Manager, Category Merchandising

2 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Under Armour Full time

Under Armour has one mission: to make you better. We have a commitment to innovation that lies at the heart of everything we do, not just for our athletes but also for our teammates. As a global organization, our teams around the world push boundaries and think beyond what is expected. Together our teammates are unified by our values and are grounded in our vision to inspire you with performance solutions you never knew you needed but can't imagine living without.

**Position Summary**:
This role has the responsibility to lead the Team Sports and Men's Apparel merchandising divisions for Australia and New Zealand. It's the Manager, Category Merchandising's responsibility to build the best range, define retail prices, and define segmentation and launch dates for all the articles in the portfolio. This person will work close to all sales channels to ensure each one of them is covered from a range and margin standpoint enabling them to meet their seasonal targets.

This role is also responsible for leading Sydney FC and Essendon FC's assortment from briefing to delivery.

**Essential Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Create the range segmentation strategy.
- Maximize revenue opportunity in long term strategy as well as ensure that wholesale accounts and direct to consumer channels reach their goals and financial targets.
- Responsible for defining seasonal men's apparel product range, considering historical sell-through and strength of the current product offer to ensure Under Armour and client's revenue and margin maximization.
- Responsible for defining retail price for all Team Sports and Men's Apparel articles taking in consideration the competitive landscape and product margin targets.
- Responsible for leading the assortment for Sydney FC and Essendon FC from briefing to delivery.
- Responsible for setting Team Sports and Men's Apparel and products in the system, as well as making sure units are allocated to the right channels and bulk dates per article are accurate in the SAP system.
- Responsible for defining launch dates for all Team Sports and men's apparel articles.
- Responsible for leading Team Sports and Men's apparel Go-To-Market Merchandising strategy.
- Responsible for identifying local consumer trends, local market requirements and opportunities on key accounts to influence Regional and Global teams on future developments.
- Work with SAPAC men's team to ensure alignment with Global and Regional strategies

**Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)**:

- Demonstrated experience developing strategic projects from scope through definition, work planning, execution management and measurement
- Advanced project and stakeholder management skill
- Experience to define and improve processes.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
- The ability to work effectively under time constraints in an environment where priorities must be continually re-evaluated and adapted as required
- Strong strategic thought leadership, negotiation, and influencing capabilities demonstrated through designing and managing end to end holistic solutions
- Advanced analytical, organization, and time management skills, have high attention to detail.
- Equipped with advanced level Microsoft Excel

**Education And / Or Experience**:

- Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field preferred
- 6 or more years of retail buying, merchandising or category management related experience.

**Relocation**:

- No relocation is provided.

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