Jr. Regional Merchandising WSW

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The Team

Calvin Klein Womenswear Europe - Regional Merchandising

The Regional Merchandising team is responsible for planning and implementing a successful product GTM (Go-to-Market) strategy that meets region-specific consumer requirements, delivers on KPI targets, upholds the iconic CK brand image, and realizes the global brand direction. The team serves as the key contact between Global and Sales, presenting the collection and ensuring effective and consistent communication between global teams, regional sales, and retail channels.

The Position

The Junior Regional Merchandiser is responsible for the formulation and execution of the Merchandising Strategy of the product category in EMEA, under the guidance of the Merchandise Director. On the highest level, the role of the Junior Regional Merchandiser is to take ownership of the defined product categories, following the end-to-end Regional Merchandising and Go To Market processes, ensuring that the product assortment for this product category that is created by the global product creation teams in NYC and that is made available to the commercial channels and markets to sell in Europe, is optimal to maximize growth and profitability of the product category business in EMEA in the short, mid- and longer term, whilst being in line with the brand DNA and supporting the brand vision. The position reports into the Merchandising Director WSW Apparel, who leads the Regional Merchandising function.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the gathering, organizing, analyzing, and consolidating information on product needs and opportunities from the commercial markets and channels, including product sell-in and sell-out data, market and consumer trends and insights, and direct feedback from a wide array of stakeholders such as wholesale account managers, wholesale accounts and retail store managers, for the specific product category.
• Support the team in the briefing of global product creation teams on the EMEA regional product needs at all key milestones along the creation process, but also informally in between, in order to assure the optimal product assortment to meet EMEA product needs.
• Collaborate with the line manager to ensure forecasts of product volumes with maximum accuracy for all different purposes (Merchandising Planning, Supply Planning, Finance).
• Drive the creation and availability of sales tools to the markets and channels that allow them to maximize short-, mid- and long-term sales, including documents for train-the-trainer sessions for new collections, and partnering with Marketing and Visual Merchandising.
• Prepare and present at key-account meetings.
• Run projects on behalf of the category team.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Minimal 2-4 years’ experience in Merchandising.
• Analytical, planning and organization skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Developing negotiating, influencing and networking skills.
• Business-based mindset.
• Able to work in a fast paced, matrix-based environment.
• Able to travel across Europe.
• Team player .
• Fluent English, both written and verbal.

Your Wellbeing is Our Priority

In the heart of Amsterdam, PVH is home to the global headquarters of Tommy Hilfiger and the European offices of Calvin Klein.  

• Wellbeing: exclusive onsite gym and fitness classes, personal training, meditation studio, sports clubs, in-house physio, and receive access to our nutritional and wellbeing programs 

• Campus: extensive food and beverage offerings, top-notch restaurant, barista coffee bars, sky bar, monthly social events, weekly Thursday drinks, game nights, and campus-themed activities that will keep your social life busy 

• Develop your career: whether you lead a team or contribute your own expertise, everyone is a leader at PVH. PVH University curates and delivers training programs for you to continuously develop your professional and personal goals 

• Be at the forefront: stay closely connected to our brands, CALVIN KLEIN and TOMMY HILFIGER, and be a part of seasonal market launches, sample sales and receive employee discounts! 

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About PVH:

We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach, we are driving fashion forward for good, as one team with one vision and one plan. That’s the Power of Us, that’s the Power of PVH+.   

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