Retail Merchandiser - Household Planning

1. Job Overview:

Responsible for products sales planning(strategy), inventory planning, allocation planning, and product turnover management for Household categories to achieve sales, inventory, and profitability targets.

Develop and execute seasonal product plans in collaboration with Development, Logistics, Sales, and Marketing.

Collect market information and plan for future sales and product plan

Work closely with HQ in Japan and overseas, communicate and attend meeting.

Monitor regulatory requirements related to Household products, including import regulations, product certifications, testing requirements, and labeling requirements.

2. Scope of work and responsibilities:

a. Sales & Inventory Planning

- Create sales and inventory plans by category and SKU by season, monthly and weekly

- Monitor all inventory, inventory week to maintain inventory health

- Analyze sales trends and forecast demand in Vietnam business

- Identify risks and opportunities to achieve sales targets

- Plan initial allocation for new products and coordinate with inventory control division

b. Product Seasonal Management

- Manage product introduction, phase-in, phase-out, and discontinuation plans

- Monitor seasonal products and markdown timing

- Support clearance and inventory reduction activities

- Review product performance and recommend actions

c. New Store Planning

- Create assortment and allocation plans for new store opening with VMD

- Coordinate with Logistics for launch preparation

d. Analysis & Reporting& Sharing in meeting

- Prepare weekly and monthly business reports

- Analyze and monitor KPI category performance, sell-through, inventory weeks

- Join and share presentations for other divisions

e. Cross-functional Coordination

Work closely with: MD Team, Logistics Team, Legal team, Store Operations Team, Marketing Team, E-commerce and Finance Team to ensure proper inventory management and execution of business plans.

f. Regulation

Ability to understand product import regulations, certifications, and compliance requirements, and ensure products are launched in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Yêu cầu công việc

Ability, knowledge and skills required for work:

• Utilize internal and external networks to collect effective information for work.

• Can deal with unexpected matters flexibly and make consistent decisions.

• Ability to grasp things from various aspects, anticipate situations and act.

• Data analysis using Excel (Excel skills).

• English Language skills (TOEIC 650 or higher).

• Understand the direction of the company as a whole and drop it into the department.

• Communicate with related departments and report to other departments and managers.

• Understand departmental policies and support capabilities that Manager can execute.

• Understand operations related to products from upstream to downstream.

• Strong analytical skills (Forecasting and analyzing).

Experience:

• More than 3 years in Merchandise Planning for household in retail company

• More than 2 years of experiencing Excel/ PowerPoint /Word

• At least 1 year of practical experience as MDA or equivalent or more

Quyền lợi

• Nghỉ phép có lương: 12 days per year
• Đào tạo: Professional training