A. Category Management
- Research, analyze and evaluate the market to identify customer’s needs and product/range opportunities. Visit relevant Trade & Lotte Sample Shows, if any
- Fully responsible for managing, developing and implementing Adults Clothes products as a Business Unit
- Strategy and customize to satisfy Customer Needs
- Work with Marketing and Store to develop and maintain the Pricing Strategy for the Category
- Keep up to date with Market Trends and deliver innovation and excitement to the range
- Maintain effective internal communications channel particularly with other Merchandiser Senior Managers, Category MD Teams, operations, sales & marketing, logistic and other functions within the organization
- Ensure clear communication and understanding to Operations of any action taken that impacts on the Customer or Store
B. Merchandising Management
- Definition of yearly targets in terms of sales, gross profits and later incomes for category in charge
- Achieve agreed targets and profits including Sales, Cash Margin, Statistical Margin, Later Income, Old Stock, Potential Old Stock, Stock
- Rotation, Stock Day’s, Own Brand Share, Core Customer Share, Stock Correction & Availability
- Effectively manage the performance of Adults Clothes products in terms of price, inventory, promotion, products assortment, quality of products, planning and allocation…
- Co-operate with Supply Chain to identify the most effective/cost efficient means of delivering product to the store
- Ensure that the Pricing Strategy is fully in place and understood by Suppliers
C. Employee Management
- Recruit, train, develop and manage Adults Clothes Merchandising team
- Provide professional training in order to develop qualified & motivated staff for managerial positions within the company
- Introduce the Company policies to the staff and make sure they well understand
- Check and manage staff’s performance, including attitude awards of work
- Co-operate with HRM for staff discipline
D. Reporting
- Reporting to Non Food Director all relating issues in the job and the team in charge
- Preparing weekly and monthly reports on duties in charge to the Non Food Director and/ or the General Director
- Doing other reports as requested by the General Director or Head Quarter in Korea
