Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Drive the assortment plan by store format out of category country range according to seasonal strategy and local needs and within local channel RA/OP.

Key Responsibilities

• - Build assortment plans by store format and clusters based on market RA, local needs & calendar
• - Focus on assortment width while factoring efficiency & ASP to ensure Monthly Comp
• - Gathering collation of market landscape and competition intelligence (channel / store format level)
• - Combines/validates category assortment plans from BUs, and finalizes into a holistic, full store format assortment plan (width)
• - Output all assortment plans for all store formats factoring regionalization needs
• - Integrate VM, OCM upfront into assortment building process and support VM plan
• - Develop & handover assortment plans to channels for store level buying and depth completion
• - Deliver store format assortment plan presentations to channel representatives through related GTM milestones(e.g. SMM)
• - Keen understanding of channel specific nuances and market landscape
• - Work in close collaboration with pertinent channel partners as needed
• - Support MOPS with sample capacity by store format for the trade meeting
• - Active participation in preline & trade meetings to support channel teams as needed
• - Lead & drive channel segmentation/exclusives for DTC/Mono/Membership
• - Ensure full delivery of Assortment Strategy, Assortment Build, Best Seller mapping, Key story by month by tier execution, etc.
• - Evaluate performance through Compliance & Take Ratio evaluation and present at Commercial meetings and Buy review as required
• - Receive feedback and support request from channels
• - Review actual buy DTC/Mono channels and be involved in required action plans
• - Review weekly/monthly sell out results for all categories, all angles and provide Brand team with relevant channel insights

KPI’s

• - Category NS, Net Margin, Growth
• - Sell-in/Sell-out/Sell-thru
• - Compliance & take ratio target achievement for assortments
• - Market share
• - Efficient KPIs

Key Relationships

• - Market BU/Category teams
• - Market MOPS
• - Market P&I
• - Market DTC channels (e-com, retail, mono)
• - Market membership
• - Global GTM teams
• - Global BUs

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• - Ability to implement strategy
• - Presentation/communication, negotiation and influencing skills, especially with senior stakeholders within a global matrix organization
• - Distinct track record of success and high-level assortment management knowledge
• - Numerical & analytical skills
• - Cross-functional and stakeholder management experience across commercial functions (e.g. marketing, sales, etc.) and support functions (finance preferred), as well as different organizational levels (Global, Market, etc.)
• - Industry knowledge, across divisions?footwear, apparel and accessories?and across all Bus
• - Understanding of Korea markets’ consumers, accounts, economic environment and commercial needs

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• - 2-3 years of marketing management experience with a recognized top tier brand, with at least 5 years in product channel management.
• - Exposure to other marketing disciplines preferable, e.g. retail / ecomm / merchandising, or sales channel experience

• - University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience, ideally in Sales and/or Marketing
• - Sporting goods industry experience preferred.
• - Fluent both in English and Korean