Merchandising Director Europe
- Recruiter
- Uniqlo UK
- Location
- London
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 29 Mar 2015
- Closes
- 30 Mar 2015
- Sectors
- Health, Nursing & Social Care
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Description: UNIQLO is a modern Japanese company that inspires the world to dress casually. UNIQLO has enjoyed strong growth by offering high-quality casual wear at reasonable prices based on its SPA (Specialty Store Retailer of Private Label Apparel) business model, which spans product design, manufacture, distribution and retail. The first UNIQLO store opened in 1984. UNIQLO now has worldwide operations, including in the U.K., China, Hong Kong, South Korea, the United States, France, Singapore, Russia, Taiwan and Malaysia. In 2012, we opened global flagship stores in Tokyo Ginza and San Francisco, as part of a plan to grow business worldwide. At the end of March 2013, we had 855 stores in Japan and 358 stores in other markets. Part of the Fast Retailing group, Uniqlo is truly determined to achieve the goals in the group's mission statement: "Changing clothes. Changing conventional wisdom. Change the world." and to become the #1 Retail Apparel Group in the world. The head of Merchandising and Allocation is responsible for optimizing EU business performance by defining and implementing relevant Product and Inventory strategies and processes. Main responsibilities include: - Represent global merchandising and product trends in collaboration with JPN team as well as EU specific needs. - Establishing buying and pricing strategies for current and future seasons. - Build Daily, weekly, monthly and seasonal product strategies -identifying opportunities for explosive growth - Manage day-to-day performance of the business vs. target and pro-actively manage adjustments to ensure strong business results. - Facilitate strong communication within EU cross functional teams - as the lead of product - you will coordinate across all functions ensuring awareness and alignment to key initiatives - Strong relationships and communication stretching from store managers to CEO Profile We are looking for a candidate with extensive experience in years in Merchandising for retailer(s) vertically integrated, who will possess the following key skills:
- Passion for product, but grounded in financial reality.
- Strong financial and commercial awareness
- Highly analytical
- Ability to communicate with key stakeholders and influence, at all levels of seniority
- Strong leadership skills
- People management
- Flexibility
- Open to extensive travel
- Can do attitude