담당업무
1. Merchandise Financial Planning & Demand Forecasting
- Define and manage merchandise financial frameworks that guide demand planning across franchises and silhouettes.
- Develop annual, seasonal and monthly demand forecasts at Franchise/Silhouette level, integrating historical trends, sell-through data, and market insights.
- Align demand forecasts with OTB and financial targets to ensure profitable growth across channels.
- Conduct monthly and in-season reforecasting to identify demand risks and opportunities.
- Perform post-season forecast reviews to evaluate forecasting effectiveness and incorporate learnings into future planning cycles.
2. Assortment Investment Planning & Reconciliation
- Align top-down financial targets with bottom-up franchise-level assortment and demand plans.
- Validate assortment investment against forecasted demand, ensuring balance between productivity and inventory efficiency.
- Monitor assortment performance throughout the season and recommend adjustments to optimize sell-through and profitability.
- Conduct margin and productivity simulations to support buy decisions.
3. Planning Governance & Continuous Improvement
- Establish standardized planning processes and calendar milestones for demand and assortment planning.
- Maintain planning discipline through consistent documentation, version control, and forecast tracking.
- Identify process gaps and lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance forecast tracking.
- Support system and tool enhancements that improve planning efficiency and data integrity.
4. APAC & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Serve as the primary liaison for Korea demand planning with APAC regional teams.
- Consolidate and communicate Korea franchise-level demand inputs, assumptions, and updates to regional stakeholders.
경력 및 자격요건
- Minimum 8-10 years of experience in Merchandise Planning, Assortment Planning, Business Planning, Buying, Demand Planning or related retail planning functions.
- Relevant experience within sporting goods, footwear, fashion or retail industries preferred.
- Understanding of assortment planning, inventory management, and market demand planning processes.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sales, inventory, and product performance data.
- Proven ability to translate business objectives into actionable assortment and volume plans.
- Experience working in a multi-channel retail environment.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Written and verbal communication skills in both Korean and English.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, along with Tableau or other reporting and planning tools.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.