Position
- To support Asia Supply Chain Manager in sales forecasts and planning.
- To optimize sales and stock coverage of our boutiques in Asia, China and Japan.
Profile
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the assortment with buyers
- Analyze boutiques performance to ensure right stock allocation in Great Asia boutiques (3 zones, 15 countries) on strategic categories
- Optimize stock level in boutiques and on buffer to minimize left-over inventory and stock-out
- Initiate stock rebalance to optimize Global Sell Thru
- Follow-up of client specific orders
- Plan demand & supply for Great Asia boutiques (3 zones, 15 countries)
- Develop statistical forecast models and evaluate forecast accuracy
- Forecast and reorder permanent styles with buyers
- Liaise with sales budget and global stock equation
- Validate with top management and Central team in Paris
- Collection launch and events for Great Asia boutiques (3 zones, 15 countries)
- Liaise with Paris for new collection launch (date, event, distribution strategy)
- Plan the stock building for event and new boutique opening
Requirements
Education & Professional Qualifications
- Tertiary Education in Supply Chain Management or Business Administration or other related discipline
Work Experience
- Minimum 5 year relevant experience preferably in Supply Chain/ Merchandising/ Business Analyst
Skills
- Strong communication skills (able to convince people and work effectively in team)
- Able to work under pressure
- Analytical skills and sensitive to numbers
- Excellent at Excel, knowledge in VBA and/or TXT will be a valuable advantage
- Language skills: English, Cantonese & Mandarin, other language ability is an added advantage
- Occasional travel is required