Position Overview:

 The Senior Manager, Commercial will lean into cross-functional collaboration to execute a holistic marketplace management strategy that will include a consumer first mindset, clear segmentation, product franchise management and an omni channel approach.

The Senior Manager, Commercial work closely with Director, Commercial to responsible for three key deliverables: 1) Product segmentation plans 2) channel differentiation strategy and 3) deliver profitable growth in APAC. I.e., driving revenue growth, expanding market share, and enhancing profitability across the APAC region.

This role will require a broader strategic vision, strong leadership capabilities, and a deep understanding of the diverse markets and retail landscape within APAC. This role reports to Director, Commercial APAC.

What You'll Do

Merchandizing Management

• Develops and delivers regional product assortments
• Aligns planning process with sales team, marketing team, global merchandizing, and global product team
• Collaborate with sales team, marketing team and global merchandizing/ global product team regarding retail customers specific planning, strategy, content, and analytics.
• Understands brand, regional and channel priorities and uses the planning process to drive strategic alignment.
• Pulls together resources across marketing, consumer insight and operations needed to improve the profitable growth.
• Aids in the recommendation of SKU assortment priorities, financial guidelines and synergies across channels, customers and brands within area of responsibility.
• Leverages growth driving execution including category management, assortment concept and shopper marketing to deliver comprehensive category growth plans for channels & markets.
• Compiles and analyzes market, shopper / end-user, and channel knowledge gaps.
• Compiles profiles of competitors and channel customers using primary and secondary research and data.
• Gathers competitive and marketplace intelligence and shares with the global team & organization.
• Recommends any new product innovation needs to penetrate new channels/customers.
• Support Commercial Director in making recommendations on pricing and program guidance.
• Collects and analyzes account pricing and distribution for Stanley 1913 and competitive brands.
• Understands retailer & distributor margin and pricing expectations by partnering with Sales team .
• Analyzes and track potential impact of pricing exceptions on channel / region.

New Product Launches 

• Serves as Channel/sales voice on the development of launch strategy.
• Serves as customer voice in product development meetings.
• Works with Product development team to complete forecast tools.
• Participates in the development of new item launch and training materials.
• Creates customer and category selling solutions for our customers.

Commercial Development

• Partner with Ops/Data Analytics team - develops a consistent drumbeat to report sell through data across channels to the organization to inform strategic decisions.
• Partner with Sales team and Ops/Data analytics - create action plans and capitalize on sales opportunities based on the analysis.

Leadership

• Assist Director, Commercial to build and lead a high-performing commercial team. Provide coaching, guidance, and support to team members to enable them to achieve their goals and maximize their potential. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the team.
• Drive cross-functional initiatives to optimize processes, enhance efficiency, and deliver superior customer value.

Who You Are:

• You are skilled in channel management, merchandizing planning and sales.
• You work seamlessly across functions and geographies to drive brand growth.
• You are customer/consumer obsessed.
• You are passionate about the brands you work for and are constantly looking for new possibilities.
• You thrive in a collaborative and fast paced environment.
• You leverage best practices while reinventing the spaces you work in so that they can grow and evolve with the business.
• You are a strategic thinker that solves today’s challenges while anticipating and planning for tomorrow.
• Proven 12+ years of growing commercial & merchandizing responsibility in product category/ assortment planning across multiple channels and retail accounts both offline/online, channel management, and sales, in fashion apparel, footwear, sporting goods, consumer goods industries
• 5+ years of leadership team experience and regional merchandising strategy development experience within the industries mentioned  
• Proven track record of driving revenue growth and achieving sales targets in diverse markets within APAC.
• Strong understanding of cultural nuances, market dynamics, and regulatory environments across the APAC region.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams across functions and geographies.
• Strategic and high levels thinker with the ability to develop and execute complex commercial plans in a dynamic, competitive and uncertain environment.
• Keen understanding and experience of assortment planning, merchandising, and consumer experience initiatives.
• Native fluency in English is a must
• University or four-year college Degree (BA or BS in related field) or equivalent education

Position Overview: 

This role is a senior-level cost management professional responsible for overseeing all aspects of cost accounting, cost analysis, and cost management within APAC region. This role serves as a strategic partner to operations, supply chain, and leadership to drive cost efficiency, accurate product costing, and profitability optimization.

What You Will Do

Costing:

• Manage all cost negotiations with the source factories and be responsible for updating internal system with most updated and accurate cost timely.
• Ensure CBD’s are available timely for all styles in production.
• Collaborate with Sourcing, and the Source Factories to promote the transparency of costing.  This would include further defining costs for overheads and procedures.
• Collaborate with Sourcing and the Source Factories to help develop a tiered cost system reflective of production complexity and actual incurred costs.
• Develop and report on costing metrics to include (but not limited to) standard labor rates, average unit costs, standard yields etc.
• Standardize Labor, overhead, yield etc. targets across factories and regions.
• Responsible for hiring, training and supervising the Costing team.

Factory Operations

• Collaborate with the Source Factories, Sourcing and US stakeholder teams to work towards long-term sustainable improvements within the manufacturing process as well as the costing process.  This should include utilizing lean techniques whenever possible to drive these changes.  These actual process changes will be linked with estimated actual costs used for the price paid for finished product.  This may include preparing conceptual cost analysis around new strategic initiatives or ventures.
• Skilled in all aspects of costing construction, product knowledge, business experience, and negotiation skills, resulting in the enhancement and expedition of product costs through the development life cycle from prototypes through commercialization and strategic planning.  This will require being able to work as part of a cross-functional team.
• Work with appropriate parties on negotiating and understanding costs of production processes (example – manufacture of complex CMF process etc.).
• Maintain independence from factories and provide an appropriate level of professional skepticism when dealing with factories.  This role must set the standard in this area.

Materials

• Collaborate with Sourcing (materials) to establish metrics around materials testing, qualification, usage and purchasing.  Additionally, work with these groups as part of the negotiation team for material costs and process improvements.
• Collaborate with Sourcing and Suppliers to extend lean thinking back to the key supplier level.

Policies

• Responsible for making sure there is appropriate documentation for all procedures and processes to ensure long-term sustainable benefits.
• Management of Costing standard, policy and procedures. This provides a consistent basis for negotiation of the cost of the finished product.  Expertise in systems implementations, cost analysis and process improvements.

Systems

• Ensure identification and full support for costing system implementations and usage, Supply Chain Management or other defined systems including costing packages. 

Management

• Recruit, train, and develop a professional, independent costing organization responsive and supportive to local and corporate requirements.
• Drive system implementation, standardized practices, and employee rotation are geared towards clear independence and professional development.

Who you are

• Expertise with a Product Development PLM management system.
• Proven talent in hands-on training. Strong research and analytical abilities. Excellent team building and interpersonal skills; work effectively with individuals at all levels.
• Extremely successful in facilitating cooperative relationships among employees and management.
• Well-developed communication skills demonstrated through professional verbal and writing abilities, client relations, marketing expertise, customer service skills, training new employees, and the ability to produce in-depth reports and correspondence.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, quickly assessing situations and providing solutions.
• PC skills should include Microsoft office, costing software, Centrics or other PLM system, must have the ability to learn and master new software.
• Must be multi-lingual (Mandarin/English required).
• Travel required Domestic and International
• Bachelor’s Degree required in Engineering, supply chain, finance
• Requires 7 to 10 years of related experience in athletic sports, CPG, or FMCG type supply chain with either OEM and/or owned factories.

Position Overview:

The Regional Commercial Director will lean into cross-functional collaboration to execute a holistic marketplace management strategy that will include a consumer first mindset, clear segmentation, product franchise management and an omni channel approach.

The Regional Commercial Director will be responsible for three key deliverables: 1) Product segmentation plans 2) channel differentiation strategy and 3) deliver profitable growth in APAC. I.e., driving revenue growth, expanding market share, and enhancing profitability across the APAC region.

This role will require strategic vision, strong leadership capabilities, and a deep understanding of the diverse markets and retail landscape within APAC. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success in commercial and merchandizing leadership roles, with a focus on driving business growth in the region.  This role reports to General Manager, APAC.

What You'll Do

Merchandizing Management

• Supports the annual revenue game plan and regional brand budget process.
• Develops and delivers differentiated regional product assortments.
• Aligns planning process with product team, sales team, marketing team, supply chain team and customer planning calendars.
• Collaborate with product team, sales team, marketing team regarding customer specific planning, strategy, content, and analytics.
• Understands brand, regional and channel priorities and uses the planning process to drive strategic alignment.
• Pulls together resources across marketing, consumer insight and operations needed to improve the profitable growth.
• Aids in the recommendation of SKU assortment priorities, financial guidelines and synergies across channels, customers and brands within area of responsibility.
• Leverages growth driving execution including category management, assortment concept and shopper marketing to deliver comprehensive category growth plans for channels & markets.
• Compiles and analyzes market, shopper / end-user, and channel knowledge gaps.
• Compiles profiles of competitors and channel customers using primary and secondary research and data.
• Gathers competitive and marketplace intelligence and shares with the regional team & organization.
• Collaborates and summarizes business risks and opportunities cross-functionally.
• Plans operational strategies that increase revenue, identify changes, adjust, and redraft strategic plans as necessary.
• Recommends any new product innovation needs to penetrate new channels/customers.
• Pricing and Program Guidance.
• Collects and analyzes account pricing and distribution for Stanley 1913 and competitive brands.
• Understands retailer & distributor margin and pricing expectations.
• Analyzes and track potential impact of pricing exceptions on channel / region.

Sales Development

• Develops a consistent drumbeat to report sell through data across channels to the organization to inform strategic decisions.
• Develops demand planning & forecast analysis.
• Responsible for sales analytics using available syndicated data, DTC & Distributor and customer reporting to create action plans and capitalize on sales opportunities.
• Uses a formula to develop gross market value measurements to measure brand penetration by geography and understand key markets/epicenters.
• Manages data tools and has direct connection to account teams reporting contacts.
• Development and maintenance of robust sales report to lead data-driven decision making.
• Establishes short-term and long-term prioritization roadmap of the business’s overall analytical needs and opportunities.
• Establishes KPIs and metrics to track commercial performance across the APAC region. Monitor performance against targets, analyze key performance drivers, and provide regular updates to senior management on progress, challenges, and opportunities.

New Product Launches 

• Serves as Channel/sales voice on the development of launch strategy.
• Serves as customer voice in product development meetings.
• Works with Product development team to complete forecast tools.
• Participates in the development of new item launch and training materials.
• Creates customer and category selling solutions for our customers.

Leadership

• Build and lead a high-performing commercial team. Provide coaching, guidance, and support to team members to enable them to achieve their goals and maximize their potential. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the team.
• Drive cross-functional initiatives to optimize processes, enhance efficiency, and deliver superior customer value.

Who You Are:

• You are skilled in channel management, merchandizing planning and sales.
• You work seamlessly across functions and geographies to drive brand growth.
• You are customer obsessed.
• You are passionate about the brands you work for and are constantly looking for new possibilities.
• You thrive in a collaborative and fast paced environment.
• You leverage best practices while reinventing the spaces you work in so that they can grow and evolve with the business.
• You are a strategic thinker that solves today’s challenges while anticipating and planning for tomorrow.
• 15+ years of growing commercial & merchandizing leadership responsibility in product category/ assortment planning across multiple channels and retail accounts both offline/online, channel management, and sales, in fashion apparel, footwear, sporting goods, consumer goods industries
• 5+ years of senior leadership team experience and regional merchandising strategy development experience within the industries mentioned  
• Proven track record of driving revenue growth and achieving sales targets in diverse markets within APAC.
• Strong understanding of cultural nuances, market dynamics, and regulatory environments across the APAC region.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams across functions and geographies.
• Strategic and high levels thinker with the ability to develop and execute complex commercial strategies in a dynamic, competitive and uncertain environment.
• Keen understanding and experience of assortment planning, merchandising, and consumer experience initiatives.
• Native fluency in English is a must – knowledge in Korean, Mandarin or Japanese is nice to have 
• University or four-year college Degree (BA or BS in related field) or equivalent education