Key Responsibility:

Oversee the planning, development, and implementation of merchandising strategies to maximize sales and profitability through effective merchandise planning and allocation.
Oversee of Assortment Planning, determining the product mix based on market trends, customer preferences, and sales data, ensuring a balance between customer demand, profitability, and brand image. Give an insight recommendation to team if need.
Promote the initiative new product assortment implementation and ensure it's meet with customer expectation and Promoting product's brand in Lotus's.
Collaborate with Purchasing and Supply Chain to ensure overall inventory levels to minimize stockouts and overstock situations, optimizing turnover and profitability.
Collaborate with Marketing and Purchasing team to develop pricing and promotional strategies to drive sales and meet business objectives.
Collaborate with visual merchandisers (Display Planning) to create appealing product displays that enhance the customer shopping experience.
Work closely with other functions such as Customer, Trade Plan, Supply Chain, and Store Operations to ensure alignment and support for the merchandising strategies implementation.
Analyze sales data, market trends, and customer feedback to identify opportunities for product assortment improvements.
Lead and develop a team of merchandising professionals capabilities to achieve departmental goals and objectives.
Develop and manage the departmental budget, ensuring financial goals are met.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Merchandising, or related field; Master's degree preferred
Minimum of 10+ years of experience in merchandising, Retail, FMCG or Personal care business, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into actionable insights
Excellent communication and leadership skills
Proven track record of developing and executing successful merchandising strategies
Strong leadership skills and high resilience
Customer centric mindset
Persuasion, Supplier management, Stakeholder management
Strong in Data analysis, Strategy planning and market insight
Category Management and Commercial Acumen as well as developing Category Strategy
Experience in working cross-functionally to deliver step-change projects
Leading a team and understanding of country and global supply chain products

CP AXTRA | Lotus's

CP AXTRA Public Company Limited.

Nawamin Office: Buengkum, Bangkok 10230, Thailand

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