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YOUR MISSION:
Execute the merchandising strategy and deliver apparel assortments for the DTC business. Continuously maintain all seasonal tools and assortments, including developing and maintaining key relationships among cross-functional teammates ensuring alignment and collaboration at all key milestones. In addition, you will analyse data and insights to support the business throughout the product calendar.
- In alignment with the APP GTM Sr. Manager, partner with market sales and merchandising teams to provide marketplace/product (qualitative and quantitative) insights to BU teams to ensure a relevant global offering that fulfills marketplace product needs.
- Co-lead and facilitate key Merch and GTM milestones and handle all the deliverables according to the GTM process
- In collaboration with the APP GTM Sr. Manager, drive the creation of seasonal merchandising plans for sustainable category growth and an optimized, consumer-centered global product offering
- Monitor in-season product performance in the regions
- In collaboration with the APP GTM Sr. Manager, drive the Key Account interaction model
- Read and react to in-season analytics/insights and identify opportunities to adapt current business and inform future assortments, merchandising strategies, and strategic initiatives
- Work closely with the regional apparel merchandising teams to provide consumer, competition and customer quantitative and qualitative feedback as input to future product merchandising strategies
- Manage the Run/Train APP storage and sample requests
- In charge of showroom maintenance after big milestones, in collaboration with the APP GTM Sr. Manager
- Support with horizontal performance APP projects to improve the APP GTM processes.
YOUR TALENT:
- Passion for sports
- Previous experience in Merchandising and/or GTM valued
- Dynamic team player who embraces change is comfortable with ambiguity, and always looks for ways to improve self & business
- Aptitude for data and analysis – including data capture, reporting, analysis, and practical application
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including meeting facilitation and presentations to various cross-functional partners – English fluent
- Ability to influence, motivate, lead, and negotiate across diverse stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines at once, across a variety of stakeholders
- Curiosity and comfort with independently seeking out information needed to make decisions and meet goals
- College/University degree with a focus on Business/Merchandising
- Good knowledge of MS Office programs (Excel, PPT) and ability to quickly learn new software applications.
PUMA supports over 19,000 employees across 120+ countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.
PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.
