1. MARKET RESEARCH

• Assist in conducting market research to identify trends, customer preferences, and competitive landscape.
• Prepare market data to inform assortment planning and pricing strategies.

2. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

• Support in facilitating the product development process.
• Handle various aspects of product development, from conceptualization to product testing and analyzing.
• Coordinate with shipping dept for ICC Stickers.
• Monitor product timelines, from ordering to market introduction.

3. BUYING AND SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT

• Prepare new Items for Buying in all retail stores.
• Monitor Active SKU’s and Purge Items.
• Assigned in sourcing of trade and selected non-trade items for the company.
• Assigned in purchasing identified items and merchandise for all channels/formats.
• Assigned in reviewing production offerings, merchandise mix, and allocation.
• Communicate and Negotiates with vendors, both local and international for quality items with favorable costs, terms and discounts.
• Handles merchandise quality and supply/production problems.
• Review of production offering, merchandise mix and allocation.
• Facilitates sample requisition.
• Facilitates requisition of quotation for review and analysis.

4. PRICE MANAGEMENT AND PROMOTIONS

• Set pricing that will conform to set profit margins.
• Ensure that we get the best deal and cost.
• Collaboration with Marketing Team to develop promotional campaigns and optimize pricing strategies to drive sales and achieve revenue targets.

5. VISUAL MERCHANDISING AND STORE PRESENTATION

• Helps in developing and implementing visual merchandising standards and guidelines and support in executing merchandising strategies effectively.
• Collaborate with store operations teams to ensure consistent implementation of visual merchandising strategies across all retail locations.
• Continuously analyze store layouts and product placement to optimize sales and drive conversion rates.

6. SAMPLE MANAGEMENT

• In charge of ordering, assessment and evaluation of sample products.
• Facilitate sample presentation to management.
• Custodian of approved and disapproved sample items.
• Facilitate sampling with retail partners.

7. STRATEGIC AND DEPARTMENTAL OBJECTIVE COMPLIANCE

• Assists in Process improvement.
• Mission/Vision and Core Value adherence.
• Complies with all company policies as stated in the Employee handbook.
• Financial Management.
• Proper usage of department budget.

8. REPORTS AND CORRESPONDENCE

• Helps in updating Supervisor for the Item Visibility (Visibility Calendar)
• Maintain and updates monitoring file of new products for development (per brand handle)
• Maintain and updates Competitor’s Deck.
• Keep and file pertinent documents.
• Weekly PS update.

9. OTHERS

Product Manuals and Packaging

• In charge of sourcing marketing related materials for packaging and promotions.
• Coordinate with suppliers to obtain competitive quotations for materials.
• Collaborate with the graphics team to develop packaging artwork and layout.
• Proofread all artworks and layout to ensure accuracy and adherence to brand guidelines.
• Conduct thorough testing and evaluation of units to ensure quality and functionality.
• Provide comprehensive content for packaging, rating labels, and manuals based on testing results.
• Maintain accurate records of testing procedures and outcomes for reference and reporting purposes.

• Graduate of Marketing, Brand Management, Business Administration or similar marketing related disciplines.
• With at least 2 years of work experience in Buying, Merchandising, Multi-channel/format Marketing. Experience gained from the retail industry or trading/commercial companies and/or online retailing would be a recognized advantage.
• Strong grounding in marketing and merchandising fundamentals – from market research, to merchandising strategy development to marketing and merchandising plan management.