levels of sales and margins
•Building relationships with Concepts/Brand and Warehouse

Skills

•Postgraduate degree in business administration/ diploma in retail discipline or fashion merchandise
•2-3 years retail industry experience in planning or inventory control role
•Advanced knowledge of merchandise planning and with a strong analytics background
•Good knowledge of retail industry and products
•Advanced knowledge of online retail
•Excellent planning and organising skills
•Ability to comfortably work on multiple projects and products
•Expert in excel

About This Company

The Landmark Group is a multi billion dollar retail and hospitality conglomerate in the Middle East and India. Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, Landmark Group operates over 20 home grown and over 30 international brands across 15 countries, with over 1200 outlets. The Group’s loyalty programs, Shukran (Middle East) and The Inner Circle (India) have over 5 million members.

The Group's Web Team is an emerging division and obsessed with delivering simple, effective and user friendly web experiences. We are a small but growing unit with a massive mandate to rethink the web for a portfolio of our businesses.