What's your role in the team?

Merchandising plays a crucial role in shaping buying decisions and is a pivotal function within retail and ecommerce at Pomelo. If you have a strong passion for fashion and are looking for a challenging role with an opportunity to drive retail and ecommerce strategy, this is for you!

What's your role in the team?

Manage a team of 2 direct reports to drive performance of your business area by ensuring the right stock gets to the right stores at the right time. Full 360 management of your product category from product selection to end of life management.

• Drive performance of your categories
  • Track KPIs related to sales, inventory turnover, gross margin, and other metrics to assess the success of their strategies.
• Inventory management
  • Minimize overstock and stockouts while optimizing turnover and profit margins.
  • Set and monitor discounts to ensure sell through targets are achieved
• Store Capacity Planning
  • Optimizing product selection and availability of stock in physical stores.
• Omnichannel Integration
  • Integrate both online and retail channels, ensuring a consistent customer experience and coherent product assortment across all touchpoints.
• Buying team collaboration
  • Working closely with the buying teams to select, grade and price styles.
  • Provide input based on your analysis of sales data and market trends.
  • Ensuring that the product assortment aligns with customer demand.
• Cross functional collaboration across – onsite, retail and logistics

• Weekly and Monthly performance reporting
  • Tracking the performance of the current season's products against predefined targets and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).
  • Report weekly to the management team on the performance of your product category and suggest actions
  • Provide regular reports to management, helping to assess the effectiveness of the commercial strategies.
• Budget Management
  • Ensure monthly budgets are spent to plan
  • Ensure that budgetary decisions align with the company's financial goals.
• Previous Season Sales Analysis
  • Using historical sales data to gain insights into consumer preferences, product performance, and trends.

Who are we looking for?

• 3-5 years of experience in fashion merchandising/ ecommerce/ retail management
• Bachelor's degree in any related field
• Deep understanding of merchandising
• Strong aptitude with numbers, problem-solving, and collaborative skills.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize and meet deadlines
• Proficient in Excel (Advanced Pivot Table, V-Lookup, etc.).
• Fluent in English