CDD - Footwear EVR Merchandising Manager - M/W

Company Description

Amer Sports is a sporting goods company with internationally recognized brands including Salomon, Arc’teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic and Wilson.

“The Mountain Sport Company”, Salomon was born in 1947 in the heart of the French Alps and the birthplace of modern alpinism. Salomon’s commitment to innovative design and passion for mountain sports created a vast range of revolutionary new concepts in bindings, boots, skis and apparel for both Alpine and Nordic skiing and brought innovative solutions to footwear, apparel and equipment for snowboarding, adventure racing, mountaineering, hiking, trail running, and many other sports.

Through performance driven design, Salomon delivers innovation and progression to mountain sports; converting new ideas into action and expanding the limits of possibility. Salomon’s heritage, culture, and commitment are tied together by one simple concept: the world’s leading mountain people creating the world’s leading mountain products. Salomon is responsibly committed towards the outdoor through its sustainability program. Diversity is one of Salomon’s five values, therefore we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.

Salomon is headquartered in Annecy, France.

Job Description

Line plan & merchandising planning

As the Footwear EVR Merchandising Manager (6 months fixed term contract), you will be responsible for defining and driving the seasonal merchandising strategy for Performance Footwear, aligned with the business division vision, positioning, strategy and targets.

Define & execute the overall merchandising strategy, from market input, early product creation stage in order to deliver the right business package, based on merchandising sufficiency & business target:

• Identify opportunities and risk in consumer purchases, channel and market evolution with solutions on impact of product range.
• Co-define the brief of 24 month and seasonal line plan (focus on sufficiency, flow, lifecycle, and price) with product line managers, based on the category strategy & product sufficiency analysis by channel.
• Through I2P gates and commercial process, define thoughtful & build compelling seasonal channel right assortments for wholesale with omni-channel approach to address Brand consumer targets by region with the right level of activation & experience.
• Develop plug & play merchandising assortment tools for sales organizations.
• Drive omni channel merchandising toolbox with exclusive programs, product prelaunch and specific rid (retail intro date).
• Allocate Specific product offer for regional/local accounts & brief the product answer to allow to develop the business.

Global & strategic account merchandising leader

• Be the global merchandising leader for the category to pilot and coordinate merchandising strategy and execution.
• Be part of sell in process: support the long term business plan with premium partners.

Qualifications

Essential Skills & Experience

• At least 1-2 years of experience in a Commercial or Merchandising position in order to navigate, communicate and influence within the business and with external partners.
• Agility, you are not afraid of change.
• An analytical mindset in order to assess and drive performance.

Essential Competencies

• Collaboration: You have the ability to work with peers and partners to drive results & improve performance. You volunteer to help and bring ideas to benefit colleagues, sharing best practices across business units or functions.
• Process Orientation: You personally understand and abide by existing processes as defined by the organization.
• Market Knowledge: You understand the market context in which the business operates – knowledge of competitors, customers, partners. You see emerging market trends and implications for customers and can identify emerging customer groups.

Desired Qualifications

• Languages: English fluency.
• IT: Microsoft suite including advanced Excel, PowerPoint.

Additional Information

Fixed terms Contract (6 month), Full-Time

Job based in Annecy, France.