Brand Manager / Merchandising Manager

PT. Metrox Fortuna; Jakarta Selatan; On-site; IDR 279,000,000 - 446,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Metroxgroup in Jakarta is seeking a seasoned Brand Manager to lead overall business strategy for a premium camera brand in luxury retail. You will drive cross-functional plans across buying, merchandising, and store execution while owning P&L and overseeing budget, marketing, and overheads.

You will collaborate with stakeholders in a matrix organization, using strong data skills to analyze market trends and ensure growth across multiple channels.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years experience in a related field.
• 2 years as a brand manager in a retail industry.
• Excellent communication with great interpersonal skills to deliver growth.
• Prior experience in P&L management, merchandising, planning and brand management.
• Strong understanding of MS Office, ERP tools, and systems.
• Good handle on consumer and market insight and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the overall business strategy to achieve planned growth aspirations across channels.
• Cascade the business strategy into functional strategies across buying, merchandising, and store.
• Ensure controls for buying, inventory, working capital utilization, and new stores capex.
• Own end-to-end P&L responsibility including topline, gross margin, marketing, and overhead costs across all channels.
• Analyze market data and sales trends to set up an annual budget for revenue, expenditures, and profitability.
• Set up sales targets and forecasts and ensure the outcome of expected sales is achieved.
• Construct monthly sales reports summarizing sales achievement, marketing updates, and competitive landscape for principal.
• Handle Wakai Go & The Little Things She Needs inhouse brand placements in South Jakarta (Kuningan).

Skills

Brand management

P&L management

Merchandising

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

MS Office

ERP systems

Market analysis

Tools

MS Office

ERP software

Job description

This role involves defining and owning overall business strategy to achieve planned growth aspirations across channels, with end-to-end P&L responsibility including topline, gross margin, marketing, and overhead costs across all channels. You will cascade business strategy into specific functional strategies across buying, merchandising, while managing a premium camera brand in the luxury retail sector.

Key responsibilities

Define and own the overall business strategy to achieve planned growth aspirations across channels

Cascade the business strategy into specific functional strategies across buying, merchandising, and store

Ensure appropriate controls are in place for buying, inventory, working capital utilization, and new stores capital expenditure

Own end-to-end P&L responsibility including topline, gross margin, marketing, and other overhead costs across all channels

Analyze market data and sales trends to set up an annual budget for revenue, expenditures, and profitability

Set up sales targets and periodic sales forecasts and ensure the outcome of expected sales is achieved

Construct monthly sales reports that summarize sales achievement, marketing activities updates, and competitive landscape for submission to principal

Handle Wakai Go & The Little Things She Needs, inhouse brand placement in South Jakarta (Kuningan)

About you

Minimum 4 years experience in a related field, with 2 years as a brand manager in a retail industry

Excellent communication with great interpersonal skills to deliver on growth prospects working closely with stakeholders in a matrix organization

Prior experience in P&L management, merchandising, planning, and brand management

Strong understanding of MS Office, ERP tools, and systems

Good handle on consumer and market insight, including the ability to analyze market data

Your application will include the following questions:

• What's your expected monthly basic salary?
• How many years' experience do you have as a Merchandise Manager?
• How many years' experience do you have in the retail industry?
• How much notice are you required to give your current employer?
• How many years of Merchandise Buying experience do you have?
• Do you have Profit and Loss Management experience?
• Which of the following languages are you fluent in?
• How would you rate your English language skills?

Specialty Retail 101-1,000 employees

When two aspiring visionaries decided to take their passion for dolce vita to an entirely new level by founding Metroxgroup in 2004, the terms ‘life’ and ‘style’ were barely coming together. Today, less than a decade later, Metrox has become one of the fastest growing, nimble, highly spirited and forward thinking organizations with more than 278 points of sales, 20 brands and 3 offices in Indonesia, Singapore and China. In fact, we even have ‘lifestyle’ as our last name. The advent of Metrox by all means, paved a path to a universe of indulgence where affluent consumers are rewarded with a diversified range of lifestyle products of internationally renowned brands.

When two aspiring visionaries decided to take their passion for dolce vita to an entirely new level by founding Metroxgroup in 2004, the terms ‘life’ and ‘style’ were barely coming together. Today, less than a decade later, Metrox has become one of the fastest growing, nimble, highly spirited and forward thinking organizations with more than 278 points of sales, 20 brands and 3 offices in Indonesia, Singapore and China. In fact, we even have ‘lifestyle’ as our last name. The advent of Metrox by all means, paved a path to a universe of indulgence where affluent consumers are rewarded with a diversified range of lifestyle products of internationally renowned brands.