Junior Manager Global Go-To-Market

YOUR MISSION

Execute the merchandising strategy and deliver apparel assortments for the DTC business. Continuously maintain all seasonal tools and assortments, including developing and maintaining key relationships among cross-functional teammates ensuring alignment and collaboration at all key milestones. In addition, you will analyse data and insights to support the business throughout the product calendar.

• In alignment with the APP GTM Sr. Manager, partner with market sales and merchandising teams to provide marketplace/product (qualitative and quantitative) insights to BU teams to ensure a relevant global offering that fulfills marketplace product needs. 
• Co-lead and facilitate key Merch and GTM milestones and handle all the deliverables according to the GTM process
• In collaboration with the APP GTM Sr. Manager, drive the creation of seasonal merchandising plans for sustainable category growth and an optimized, consumer-centered global product offering
• Monitor in-season product performance in the regions
• In collaboration with the APP GTM Sr. Manager, drive the Key Account interaction model
• Read and react to in-season analytics/insights and identify opportunities to adapt current business and inform future assortments, merchandising strategies, and strategic initiatives
• Work closely with the regional apparel merchandising teams to provide consumer, competition and customer quantitative and qualitative feedback as input to future product merchandising strategies
• Manage the Run/Train APP storage and sample requests
• In charge of showroom maintenance after big milestones, in collaboration with the APP GTM Sr. Manager
• Support with horizontal performance APP projects to improve the APP GTM processes.

YOUR TALENT

• Passion for sports
• Previous experience in Merchandising and/or GTM valued
• Dynamic team player who embraces change is comfortable with ambiguity, and always looks for ways to improve self & business
• Aptitude for data and analysis – including data capture, reporting, analysis, and practical application
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including meeting facilitation and presentations to various cross-functional partners – English fluent
• Ability to influence, motivate, lead, and negotiate across diverse stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines at once, across a variety of stakeholders
• Curiosity and comfort with independently seeking out information needed to make decisions and meet goals
• College/University degree with a focus on Business/Merchandising
• Good knowledge of MS Office programs (Excel, PPT) and ability to quickly learn new software applications.

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