Category Assistant

Reports to CATEGORY MANAGER
Department CATEGORY
Location: Head Office
Purpose and Objective of Position:
Under the direction of the Category Manager. The focus is on communication with vendors and regions, and gaining agreement with the CM in managing assortment grids, promotions and markdowns (with Planner concurrence).
Drive sales & spending at division level: Inventory management, purchase planning, promotion implementation, implement age & discontinued SKU’s strategies, destruction execution with SFO Team, HK Merchandise Team , Operation Team, Vendors & Others.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
1. Strategy Development and Execution
• Support CM in execution of division and category strategy
• Monitor sales trends and provide sales and stock forecasts to central Merchant and Planning teams.
• Assist CM in reporting and react to change strategy pro-actively
• Support CM in running competitive strategy, including assortments, promotions, pricing, seasonal conversion etc.
• Assists in execution of visual presentation standards required by brand/class
• Maintain promotional execution
• Monitor progress of Key item/key brands targets by location
• Monitor potential ageing issues and provide strategies for clearance for agreement with central teams, CM and Operations team
• Ensure appropriate communication and coordinate actions on any product related inventory levels and ensure appropriate coverage in maintained
• Support CM, ensure to have a healthy stock, follow up not only quantity but quality as well, focus on key Brands as well as key/best-selling items.
• Together with CM to review / update & forecast by Location / Category & Brands in terms of SLS units & SLS values monthly.
2. Monthly promotion implementation as per global schedule planning:
• Support CM in yearly / monthly promotion planning with SFO / HK team.
• Support CM in monthly review and agree to sales target with Planners.
• Co-ordinate with Planners / Singapore Warehouse / Vendors to develop & implement regional events on time at each location in terms of promotional stocks / GWPs / Testers / Materials / Display…
• Support CM to discuss & agree to promotional mechanics with local Vendor.
3. Vendor Management :
• Get direction from CM in monthly / weekly communicate / conduct on: business trend, actual SLS by specific Brands, newness update, visual changing, incentive & others.
• Meeting & walk thru / visit shops with Vendors.
• Coordinate with Vendor to conduct product and display training as required standard.
4. Coordination with Partners/ Operation Team & others:
• Ensure smooth relations are maintained with the Operators and provide regular communication on business evolution and product strategies
• Together with CM to have monthly meeting with Partners to review business. More closely working with Partner’s Merchants to build a good relationship.
• Closely working with Operation team on matters: execution monthly promotion, update stocks on counter, tester order, and incentive for sales staffs, training for BAs & generic staffs, Vendor’s visit, Vendor’s renovation.
• Maintaining of frequent communication with :
 each department of the respective category within the division
 respective corporate planning and merchandising Team(s)
 respective operation & operators team
5. Others
• Responsible for creation and maintaining skus, Pos and vendor records/data bases in MCS and related
• Execute category activities plan and instructions in an effective manner
• Prepare and analyze statistical data for monthly report, annual budgets, quarterly forecast, seasonal planning and propose assortments & products strategy.
• Conduct market survey on a timely basis
• Handle in the write-offs of damaged goods
• Perform any other duties as requested in a diligent and conscientious manner.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS: (Internal & External)
1. Operation Manager, PSM (Product Sales Managers), AGM – Sales
2. Global Merchandising Team (Merchants/ Planners/ Replenishment & Allocation)
3. Inventory, Distribution and Buying teams
4. Brand Vendors

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