Merchandise Planning Manager

Pedro is a fashion brand designed to empower the effortless confidence of a modern style maven with effortless essentials. By relating, refining and reinventing, we create updated essentials to celebrate individualism that transcends time or gender. Since our inception in 2006, we have launched both men's & women's collection of footwear and accessories that extends beyond our 109 global stores to an online shopping experience at pedroshoes.com. Our modern-day collection continues to inspire 19 countries across Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the United States of America.

• "Must-Have" Seasonal Style: Define the "Must-Have" seasonal styles with clear Target Order Volumes and Sales Contribution benchmarks, ensuring these "hero" products drive the majority of the category's turnover.
• Core Evolution: Use performance data to identify high-contribution styles to be reinvented into "Core Repeat" status for long-term momentum.

• Market-Based Pricing: Establish global pricing hierarchies based on market demand and competitor benchmarking while maintaining strict Target Margin Benchmarks.

• End-to-End Ownership: Direct the full lifespan of every SKU, from initial creative concept and material selection to seasonal markdowns and final exit strategies.
• Global Inventory Re-balancing: Drive Exit Inventory Productivity by orchestrating the global movement of stocks, re-routing slow-moving inventory from underperforming regions to high-demand markets to maximize full-price sell-through globally.

Demand-Led Replenishment: Manage the flow of inventory across the global network based on real-time performance data, ensuring stock fluidity and optimal global stock turn.

Strategic Inventory Buffering (Push): Oversee a high-responsiveness inventory model based on strategic forecasts, ensuring the brand is positioned to bypass traditional production lead times.

Demand-Driven Replenishment (Pull): Architect a robust Pull-based replenishment system where global stock movement is triggered by real-time sales demand, ensuring inventory is only deployed to markets with proven velocity to maximize ROS per SKU.

• Advanced sales data analysis for accurate demand forecasting
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Retail Merchandising or related field
• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Proficient in Office 365 tools, especially excel and Power BI
• Collaborative cross-functional team experience
• Expertise in assortment planning and market research
• Optimal inventory management to minimize costs
• Strong understanding of relevant KPIs and metrics
• Detail-oriented sales trend analysis approach
• Adaptability to changing market conditions