HEAD OF MERCHANDISING GOLF

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YOUR TALENT

• 8+ years of experience in Merchandising or Product Management in either Wholesale or Retail organization, knowledge of the golf market is a must.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, Retail Merchandising, or a related field
• Strong business orientation, analytical aptitude, and retail math knowledge
• Strong collaboration skills required to work cross-functionally with sales, product marketing and design teams
• Comprehensive business knowledge of the Canadian golf marketplace including competitive set, distribution channels, pricing, segmentation strategy, regional variances
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with short timelines and changing priorities
• Flexible, solution-oriented, a skilled communicator and a relationship builder
• Fully proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Ability to travel up to 25%

YOUR MISSION

• Serve as the PUMA Golf product expert of Canada, internally and externally
• Drive Canadian seasonal PUMA Golf line architecture, assortment, and lifecycle plans, ensuring that the line plan is built to support key category growth initiatives and Key Account strategies.
• Develop the appropriate buy plans for future seasons to maximize sales and profitability growth, staying in line with inventory targets.
• Use customer insight, brief additional needs and adjust seasonal assortment plans as needed.
• Work with purchasing team to ensure buys placed before global deadlines.
• Drive seasonal pre-line process for PUMA Golf across all channels. Give the regional sales force all the tools needed to best serve their customers.
• Educate the Sales force on seasonal merchandising strategies and product.
• Deliver product presentations to top customers in all markets across the country.
• Own the overall process of briefing margin appropriate products and/or special programs based on specific market needs that incorporate customer insights, consumer trends, competitive activities, market intelligence and the Canadian distribution strategy.
• Oversee all information related to products including but not limited to price points, forecasts, introduction/launch dates and distribution plans
• Partner with Global Product Line Management to ensure the creation of product that meets Channel needs/targeted line architecture and pricing requirements.
• Responsible for pre-season sample management.
• Review ongoing sell-through analysis for the overall category with key accounts focusing on finding ways to best increase sales growth at these accounts.
• Travel the market to gain insight on current trends, consumer behaviors and channel opportunities.
• Drive presentation of seasonal architecture to global product teams along with insights and commercial input that aligns to brand positioning and vision.
• Review incoming Key Account assortments to ensure key marketing styles were ranged
• Collaborate with Sales counterparts to identify needs as related to assortment plans and product flow to maximize wins for the PUMA brand and the customer
• Work closely with Planning and Operations counterparts to share information regarding financial targets, functional milestones and account planning, forecasting and performance
• Work cross-functionally to ensure that the go-to-market process runs smoothly.

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

PUMA supports over 21,000 employees across 51 countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.