CDD Business Merchandiser Apparel Sportstyle & D2c W - M H/F Salomon / Groupe Amer Sports

We are looking for aBusiness Merchandiser, Apparel Sportstyle & D2C- W/M:

The Business Merchandiserdefines and drives the merchandising deployment for key Apparel accounts, ensuring full alignment with the brand vision, positioning, strategy, and business targets. The role supports sellin and sellout performance by steering strategy deployment at channel level and contributing to consistent commercial execution across the region.

Main Activities:

1. Managethe Regional Merchandising deployment for his/her scope:

- Contribute to developing and implementing a comprehensive category strategy within his/her scope that aligns with regional and company's overall business objectives.
- Drive marketplace input for his/her scope or a sport by analyzing key accounts, retail, eCom, market trends and consolidate input consumer preferences, and competitive landscape to identify opportunities for growth and innovation and to feed SBK
- Define Omnichannel product assortments and category plans to drive sales and profitability, for own scope

2. Support sell-in, channel product assortment management & strategy deployment:

- Rollout and deploy the seasonal, regional Merch execution plan and support sell-in/-out at channel level for her/his scope, including assortment & pricing
- Regularly review and adjust the product assortment based on sales performance, market trends, and customer feedback.
- Identify gaps in Merch execution plan (assortment sufficiency, pricing, launch plans) and share with Regional Category Merch
- Conduct regular scope assessments, incl. store visits, competitor benchmarking and brand positioning
- Work closely with Regional GTM and provide the strategic framework for key account sell-in meetings, including compelling product presentations and promotional campaigns.
- Track and follow up on the master plan to ensure commercial execution as planned
- For D2C: Lead the coordination of assortment & visual merchandising execution and support the commercial setup of new D2C store openings, ensuring alignment with brand standards, product stories, and launch calendars

3. Validateregional sales for his/her scope:

- Use customer & business insights to Create post-BP/SSL phased sales plan, potential demand and share with business demand planners.
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the effectiveness of merchandising strategies and make data-driven adjustments.

4. Cross-Functional Collaboration:

- Partner with cross-functional teams, including marketing, sales, finance, and retail/ecom operations, to ensure alignment and support for channel initiatives.
- Communicate category goals and performance updates to the category leader and other stakeholders.

5. Collectand analyze customer insights and share to inform business decisions:

- Identify potential risks and opportunities in the market and develop strategies to address them.
- Collect customer insights (together with Regional GTM) and create reports on business trends, key account profiles and performance to inform Regional Merch execution plan
- Collect SMU and RMU needs from key accounts and share with Regional Category Merch

6. Track sell-through and forecast channel sales landing

- Track and analyze sell-through data and forecast sales landing by channel