E-Commerce Senior Merchandiser
Job Description
At Crocs, Inc., every career offers a chance to make a real impact. No two journeys look the same. And that's exactly how we like it. Whether you’re welcoming customers into our stores, collaborating with global teams at our headquarters, or keeping operations moving at our distribution centers, your impact is real and valued. At Crocs, Inc. you’re not expected to fit a mold. You’re encouraged to break it and create something better.
Overview
Crocs Japan is hiring an E-Commerce Senior Merchandiser to help drive the globally aligned merchandising vision for Crocs, the industry-leading casual footwear brand. As a Merchant, you are responsible for adopting the brand vision for the consumer, as well as identifying local product opportunities specific to the Japan Digital business. This person will play a key role in both pre-season assortment planning and in-season trading to ensure that the product strategy is achieved, and financial goals are met.
What You'll Do
- Responsible for creating and planning consumer-right assortments adhering to regional direction and Elective seasonal assortments for Crocs.Com and Marketplaces (Rakuten, Zozotown, Amazon and Tiktok shop) with pre-season merch in SG.
- Create promotion lists for Marketplaces taking ownership for promotional pricing to align to monthly margin targets
- Create weekly/monthly/quarterly reporting and share with broader team
- Maintain consumer focused by utilizing consumer insights, conducting in-store walk-throughs and click-throughs and keeping abreast of market macro environment shifts and trends
- Create and execute on allocation plan for marketplaces, ensure inventory is optimized across platforms
- Work with Planner to understand inventory gaps to forecast and evaluate business risk associated
- Complete regular analysis of in-season products and promotional performance, communicate with comprehension to all stakeholders, and play forward learnings for future planning
- Conduct Seasonal hindsight analysis. Summarize Top line Financial Performance, Platform and Category. Understand hits & misses. Review flow opportunities and challenges
- Work cross-functionally to ensure Brand product strategy is consistently executed across the Japan marketplace
- Participate in weekly trading meetings to bring insights and ideas to continuously grow the business
- Review events calendar and potential key event shifts
- Complete adhoc tasks including MSRP setting, inventory checks, promotion list alignment, customs enquiries, catalogue creation
What You'll Bring to the Table
Minimum Education:
- University bachelor’s degree preferred
Minimum Experience:
- 5+ years in merchandising or merchandising planning and/or buying within a direct-to-consumer environment (within a wholesale environment is a plus)
- Digital merchandising experiences – Dot com or Market places is a plus
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Identify and leverage emerging trends and best practices in the marketplace to ensure the most effective merchandising
- Strong understanding of market competition, consumer and market trends
- Strong organizational and analytical skills
- Collaborative team player who enjoys working effectively with multiple cross-functional groups
- Track record of succeeding in a results driven environment
- Commercial and analytical mindset, detail oriented and capable of creating sales forecasts
- Language: Fluent Japanese. Business English (actively participate in meetings with global teams)
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, vlookup, etc.)
The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability, or any other protected classification.
At Crocs, Inc. we believe in the power of a blend of in-person and virtual collaboration to drive creativity and strengthen relationships. Your participation in this flexible schedule plays a key role in building a connected and successful team. In-office requirements vary by our work personas: Resident (5 days), Collaborator (4 days), Connector (2-3 days), Explorer (fully remote). This role has been aligned to the Collaborator persona.
Job Category: Corporate