Key roles and responsibilities:

•   Create long term product assortment plan based on brand positioning and commercial strategy
•   Analyze sales performance on product level, working closely with distribution channels (especially Retail Merchandise Planning & Control)
•   Analyze market and fashion trends, following competitor performance and market visits to identify product opportunities
•   Based on long term product assortment plan, sales analysis and market trends to create seasonal product line plans to guide product design process and supply chain plans (own production as well as external sourcing)
•   Set and manage cost of goods targets (based on brand profit & loss (P&L) and sales targets), working closely with Production and sourcing

Qualification Required & Experience

•   1st degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
•   Minimum 5 years experience of fashion product merchandising in a medium sized international business (focus on Ready TO wear, fabrics experience desirable  but not essential)
•   Strong understanding of branding, brand management, product design and product development processes in the fashion industry
•   Creative with strong interested in fashion
•   Good understanding of commercial requirement (including P&L, sales and margin targets) with focus on data analysis
•   Good understanding of (and preferably experience with) key retail functions especially Buying and Merchandise Planning & control
•   Good communication skills to be to influence and co-ordinate between Design, Supply Chain, Sales (Retail and Wholesale) and Finance
•   Ambitious and highly motivated, with potential to move up to the create director or Brand director role in the medium term
•   Fluent in English, knowledge in French as an added advantage
•   Willingness to travel

Location: Tema

How To Apply For The Job

Application are to be sent to the following address:-

P.O.Box 606,
Tema

Or email to:-

tsgjobs1@gmail.com

Closing Date: 10 June, 2013