Merchandise Manager (m/f/d)

About You - Collins GmbH & Co. KG; Hamburg; Vor Ort; EUR 40.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Join a forward-thinking company as a Merchandise Manager, where you will play a crucial role in optimizing product assortments and managing inventory levels. This dynamic position involves analyzing sales performance and collaborating with suppliers to ensure the right products are available at the right time. You will have the opportunity to work with cross-functional teams, utilizing your analytical skills and creativity to enhance procurement processes. If you are passionate about fashion and eager to make an impact in a fast-paced environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifikationen

• Completed degree in business, economics, or fashion merchandising.
• First experience in purchasing or merchandise management preferred.

Aufgaben

• Analyze assortment performance and derive optimization measures.
• Monitor inventory levels to ensure balanced stock.
• Manage stock replenishment and negotiate with suppliers.

Kenntnisse

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

MS Excel

SQL

Looker Studio

PowerBI

Tableau

Communication Skills

Ausbildung

Degree in Business

Degree in Economics

Degree in Fashion Merchandising

Tools

SQL

Looker Studio

PowerBI

Tableau

Jobbeschreibung

As the buying team, we take care of the purchasing of all products and the regular expansion of the ABOUT YOU brand portfolio. We are always on the lookout for exciting, new and timeless fashion and lifestyle trends from all over the world. To this end, we define seasonal product range strategies and draw up seasonal and financial plans. We manage all purchasing budgets ourselves and also analyze and evaluate KPIs. A good relationship with our suppliers is important to us, which is why we take care to maintain collaborative partnerships with our suppliers.

Become a key player behind the scenes of ABOUT YOU’s success!
As aMerchandise Manager (m/f/d)you are responsible for the assortment performance during the season, always keeping an eye on all important key figures. The role involves managing inventory levels, analyzing sales performance, and ensuring the right products are available at the right time to meet customer demand.

Responsibilities

Analysis of assortment performance and derivation of optimization measures based on relevant purchasing and procurement key figures (at supplier, product group, and article level)

• Monitor inventory levels to ensure demand balanced stock
• Manage stock replenishment, ensuring timely restocking of popular products and engage in negotiations with suppliers in order to manage slow sellers.
• Support pricing and merchandise planning teams by creating data-driven recommendations for assortment potential, pricing, and promotions
• Continuous improvement of procurement processes in cooperation with internal departments to enhance assortment efficiencies

Requirements

Completed business, economics, fashion merchandising or a comparable degree

• First professional experience in purchasing, merchandise management or logistics desirable, ideally within an online fashion company
• Very good MS Excel skills, experience with analytical tools such as SQL, Looker Studio, PowerBI or Tableau are a plus
• Strong analytical skills with strong problem-solving skills following structured approaches
• Eagerness to challenge the status quo and creativity in developing new solutions
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and external suppliers
• Fluency in English at a professional level, both written and verbal