Jobs Companies Deckers Brands Manager, Buying - UGG

About this Manager, Buying - UGG role at Deckers Brands

Deckers Brands · Onsite · Shanghai, China

This role is responsible for pre-season assortment and in-season sales performance management for Omni channels:

  • Omni channel assortment strategy and product mix, channel assortment by segmentation by store size.
  • Channel exclusive styles request and channel GTM alignment and execute.
  • Maximize in-season performance and product gross margin through active monitoring, assortment optimization, and cross-functional action on risks and opportunities

30% Channel Strategy, Assortment Ownership, and Merchandising Execution

  • Provide channel-specific insights (consumer trends, performance, competition) to shape merchandising strategy
  • Own assortment product mix by channel, ensuring clear architecture across category, price ladder, and lifecycle
  • Define channel-exclusive styles and key items to support differentiation and brand heat
  • Develop key looks (head-to-toe outfits) by store tier to elevate product storytelling and retail execution
  • Translate China range into commercially viable assortment for channel
  • Own discount guidance, ensuring alignment with sell-through and inventory strategy
  • Drive gross margin (GM) and profit management, balancing full-price sell-through, markdown strategy, and brand positioning
  • Ensure alignment between assortment decisions, pricing strategy, discount plan, and financial targets

50% In-season Performance & Agile Optimization

  • Monitor in-season product performance (sell-through, margin, weeks of supply) across channels
  • Adjust assortment dynamically based on sell-through trends and consumer response
  • Identify key winners and risks, and drive timely actions (chase, exit, rebalance)
  • Continuously optimize full-price sell-through and markdown efficiency to protect profitability
  • Proactively identify slow-moving products and structural risks
  • Define and lead discount strategy and markdown actions to clear inventory while protecting brand value
  • Align closely with CM / Sales / Planning teams on execution of promotion and liquidation plans
  • Ensure healthy lifecycle management across full-price and markdown phases

20%

  • Team development and management
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Act as the key bridge between Finance, Merchandising, Planning, Sales, and Marketing
  • Ensure end-to-end alignment from assortment strategy to sales execution
  • Provide actionable inputs to:
  • Demand Planning → forecasting logic
  • Allocation → inventory deployment priorities
  • Marketing/VM → storytelling and campaign focus
Ready to apply to Deckers Brands?
Apply to Deckers Brands

About Deckers Brands

More than Just a Footwear Company From our corporate offices to our global retail stores, there’s a curious, independent spirit that’s distinctively Deckers Brands. We’re about giving people the freedom to pursue their passions. And we’re committed to helping them succeed; to become their best selves. That’s why we’re about more than work, the 9 to 5 or daily grind. We’re about opportunity - opportunity to create, to grow and to have an impact. As we work to become better at everything we do, how we better the world matters, too. Our products and brands are loved, no doubt about it. But the difference we make in people’s lives begins with our people, right here at Deckers Brands. We’re adven

See all jobs at Deckers Brands →

Similar jobs

Deckers Brands
Associate VAS Manager (Distribution)
Deckers Brands
⚡ Apply early London, England Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Deckers Brands
Product Analyst - UGG Footwear
Deckers Brands
⚡ Apply early Goleta, California Onsite $87,900–$118,600
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Deckers Brands
Data Domain Manager
Deckers Brands
⚡ Apply early US - California Remote · location restricted $108,700–$146,700
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Deckers Brands
Sales Associate (m/w/d) Minijob - UGG Berlin Hackescher Markt
Deckers Brands
⚡ Apply early Berlin, Germany Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Deckers Brands
Seasonal Stockroom Associate - UGG
Deckers Brands
⚡ Apply early UGG Lenox Square (Atlanta, GA) Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Deckers Brands
Seasonal Sales Lead with Keys - UGG
Deckers Brands
⚡ Apply early UGG Vaughan Mills (Vaughan, ON... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Deckers Brands
Product Analyst - UGG Apparel
Deckers Brands
⚡ Apply early Goleta, California Onsite $87,900–$118,600
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Deckers Brands
Seasonal Sales Associate - UGG
Deckers Brands
⚡ Apply early UGG Lenox Square (Atlanta, GA) Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Deckers Brands
Sales Lead with Keys- HOKA
Deckers Brands
⚡ Apply early HOKA Las Vegas North Premium O... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago

Sign up for suggestions tailored to the jobs you open and the searches you save.

More jobs at Deckers Brands

See all jobs at Deckers Brands →

Apply now
🤖

Whoa — hold up

JobsRadar was built for real people having a rough time in their job search — not for automated requests. You're clicking way too fast and you're now temporarily blocked.

Come back later. If you're genuinely job hunting, we've got your back — just act like a human.

Catch your next role the second it’s posted.

Create a free account and we’ll watch the boards for you — the instant a job matches your search, it lands in your inbox or Telegram. No digging, no refreshing.

Create free account

Free forever · takes 30 seconds · already have one?

Get an edge on your job hunt.

Join our Telegram channel for the stuff that helps you land the role — salary benchmarks, the weekly market pulse, and new-feature drops. No spam, just signal.

Join the channel — it's free