Sportstyle Merchandising Manager, Footwear W/M

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

As the Sportstyle Merchandising Manager, Footwear W/M you will be responsible for defining & executing the Sportstyle Merchandising strategy within your category, delivering the right business package, based on merchandising business targets.

Your Key Responsibilities:

Line & Merchandise Planning

1. Identify opportunities and risk in consumer purchases, channel and market evolution with solutions on impact of product range.
2. Co-define the brief for annual and seasonal line plans (focus on sufficiency, flow, lifecycle, and price) with product line managers.
3. Through I2P (Idea to Product) 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.
4. Develop plug & play merchandising assortment tools for sales organizations.
5. Drive omni channel merchandising toolbox with exclusive programs, product prelaunch and specific RID (retail intro date)
6. Allocate Specific product offer for regional/local accounts.

Be the Global & Strategic Account Merchandising Leader

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

Essential Skills & Experience

1. Direct Merchandising experience in order to navigate, communicate and influence within the business and with external partners.
2. Agility, you are not afraid of change.
3. An analytical mindset in order to assess and drive performance.

Essential Competencies

1. Communication: you are recognized as an exceptional communicator who can tell stories and messages to a high regard. You can adapt voice, style and tone to any audience across multiple channels, including being clear on communication and relaying strategy.
2. Relationship Building: you utilize your inter-personal skills to support a positive work environment; interpreting and reacting positively to emotional cues, building effective relationships. You actively seek to build and cement relationships and foster proactive communication between stakeholder groups.
3. Drive for Results: you are able to find new ways to get things done, going above and beyond what’s asked while continuously looking to improve upon standard operating procedures.

Desired Qualifications

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

Additional Information

Permanent, Full-Time

Job based in Annecy, France.