WHO ARE WE:
Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers—the Comfort Technology Company®—has spent over 30 years helping men, women, and kids everywhere look and feel good. Comfort innovation is at the core of everything we do, driving the development of stylish, high-quality products at a great value. From our diverse footwear collections to our expanding range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.

ABOUT THE ROLE:
Obtain an extensive knowledge of the Skechers product line you will represent for International Joint Venture (Asia). Support company objectives to enable growth and profitability in the International Merchandising division. Offer new ideas and solutions to increase sales. Analyze the business to determine additional opportunities. Effectively communicate all directives on product to Joint Venture partners via presentations, emails, and conference calls – both in person and virtually.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

Understanding Product:

 Become a product expert of your product lines.  Manage and communicate product assortments, inventory levels, review sales, and sample orders for JV merchandising partners. Determine when to react to best sellers and identify growth opportunities while understanding consumer and product trends. Candidate must consistently monitor the JV regions to find growth opportunities and communicate that to the regional merchandising teams.

Daily and weekly duties:

• Build and manage assortments across multiple Asia JV countries at omnichannel level

• Key merchandising leader for respective footwear categories – bringing sound experience to drive growth and offering efficient work processes to the JV merchandising team & counterparts

• Review overall sales/inventory levels and identify growth opportunities within each market thru data analytics

• Communicate effectively with JV counterparts to share feedback on missed opportunities and/or re-orders as necessary

• Strategize on seasonal line plan assortment by providing projections by outsole/category

• Share vital information to Asia JV partners regarding product availability, sales samples, sales trends, key initiatives, marketing strategies and product direction

• Key merchandising ambassador of corporate initiatives while maintaining a strong understanding of regional needs within Asia JV

• Collaborate and communicate with Director of International, JV, and cross functional partners within International Merchandising, Product Development, Planning, and Sample Teams

• Demonstrate a high level of quality work focusing with specific attention to details.

• Ability to work independently but also convey successful team building skills

• Run reports and produce sales analysis/inventory management documents across the Asia JV region

• Aggressive sales approach is needed.  As there are few occasions to work in person, phone calls and emails are essential to success in this position.  The merchandiser must be comfortable with phone/video communications and in-person product presentations.

International Product Conferences (held seasonally):

• Attend Global conference in our Manhattan Beach Showroom twice a year, extending into the weekend if necessary.

• Build rapport with Joint Venture merchandising regions to grow and develop relationships.

• Possible evening calls with JV partners due to time zone difference

• Work with JV partners to understand their business focusing on key assortments and product on order.  Make educated recommendations for styles that can work in their markets thru analysis of respective countries.

• Become an expert in your lines as this position requires you to have extensive product knowledge of a large volume of SKUs.

• Present product lines to internal teams at all levels

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Prior Buying / Merchandising experience required

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Able to manage multiple priorities and timelines

• Strong presentation skills to an audience of all levels

• Advanced Excel and Microsoft PPT skills

• Experienced data analytics and business acumen

• High problem-solving skills

• International experience a plus

• Previous tradeshow experience a plus

• Sales background a plus

REQUIREMENTS:

• 4-6 years of Merchandising/Buying/Planning experience

• Bachelor’s degree

The pay range for this role is $90,000-$100,000/yr USD.

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About Skechers

Skechers, a global Fortune 500® company, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,300 Skechers retail locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Skechers is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic established by local, state or federal law.

Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants for employment who require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job should request appropriate accommodation by emailing [email protected].
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily.  The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.