Interim Merchandise Lead D2C(m/w/x)

Description

In this interim role, you will drive D2C success by steering merchandise planning across EMEA digital and physical stores to optimize inventory and maximize profitability.

Requirements

• •Degree in Business, Sports/Textile Management or comparable
• •Five years experience in Merchandise/Sales Planning
• •Collaboration skills and high social competence
• •Strong analytical skills and retail KPI understanding
• •Ownership of budgets and performance targets
• •Responsibility, deadline adherence, and improvement motivation
• •Structured and efficient work style
• •Fluency in English
• •Excellent Excel and ERP/planning tool skills

Tasks

• •Plan and steer merchandise for E-Commerce and stores
• •Collaborate on revenue and quantitative option planning
• •Manage merchandise planning for defined sales channels
• •Represent the planning function in review meetings
• •Translate sales budgets into strategic merchandise plans
• •Develop merchandise planning tools and processes
• •Allocate OTB budgets to specific assortment buckets
• •Implement performance-improving measures based on KPIs
• •Monitor stock levels and initiate inventory allocations
• •Coordinate with management to maximize profit targets
• •Identify sales channel characteristics and clustering
• •Analyze and update product group size splits
• •Execute planning for promotions and seasonal sales
• •Define product-level discounts for sales events
• •Generate assortment performance reports for trade meetings

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