.WE ARE DENIM HEADS.
We love denim.
Live and breathe it.
It's in our DNA.
At G-STAR, we see no limit to what denim can do.
We believe it can be a force of progress and innovation for both people and planet.
How?
By hiring the most creative, curious, and caring minds.
People who think beyond fashion.
Bringing big ideas to big challenges.
Driven by possibility.
Those who work hard, make mistakes, but always continue to grow.
Denim is in our DNA, our people are our stitching.
Join the denim heads making raw denim!YOUR TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES: Understand the customer needs by off-price channel and regions and use this information to make considered commercial decisions on product level that positively impact profitability.
Work closely with our Retail team, global merchandising, allocation team, and marketing team.
Establish and monitor store capacity and inventory levels for our outlet stores and Off-price online channel.
Develop and maintain store clusters using store volume, profile, capacity, and performance by gender/product group, seasonality, and region.
Translate the overall merchandising strategy to assortment strategy to determine the right product mix by channel, focusing on the right width vs breadth of the collection.
Maintain a close eye on the product mix and incorporate the physical space vs potential to sell of our stores.
Determine the merchandise strategy per region of each channel (geography planning) to create an aligned multi-region assortment mix.
Determine pre-season OTB by channel and closely align the product department into the right strategy to fulfill OTB for each channel.
Monitor critical metrics in conjunction with our marketing team and global merchandise and allocation team.Ensure that deadlines are met and potential problems are identified at line level.
Clearly communicate to management the impact on launch position.
Constantly review performance to identify and capitalize on emerging trends to avoid missed opportunities, closely cooperating with merchandise planners for other channels and contributing to our weekly trading meetings.
Forecast on a monthly level on relevant KPI's such as sales, margin, stock, OTB (WSSI).
Leverage stock positions for our outlet channels to maximize sell-out potential versus stock investment that positively impacts profitability.HERE'S WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE: Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related study field.Excellent skills in Excel (reporting and handling large data amounts, executing pivots, and other analyses).Experience working with senior leadership.Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to build strong relationships across the business.Excellent retail math and analytical skills with a strong link to translate to product.Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.Shows innovation by challenging existing processes and practices to drive the business forward