Merchandise Manager responsible for category strategy and planning for Salomon's Sportstyle line. Overseeing assortment, pricing, and market insights to drive growth in ANZ.
Responsibilities
Define and implement the long term category strategy by sub-sport and channel, ensuring alignment with global brand direction and local market needs
Own the end-to-end category strategy development for all Key Accounts and D2C channels, including full responsibility for assortment planning
Establish clear range architecture that balances innovation, consumer demand, and commercial viability
Lead the full seasonal planning process, including financial planning, range selection, pricing, volume forecasting, and lifecycle management
Ensure assortments are optimized for profitability, consumer relevance, and channel differentiation, driving cross-functional alignment on seasonal launch calendars for maximum impact in-market
End-to-end ownership of GTM processes for the category
Owns the translation of consumer, competitor, and marketplace insights into actionable category strategies
Act as the key liaison between global Merchandising teams and local sales/marketing functions, facilitating market feedback, and sell through insights
Own Category specific inputs to review demand & supply KPIs in-line with category commercial objectives
Develop advanced reporting dashboards and tools to monitor assortment efficiency, sell-through, and profitability
Requirements
Demonstrated experience in Category Merchandising/Management within Sporting Goods/Sports Lifestyle or Fashion Industries.
Commercial & Financial planning capabilities within an Omni-channel business model. Including, Gross Sales, Net Sales, Gross Margin & planning/forecasting experience with ability to translate into actionable merchandise strategies
Go-to-Market (GTM) leadership – experience in leading an end-to-end GTM process.
Highly developed knowledge and understanding of Market, Consumer and Competitor insights within the ANZ Sporting Goods market, Outdoor and Sports Lifestyle Segment experience are preferable
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