Objectives
- Understand clearly the retail strategies that can be deployed from day one with trackable success metrics.
- Lead with creative thinking, test and iterate sales tactics in-store while generating insights based on sales analysis.
- Design and manage portfolio and product growth plans, including developing promotional programs for all store channels.
- Continuously review retail store sales activities, monitor performance, provide improvement recommendations and implement approved initiatives to ensure team performance is enhanced.
- Monitor performance of commercial programs, customers and merchandise and initiate improvements for continuous performance enhancement.
- Work with Trade Marketing (HTTM), Marketing and Brand teams to plan, execute, design and communicate promotional programs to stores.
- Identify and propose merchandise optimization, pricing and portfolio strategies to increase retail performance and brand value.
- Identify resources, personnel and finances needed to achieve retail sales performance against targets and generate sustainable long-term growth.
- Build commercial programs that attract and retain customers (e-voucher, rewards, loyalty customers, etc.).
- Design POSM/Display guidelines and integrate into training/operations as part of daily store tasks.
- Manage cross-functional relationships to ensure alignment between different departmental functions.
- Take overall responsibility for continuous performance and achievement of retail sales targets and budgets.
Key Responsibilities - Manage retail strategy and operations teams, set clear targets and drive strong performance.
- Work cross-functionally with Marketing, Trade Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance and Accounting teams to drive growth.
- Take responsibility for leading all retail stores to achieve sales KPIs.
- Closely monitor business intelligence (BI) to drive performance from major categories to SKU level.
- Work closely with marketing and procurement teams to influence demand forecasting and ensure continuous supply.
- Analyze retail commerce performance and new consumer-focused concepts to continuously test to inform current and future strategies.
- Maximize sell-in and sell-out through PO merchandise optimization, automation and order performance cycles and demand growth projects/campaigns.
- Identify and explore growth and expansion opportunities for profitable retail coverage and enhanced service.
- Build and control overall plans for new stores and store renovations. Work with Brand and Creative teams and related teams to ensure overall project timeline and guide store design to meet commercial and business requirements well.
- Facilitate tactical intervention activities, commercial calendar and programs to drive organic revenue growth and achieve sales targets at experience centers (e.g., promotions, communication support, network enhancement, vision awareness, etc.).
- Manage implementation of periodic sales assessments to identify sales potential of different stores as input to the sales targeting process.
- Proactively identify and advise senior leadership on potential revenue sources and customer needs to maximize revenue for the organization and channel.
- Ensure maintenance of detailed market/customer database and conduct continuous customer trend analysis to support retail sales strategies.
- Analyze commercial excellence metrics (cost/sales, ROI, price elasticity, etc.), identify efficient and inefficient points and design and modify related promotional and pricing programs to improve performance.
- Create and present monthly reports to present insights to BOD to evaluate retail business performance.
Basic Requirements - Bachelor's degree or higher
- Over 10 years of experience with commercial planning and business for large corporations with a minimum of 8 years implementing retail strategies.
- Ability to improve retail commerce by proposing data-driven changes.
- Ability to rapidly develop broad cross-functional partnerships and establish effective relationships to address complex issues.
- Ability to be self-directed and problem-solve in complex, ambiguous or continuously changing environments while balancing multiple work streams.
- Direct experience building, managing and developing a diverse team with different experience levels.
- Critical thinking, data-driven and strong influencing skills to achieve sales results.
Preferred Requirements - Master's degree.
- Experience in consumer companies and deep understanding of DTC model is a major plus.
- Technical proficiency; comfortable understanding and discussing architectural concepts with technical team members.
Thank you for your interest and application!