Senior Associate Merchandising and Allocation

Puma; Bengaluru; Vor Ort; INR 800.000 - 1.400.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Puma in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Associate Merchandising and Allocation (Specialty Accounts) to manage merchandising and allocation across key accounts such as Metro, Mochi, Footlocker, and others, ensuring stock availability and optimized assortments.

You will collaborate with Sales, Buying and Operations, monitor ROS and Sell-Through, and drive replenishment efficiency while maintaining strong ties to the product line and market trends to maximize net sales.

Qualifikationen

• MBA / MFM / B.F.Tech from a reputed institute with 1-2 years of relevant experience
• Or BFM with 4-5 years of relevant experience in retail merchandising, trading, or planning.
• Strong proficiency in Advanced Microsoft Excel is a must.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for stakeholder management.
• Self-motivated and driven; capable of working independently with minimal or no supervision.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize work based on business needs.
• Analytical and inquisitive mindset with a keen eye for detail.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies/tools as required by the business.
• Interest in sports or active participation in any sport will be an added advantage.

Aufgaben

• Manage merchandising and allocation across counters of Key Accounts across specialty stores.
• Overseeing day-to-day operations and performance.
• Collaborate closely with sales, buying, and operations teams, maintaining a strong connection with the product line and customer trends to develop effective allocation strategies.

Kenntnisse

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Self-motivated

Multitasking

Stakeholder mgmt

Ausbildung

MBA / MFM / B.F.Tech

BFM with 4-5 years

Jobbeschreibung

Position Title: Senior Associate Merchandising and Allocation (Specialty Accounts)

Reports to: Lead Specialty and Liquidation Channels

Location: Bengaluru

Position Summary

Manage merchandising and allocation across counters of Key Accounts like Metro, Mochi, Footlocker, Metro Active, Superkicks, Veg & Non Veg, Limited Edition and their respective omnichannel. Overseeing day-to-day operations and performance. Collaborate closely with sales, buying, and operations teams, maintaining a strong connection with the product line and customer trends to develop effective allocation strategies.

Key Objectives

• Responsible for ensuring the availability of the right stock at the right place and time, thereby enabling sales achievement.
• Collaborate with Visual Merchandising (VM), Retail Operations, and Sales teams to ensure seasonal rollouts are aligned and implemented as per plan.
• Ensure timely dispatch of incoming new season stock to respective stores as per the launch plan.
• Execute accurate replenishment and maintain healthy stock levels at the SKU level to avoid lost sales opportunities.
• Manage RTV (Return to Vendor) to the warehouse and facilitate stock consolidation between stores to reduce slow-moving merchandise and improve store assortment.
• Work closely with the buying team to ensure buys are placed in the right product types attributes based on forecasted requirements, store grading & banding and strategic inputs.
• Assortment Planning & Performance Monitoring
• Prepare seasonal assortment plans, ensuring the right mix at Division, Gender, Category, MRP band, and product type level.
• Monitor style performance through regular tracking of Rate of Sale (ROS) and Sell Through.
• Prepare article-level discount lists during End of Season Sale (EOSS) to achieve planned net sales targets within the budgeted markdown percentage.
• Drive weekly and monthly reporting and analysis; present insights during sales meetings.
• Constantly aim to improve the efficiency of replenishment and allocation processes by refining the allocation inputs to maintain optimal SKU-level inventory.
• Collaborate closely with the retail sales team to identify operational gaps and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain optimal stock cover across stores.
• Maintaining article master for key accounts and product listing.

Key Performance Indicators

• Net Sales
• Sell Thru %
• Markdown (Discount%)
• Stock Cover
• Gross Profit (GP) and GP%
• Comp and Growth

Organizational relationships

• Internal: Operations, Sales, Buying, Planning, Warehouse
• External: Key Account Warehouse and Logistics Team ,Key Account Store Operations team, Key Account Warehouse and Logistics Team

Eligibility Criteria And Functional Competencies Required

• MBA / MFM / B.F.Tech from a reputed institute with 1-2 years of relevant
• Or BFM with 4-5 years of relevant experience in retail merchandising, trading, or planning.
• Strong proficiency in Advanced Microsoft Excel is a must.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for stakeholder management.
• Self-motivated and driven; capable of working independently with minimal or no supervision.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize work based on business needs.
• Analytical and inquisitive mindset with a keen eye for detail.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies/tools as required by the business.
• Interest in sports or active participation in any sport will be an added advantage.