Merchandiser

Apparel Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Apparel Group in Dubai seeks a merchandising professional to support Brand Manager with product and assortment strategies aimed at meeting financial goals. The role coordinates allocation, delivery to stores region-wide, and assists in pre-season and in-season financial planning including budgets and open-to-buy management.

The candidate will prepare retail reports, analyze best and worst sellers, monitor customer reactions, and work with buying and logistics teams to ensure product availability

Responsibilities

• Prepare Retail Pro reports, Sell Thru and other merchandising reports such as consolidation sheet and product breakdown reports
• Liaise with stores, logistics & warehouse department to ensure product supply meets demand
• Analyze best and worst sellers by price points, colors, or styles
• Analyze previous season's sales and report on the current season's lines
• Optimize the volume and profitability of product categories
• Gather information relating to customer reaction towards the products
• Coordinate with buying team on product issues and assist in range planning, sales analysis and deliveries
• Prepare merchandise plans and information for product range presentations and reviews for buyers/brand manager
• Report on competition’s offerings and analyze opportunities to Brand team
• Process retail pro reports and invoices accurately and confidentially
• Ensure the accurate and timely preparation of all necessary reports and records
• Maintain strict confidentiality in all documents entrusted
• Work closely with Merchandise Planning to maximize opportunities and achieve optimal product mix at sub-category/price point levels

Job description

• The position assists the Brand Manager to plan the product and assortment strategies that meets or exceeds financial goals
• Coordinate all the activities related to allocation and delivery of merchandise to all the stores in the region
• Assist in pre-season financial planning, in-season projections, open-to-buy management and new store budgets
• Ensure balanced collection at stores, regular replenishment from warehouse and inter-store transfers

POSITION OBJECTIVE

• The position assists the Brand Manager to plan the product and assortment strategies that meets or exceeds financial goals
• Coordinate all the activities related to allocation and delivery of merchandise to all the stores in the region
• Assist in pre-season financial planning, in-season projections, open-to-buy management and new store budgets
• Ensure balanced collection at stores, regular replenishment from warehouse and inter-store transfers

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare Retail Pro reports, Sell Thru and other merchandising reports such as consolidation sheet and product breakdown reports
• Liaise with stores / logistics & warehouse department to ensure product supply meets demand
• Analyze every aspect of the best and worst sellers (for example, the best selling price points, colors or styles)
• Analyzing previous season's sales and reporting on the current season's lines
• Optimize the volume and profitability of product categories
• Gather information relating to customer reaction towards the products
• Coordinate with buying team on product issues (orders, repeats, damages etc.) and assist in range planning, sales analysis and deliveries
• Preparation of merchandise plans and other Information required for product range presentations and reviews for the buyers / brand manager
• Report competition’s offerings and analyzing opportunities to the Brand team
• Skillfully manages processing of various retail pro reports and invoices
• Ensure the accurate and timely preparation of all necessary reports and records
• Ensures strict confidentiality in maintaining all the documents entrusted
• Working closely with the Merchandise Planning team on the product range, planning to maximize commercial opportunities for products, as well as getting the right product mix in the business at sub category/price point level