Benetton Category Manager

Benetton Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.

Today Benetton Group is one of the best-known fashion companies in the world, present in the most important markets in the world with a network of about 5,000 stores; a responsible group that plans for the future and lives in the present, with a watchful eye to the environment, to human dignity, and to a society in transformation. The Group has a consolidated identity comprised of colour, authentic fashion, quality at democratic prices and passion for its work: these values are reflected in the the strong, dynamic personality of the brands United Colors of Benetton.

We are looking for highly collaborative  “Category  Manager” who will add value to our Merchandising &Planning team. 

Requirements

·        Minimum 8 years of “Category Management” experience in retail, especially in fashion industry

·        Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English,

·        High level analytical skills,

·        High MS Office skills including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

·        Ability to work well under pressure, to handle a variety of tasks at the same time and within a dynamic organization.

·        Strong problem solving and decision making skills,

·        Highly collaborative working style and the ability to work in a deadline-driven environment.

·        Understanding of common retail metrics such as sell-through, gross margin, ASP and etc.

·        Ability to travel abroad

Job Description

• Attending all seasonal presentations in Italy & making the seasonal buy for Turkey.
• Manage seasonal product flow, pricing and lifecycle management in line with the Company's goals and vision.
• Determines and develops strategies in line with market needs and trends.
• Develop and present seasonal/weekly merchandise financial plan and sales budget as unit-based, value-based and profit-based in accordance with company goals, historical performance and market trend analysis,
• Managing the seasonal inventory and budget , make decisions about discount, promotion and RPT-order.
• Keep track of launch dates, make sure the products/collections are arriving on time.
• Prepare reports by reviewing sales performance indicators regularly,
• Improves seasonal buying budget process and creates new planning tools to support budget process
• Responsible for category product presentation during sell in meetings & prepares line-sheets for franchise & key-account channel in sell-in time.