Overview of the Job: This role will lead a team responsible for the assortment strategy that supports NVS business. Optimize consumer demand & supply to serve consumer, drive profitable growth and take prompt action on inventory liquidation.

Job Responsibility:

Pre-season:

• Build strategic framework of seasonal product investment plan
• Lead NVS buy strategy by reconciling topline financials, consumer moments, closeout inventory status with bottom-up investment
• Align plan with input and collaboration from key stakeholders including Merchandising and Business Team
• Partner with Supply Planning team to secure capacity & plan inventory flow

In-season:

• Weekly analyze and recap marketplace performance 
• Recommend key actions to cross function partners to optimize business
• Take action on pricing to drive sell-through & liquidation

Post-season:

• Analyze seasonal topline financials and product performance including sell-through, color performance, and SKU productivity
• Provide insights and recommendations to key stakeholders for future season planning
• Recap performance of key retail moments to provide insights for future planning

Responsive strategy:

• Integrate seasonal responsiveness & planning agility strategy (short lead time, flow, supply agility)

Team Management:

• Manage and mentor team members, fostering  a culture of collaboration and high performance.

Functional Skill Required (Hard skills):

• Buying, Planning, Assortment Planning experience with apparel in ND retail preferred
• Comprehensive understanding of retail math
• Experience in developing an understanding of consumers, competitors, and retail trends
• Ability to interpret financial sales data to make decisions and recommendations that impact the business
• Advanced knowledge of MS office applications; proficiency in Excel
• Product Knowledge
• Fluent in Chinese & English
• Bachelor degree or above

Experience Required (Soft skills):

• Keep Open and Proactive
• High profile x-functional communication
• Visionary and Strategic
• Strong team player and management on all aspects of the business
• Learning agility
• Team management experience would be a plus