Assistant Manager, Merchandising

PUMA Group; Selangor; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports company in Malaysia is seeking an Assistant Manager for Merchandising to manage the country product range and deliver business objectives. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in business management, a passion for sports, and strong skills in Excel and PowerPoint. This role includes planning product assortment strategies and collaborating with teams to ensure successful product launches.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in business management or relevant field.
• Possess a passion for sports with broad theoretical and practical knowledge in products, industry and local market dynamics.
• Proficient in IT skills: Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Fluent in English and local language.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning and managing the country product range to deliver business goals.
• Redefine country business priorities based on market relevancy.
• Plan and execute country/customer specific products.
• Engage with the WS team and customers to provide product information.
• Maintain Masterline list with up-to-date data and manage local pricing.

Skills

Passion for sports

Theoretical and practical knowledge in products

Local market dynamics understanding

IT Skills: Excel, PowerPoint, Word

Language Skills: English

Education

Bachelor's degree in business management or relevant field

Job description

SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for in our candidates, defined by some simple values that inspire us to BE DRIVEN in our performance, BE VIBRANT in our sporting legacy, BE TOGETHER in our team spirit, and BE YOU to let our individual talent and experience shine. Applying for a job at PUMA is easy and all genders are welcome. Simply click APPLY ONLINE and follow the steps to upload your application.

Your Mission

An Assistant Manager, Merchandising will be responsible for planning and managing the country product range to deliver the country’s business goals and objectives, based on the SEA Category Merchandising team’s strategy and guidelines. With the most competitive country level product assortment, he/she will be closely engaged with the Wholesale team to achieve WS business objectives through differentiated product offerings for maximum sell‑thru and brand desirability. This will include providing customer centric product information, business analysis and differentiation strategy and tactics.

Task 1: Product Assortment

Redefine country business priorities based on the market relevancy and marketing investment, in line with PUMA SEA’s overall growth strategy. Build a country range with competitive local pricing, ensuring to deliver the margin target. Drive differentiation among key customers across all the DC’s and manage the country level GTM timeline.

Task 2: Country/Customer Specific Product Development

Plan and execute country/customer specific products to gain market share/mind share within key distribution. Exclusive, SMU, collabs and any gap fillers are included.

Task 3: Go‑to‑Market

Proactively engage with the WS team and customers to provide advanced level of product information, including customer facing during business review and tradeshow, key customer analysis, competitor overview, sales tools (digital catalog and sell‑in decks) and tradeshow set‑up. Collaborate with the Marketing and VM teams to complete the WS product launch plan then transfer the information to the Sales team to achieve the WS goals (including marketing activity execution and various product activation).

Task 4: Merchandising Operations

Maintain Masterline list with up‑to‑date data. Review and manage local pricing (inline and non‑inline), ISD and order windows, together with necessary functions within the country. Own and execute day‑to‑day merchandising operations.

Your Talent

Education: Bachelor's degree in business management or relevant studied.
Professional: Possess a passion for sports with broad theoretical and practical knowledge in products, industry and local market dynamics.
IT Skills: Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
Language Skills: English and local language.

PUMA supports over 19,000 employees across 120+ countries. The PUMA Group owns the brands PUMA, Cobra Golf and Stitchd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

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