Senior Merchandising Manager - Hosiery & Shoes

Lidl & Kaufland Asia; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Double pay and discretionary bonus

Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

Job summary

Lidl & Kaufland Asia in Hong Kong is seeking a senior Merchandising leader to oversee the department's day-to-day operations and ensure alignment with HQ strategy.

You will coach a large team, maximize efficiency, negotiate with suppliers and European buyers to hit turnover and margin targets, and build a robust supplier base. A degree and extensive merchandising experience are required, with willingness to travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Extensive merchandising experience and proven leadership of a large team.
• Excellent negotiator with a commercial mindset and ability to understand the big picture.
• Works well under pressure, can handle conflict, and meets deadlines.
• Technical knowledge in production and capable of solving supply chain and quality issues.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Merchandising team's day-to-day operations in line with HQ strategy and expectations.
• Coach the merchandising team to maximize efficiency and achieve targets.
• Negotiate with suppliers and European buyers to meet turnover and margin goals.
• Develop a robust supply base via vendor selection, price negotiation and supplier performance metrics.
• Evaluate supplier performance and take corrective actions as needed.
• Lead strategic partnerships and develop categories directly with partners.
• Conduct market research with product development to expand business and product lines.
• Support sample development in line with department strategy.
• Build and develop a capable merchandising team to manage suppliers and drive orders.
• Drive end-to-end operational processes and coordinate with Supply Chain and other functions.

Skills

Merchandising leadership

Negotiation

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

MS Office

Google Sheets

Travel willingness

Education

Degree holder

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Google Sheets

Job description

• Manage the overall Merchandising team’s day to day operations in line with headquarters strategy and expectations.
• Coach the merchandising team to maximize work efficiency and achieve business targets.
• Excels in negotiation with suppliers and European buyers to achieve department turnover and margin targets.
• Be accountable for business measurability. This includes sales, profitability, Asia market share, delivery performance, quality of the articles and maintaining an efficient supplier pool.

What you'll do

• Main contact point for Lidl international buyers and factories.
• Drives the business with your merchandise team and makes sure that the Lidl International interests are implemented.
• Support the business strategies to achieve department turnover and margin.
• Develop a robust supply base by vendor selection, price negotiation and supplier performance measurements to meet the needs of the organization.
• Evaluate the performance of suppliers on a continual basis and take measures to improve performance when necessary.
• Key contact person of strategic partner(s) and develop the relevant categories directly with them.
• Conduct market research with the product development team to develop new business and product categories.
• Support the sample development with the team in line with the department's strategy.
• Build and develop a capable and decisive merchandising team to manage suppliers and drive order allocation within the respective regions.
• Responsibility for price negotiations in two directions – towards our Lidl international buyers and factories of product suppliers.
• Driving the end-to-end operational process and performing critical path management within the merchandising team and through day-to-day liaison with supply chain and supporting departments.
• Liaise with different parties within the supply chain on a day-to-day basis.
• Drive cross divisional projects which brings the company to the next level in terms of business growth and efficiencies.

What you'll need

• Degree holder
• Extensive merchandising experience and management experience and proven experience in leading a large team.
• Excellent negotiator with a commercial mindset and the ability to understand the bigger picture.
• Works well under pressure, effectively handles conflict, and demonstrates flexibility in work style to accommodate changing priorities and fixed deadlines.
• Technical knowledge in production and capable of solving issues with the supply chain and quality.
• Strong leadership, supervisory and motivation skills.
• Team player with interest to innovate, collaborate and excel in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to cultivate sustainable relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Problem solving skills, with the ability to seek advice when required.
• Excellent skill in MS Office/Google Workspace (specifically Excel/Sheets and Power Point/Slides).
• Willing to travel as required.

What you'll receive

We are dedicated to fostering a family-friendly culture and work environment and we are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all candidates with the required skills and experience. We enable fair pay within the company by creating non-discriminatory salary systems.

Market Leading Remuneration Package:

• Double pay and discretionary bonus
• Choice of MPF provider
• Life Insurance
• Medical Insurance
• Out-Of-Office leave for important appointments
• In-house training courses
• Health Check
• Vision Check

Work-Life Balance:

• 5 day week
• Charity, Community and Sporting Events

If you are not invited for an interview within 4 weeks, we regret that your application was not suited to this vacancy.

For more company information, please feel free to visit: http://www.lidl.asia

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