Cdi - Global Apparel Category Merchandising Manager

CDI - Global Apparel Category Merchandising Manager Run W/M - SALOMON APPAREL & ACCESSORIES

Company Description
Amer Sports is a sporting goods company with internationally recognized brands including Salomon, Arc’teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic and Wilson.
“The Mountain Sport Company”, Salomon was born in 1947 in the heart of the French Alps and the birthplace of modern alpinism. Salomon’s commitment to innovative design and passion for mountain sports created a vast range of revolutionary new concepts in bindings, boots, skis and apparel for both Alpine and Nordic skiing and brought innovative solutions to footwear, apparel and equipment for snowboarding, adventure racing, mountaineering, hiking, trail running, and many other sports.
Through performance driven design, Salomon delivers innovation and progression to mountain sports; converting new ideas into action and expanding the limits of possibility. Salomon’s heritage, culture, and commitment are tied together by one simple concept: the world’s leading mountain people creating the world’s leading mountain products. Salomon is responsibly committed towards the outdoor through its Play-Minded Program. Diversity is one of Salomon’s five values, therefore we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.
Salomon is headquartered in Annecy, France.
- Amer Sports est le leader mondial des équipementiers du sport avec les marques Salomon, Arc’teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic et Wilson._
- Salomon SAS, « The Mountain Sport Company », est née en 1947 au cœur des Alpes et berceau de l’alpinisme moderne. Grâce à la passion du sport et un design innovant, Salomon a créé une vaste gamme de nouveaux concepts révolutionnaires en fixations, chaussures, skis et vêtements pour le ski alpin et nordique et a pu apporter des solutions innovantes dans le footwear, et les équipements pour le snowboard, la compétition, l’alpinisme, la randonnée, le trail running and bien d’autres sports._
- Au travers de cette orientation vers la performance, Salomon innove et excelle sur les sports de montagne, en convertissant de nouvelles idées en produits et en repoussant les limites du possible. L’engagement, la culture et l’héritage de Salomon sont tous liés par un simple concept : chaque salarié peut faire de Salomon la marque de montagne de référence. Salomon s’engage de manière responsable pour l’outdoor au travers de son programme Play-Minded. La diversité est l'une des cinq valeurs de Salomon, c'est pourquoi nous nous engageons à créer un environnement accessible à tous._
- Le siège de Salomon est basé à Annecy (74), France._

Job Description*
We are looking for a **Global Apparel Category Merchandising Manager Run W/M** to: *
- **Lead the Apparel Category Merchandising Strategy for the Run Category**:

- Define seasonal merchandising strategies with a focus on building the right mix of product to ensure a balance of top line sales growth, margin, efficiency and brand equity in our core sports.
- Partner with regional and country merchandising teams to gain insight and local requirements, as well as to influence and ensure execution alignment with global strategies and SBP
- Align season launch dates to partner with other category teams (Footwear, Bags, Winter Sport Equipment) and ensure aligned execution for consumer launch timing.
- Ensure country/regional plans are validated against business plans, inventory calculations etc.
- Be the source of, and owner of, financial breakdowns for assigned categories.

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You will work in close collaboration with our Commercial Country/Regional Teams, Product Management, Marketing, Footwear & Bags BU, Finance, Supply teams.*
**You will report directly to the SAIL and Product Director.**

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Main Activities: *
**Range Definition**
- Define & execute the Run Apparel Category merchandising strategy, from early product creation stage to delivering GTM business package, based on product sufficiency
- Identify trends in consumer purchase, channel and market evolution with solutions on impact of apparel range. Influence future product strategies where needed to address those business trends.
- Brief of 24 month and seasonal line plan (focus on sufficiency, flow, lifecycle, and price) with product/category managers, based on category strategy & product sufficiency analysis by channel. Alignment of seasonal flow/launch dates between key markets EMEA, China and NAM is a key task.
- Lead snow category product range sufficiency by region and by channel. Fully understand consumer and regional market requirements through consumer research and sales analysis by channel. Identify risk and opportunities by channel and product type.
- Accountable for delivery of category range efficiency (financial targets & KPIs, article centric).
- Plan Merchandising Budgets by region, channel (Pre-season financial plans, in season projection) driving the following KPIs : Financials, Sales, Stock, Margin