Director, Merchandising, DTC Retail
Aplicar ahora Aplique más tarde Job ID 10115553 Ubicación Minato-ku, Japón Business Disney Experiences Fecha de publicación 11/03/2025Detalles del empleo:
Job Summary:
As a Head of Merchandising, this role is accountable for creating a successful merchandise strategy and delivering an effective product assortment to support achieving the financial targets for the DTCR Japan omnichannel business. This role also leads the merchandise team in supporting the export of key Japan programs to other regions and will be a key liaison with DTCR leaders in APAC, EMEA and US.
Responsibilities:
Merchandising strategy development
- Maintain deep understanding of the guest and how they are evolving to get ahead of trends and ensure product plans stay impactful.
- Effectively plan and execute merchandising strategies for both bricks & mortar and eCommerce and develop products to maximize DTCR sales opportunities.
- Lead merchandising strategies including product development, sourcing, inventory management, creative and visual merchandising by understanding our target consumer.
- Fully control the operational aspects of merchandise development; vendor management, product integrity, pricing and purchasing.
- Anticipate trends and drive continued innovation in product plans; push team to try new things.
- Develop immersive guest experience strategies working with Marketing, B&M, Logistics, eCommerce & Tech teams.
- Lead product development for Japan market, Buying and negotiation, pricing strategy and inventory management.
- Lead cross-LOB/cross-company initiatives to maximize new business opportunities.
- Collaborate with global merchandising team / sourcing team to leverage global product.
- Work closely with US/EMEA/APAC retail teams and other support function teams.
- Set 5-year plan for merchandise strategy to support long term growth objectives for DTCR Japan.
P&L Responsibility
- Maintain optimal inventory levels in line with financial targets and support inventory liquidation programs.
- Meet margin targets set by finance thru efficient markdown control.
- Achieve Annual Operating Plan revenue, sales and OI targets for B&M and Ecomm channels
- Deliver weekly/monthly/quarterly financial business reviews to upper management.
Organization Management
- Develop strong, capable and efficient organization to archive the business objectives.
- Motivate team through establishment of clear and challenging strategies and tactics
- Set annual objectives for all direct reports and assess their performance, recommend for performance improvement
Requirements:
- Over 10 years’ proven experience of Merchandising in retail business in Japan.
- Experience in product development for Japan market in SPA, Buying and negotiation, pricing strategy and inventory management
- Deep knowledge and insight of retail industry in Japan
- 5-10 year’s experience in managing teams in multinational company.
- Demonstrated strong leadership, passion and energy to lead the organization.
- Proven background in strategic planning and financial analysis/modeling.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
- Capable and flexible with the prioritization skills to handle multiple projects and act on high priority issues.
- Excellent business acumen combined with excellent judgment and the ability to identify optimal solutions with a creative and innovative approach.
- Deliverable-focused, strong work ethic.
- Fluent English and Japanese in both written and verbal.
Acerca de Disney Experiences:
Disney Experiences da vida a la magia de las historias y franquicias de Disney con parques temáticos, resorts, cruceros, experiencias vacacionales exclusivas, productos y más en todo el mundo. Disney destaca en la industria de viajes con seis destinos turísticos en los Estados Unidos, Europa y Asia, una línea de cruceros de primera categoría, un popular programa de propiedad vacacional y un galardonado negocio de aventura familiar guiada. Además, las operaciones globales de productos de consumo de Disney incluyen el mejor negocio de licencias del mundo, las marcas editoriales para niños más grandes del mundo, uno de los licenciantes de juegos más grandes del mundo en todas las plataformas y ubicaciones de tiendas de Disney en todo el mundo y en línea.
Acerca de The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, junto con sus subsidiarias y afiliadas, es una empresa internacional diversificada líder en entretenimiento familiar y medios de comunicación que incluye tres segmentos comerciales principales: Disney Entertainment, ESPN y Disney Experiences. Desde sus humildes comienzos como estudio de dibujos animados en la década de 1920 hasta su reconocido nombre en la industria del entretenimiento en la actualidad, Disney continúa con orgullo su legado de crear historias y experiencias de clase mundial para toda la familia. Las historias, los personajes y las experiencias de Disney llegan a consumidores e invitados de todos los rincones del mundo. Con operaciones en más de 40 países, nuestros empleados y miembros del elenco trabajan juntos para crear experiencias de entretenimiento que sean apreciadas a nivel local y global.
Este puesto es en TWDC (Japan) Ltd. , que forma parte de una empresa comercial que denominamos Disney Experiences.