Job Purpose:
Responsibilities:
Merchandising support in areas like category/stocks/market planning, pricing
Knowledge of shipping documentation and co-ordination with forwarders, shipping companies, locally and overseas
Maintain relationship with existing suppliers and source new suppliers for future products/brands
Conduct training on new product and seasonal launches
Ad-hoc
Competencies
Behavioral
Demonstrates creativity, integrity, passion and self-motivation
Ability to make decisions, meet targets and work under pressure and managing workload with little direction
Has business-like approach, uses tact and diplomacy when negotiating
Absorbs and assesses information quickly
Enjoys dealing with people whether by phone or in person
Team Player
Functional
Knowledge on key business drivers (eg: pricing, promotion, assortment, margins)
Knowledge on financial retail calculations – OTB, markdowns, margins
Negotiation skills
Well versed in Microsoft office, especially excel.
Good worksheets skills to generate structured reports
Skilled in Photoshop/Illustrator is a good tool to have for needed alternations
Able to communicate with intermediate writing skills for the bilingual languages ie Mandarin and English, in
order to communicate with Mandarin speaking supplier.
Processing of documents in Mandarin is needed.
Proficiency in Mandarin is essential.