Product Manager, Sports Channel

Contract: Permanent/Full time

Compensation: 

If you’ve worn a pair of glasses, we’ve already met.

We are a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. We offer our industry stakeholders in over 150 countries access to a global platform of high-quality vision care products (such as the Essilor brand, with Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest and Transitions), iconic brands that consumers love (such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Vogue Eyewear and Costa), as well as a network that offers consumers high-quality vision care and best-in-class shopping experiences (such as Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, Salmoiraghi & Viganò and the GrandVision network), and leading e-commerce platforms.

Join our global community of over 190,000 dedicated employees around the world in driving the transformation of the eyewear and eyecare industry.

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Responsibilities:

Buying:

- Prepare reports to monitor business on a regular basis, interpreting and recommending opportunities across the defined area of responsibility

- Building up Assortment for responsible Category and channel related

- in-season products management incl. newness launch, assortment maintenance, promotion control, inventory liquidation to achieve company sales, inventory and profit goals

- Conduct competitor’s research and prepare collection review with design studio

Distribution and supply chain management:

- Closely work with production and logistic team on all the new projects including allocation, distribution and delivery, etc.

- Closely monitoring stock level of all the stores and define the proper action plan.

- Coordinate and arrange the stock return to warehouse after MD and season end.

- Stock management and family sales planning.

Inventory control:

- Serve as the inventory control expert on all categories and monitor the lifecycle of merchandise and conduct the stock assessment to identify the risks and demand per the sales trend and the sales forecast in regular basis.

- Closely monitor the stock and sales of carryover and propose timely reorder to maintain optimal and commercially efficient stock level.

- Assist in developing and upgrading allocations tools and methodology separated by seasonal and carryover

Reporting and analysis:

- Review weekly business at detail levels of quantities and value level to identify risks and opportunities

- Produce standard weekly/monthly merchandise management reports and fulfil ad hoc information requests as needed

- Analyse and understand current performance, revising in-season sales/profit plans

Sales forecast:

- Prepare pre-season Open-To-Buy Plans to be used in the development of merchandise strategies for the season and to support buying needs.

- Work with finance and retail team on the rolling forecast and budget in each phase of planning timeline

New Sales Channel Management:

- New Channel Sales Forecast and report on weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly basis

- Manage customer/geography/channel development and the implementation of sales plan for new channel

- Be responsible for overall sales performance across the channel and evaluate new sales possibilities

- Channel management:  Partner store/ Shop in shop/ Others

Requirements:

- Bachelor degree or above in a relevant field

- Solid merchandising or product management background, ideally from sports or outdoor brands

- Strong commercial sense and solid understanding of AFA categories

- Good analytical capability and confidence in working with sales, inventory, and forecast data

- Hands-on experience in inventory control, merchandise planning, and in-season business management

- Strong cross-functional coordination and project management skills

- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail and execution discipline

- Fluent English communication skills

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