Central Merchandiser

Job Summary Job Role:

Implement the merchandising strategy and NPI for Diamond Collections in alignment with the
overall merchandising and business strategy to achieve growth and profitability of the business.

- Create and seek approval of unique design codes.
- Interface and coordinate with designers, engineers, planners, and others associated with
accomplishing the work.
- Negotiate with manufacturers and suppliers to meet the company and customer's expectations.
- Maintain the product catalogue and design bank for Diamond collections.
- Facilitate New Product Introduction (NPI) meetings with Merchandising representatives.
- Design planogram and assortment mix to maintain the appropriate amount and design of stock to
cater to customer preferences.
- Gain inputs regarding catchment preferences, peak seasons and campaigns planned through external
research.
- Manage the rotation of aged/dead stock to maximize inventory turn.
- Provide inputs regarding the guidelines for vendor returns of Diamond collections to help finalize
vendor contracts.
- Identify stock redistribution among stores through analytics dashboard for effective stock shuffling.
- Identify dead stock to be melted/returned to vendors in order to minimize MGD losses .

Required Skills:

- Business communication skills, particularly facilitation, negotiation and presentation skills
- Strong interpersonal and planning skills

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