Job Responsibilities:
- Establish product vision & merchandising line plan for the brand in Indonesia.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders; influence and drive to consensus all short and long range merchandising strategies and objectives for the downstream business.
- Own the product development calendar - directly responsible for managing team adherence to the critical deadlines.
- Bring customer & market prospective to the design and product development process. Thoroughly understands the different brand's target customer by tracking attitude and lifestyle trends.
- Ability to apply trend forecast & influence product POV during development process using both market information & brand filters.
- Ensure successful implementation of merchandising strategies by providing direction to design & technical teams.
- Collaborate with design and product development partners to meet costing targets on all products developed seasonally.
- Manage & collaborate on product development templates, KPI Results, and seasonal projection and booking recaps.
- Providing marketing & sales teams with product knowledge and serve as an informational resources.
- Partner with sourcing team with sample tracking, proto reviews, achieve margins, and agree on product changes as necessary.
- Having minimum experiences of 10 years in Product Development and Merchandising while holding minimum bachelor's degree in merchandising, or any related field.
- Strong product sense with proven experience in driving product assortments and conceiving product concepts that drive business.
- Strong problem solving, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- High level of analytical skills and conceptual creative ability.
- Excellent written & verbal communication and presentation skills.
Monroe Consulting