Alternance - Assistant(e) Merchandiser (F/H)

FashionUnited; Paris; Sur place; EUR 35 000 - 45 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading fashion company in France is seeking a merchandising assistant to support initiatives for the Sport textile team. This role involves collaborating with senior management in analyzing performance data and ensuring effective communication of global strategies to local markets. Ideal candidates are adaptable team players, with a passion for sports and product management, and proficiency in English and French. Join us to shape the future of our collection in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Reliable, curious, organized, and a true team player.
• Ability to adapt easily to new environments and embrace change.
• Sensitivity to apparel and sports.

Responsabilités

• Assist in merchandising initiatives to support market growth.
• Conduct performance analysis and consolidate market feedback.
• Implement the global product strategy effectively.

Connaissances

Performance analysis

KPI tracking

Category management

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Description du poste

Become an active team player for the Sport textile team

About the role

In your role you will assist the Senior merchandiser & the Collection Director in the merchandising initiatives, and support market/region growth thanks to performance analysis and global strategy implementation (product & image).

Reporting to the Senior merchandiser (Sport), your role will be to develop your category through strategical GTM tools & initiatives.

1) Performance analysis & financial framing of the global offer:

For your category, you'll have a crucial position in the definition of the collection framing, performance/data consolidation & reporting

• Participate in performance analysis of the collection (sell-in, sell-out, colors, prices, tiering, etc.)
• Define, animate & follow performance KPIs vs. Growth targets
• Define SKUs plan & support the definition of the collections in collaboration with the product managers
• Consolidate & update forecast & RID in collaboration with supply & finance

2) Be the ambassador of the global product strategy towards markets and the voice of the markets towards global:

You are the gate keeper of the strategy communication & implementation within markets and help define local product assortment.

• Consolidate markets feedbacks & needs based on hindsights data
• Ensure the communication of markets needs & priorities towards the Xfunctional team
• Define assortment guidelines (size, category…) for each region following consumer specificities & budget constraints
• Supervise & collaborate with the sales team to tackle specific channel needs / collection tiering

3) Go to market:

• Ensure the understanding of the global product strategy and support its implementation through efficient sell in tools
• Plan, animate & ensure regions overlap from a products POV & from a GTM tools POV
• Consolidate markets feedback to influence future collection
• Build, in collaboration with product managers, all the collection presentation tools (collection boards, PPT for key milestones):

Profile

Profil :

• You are reliable, curious, organized, and a true team player, demonstrating strong adaptability.
• You adapt easily to new environments & embrace change
• Apparel / product sensitivity & sports in general
• You speak english & a little bit (or a lot) of french (any other language is a plus)

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