Brand Manager | Starco International Company Kuwait

- You will be responsible for merchandising, forward planning, stock management and maximizing the sales and profit contribution, ensuring margin targets are achieved through timely management of OTB (Open To Buy), stock allocation and replenishment, terminal stock management and retail price architecture.
- It will also be your responsibility to develop and agree strategic initiatives, ensure management of inventory control, and improve competitive market share.
- You will also be required to ensure the brand delivers business plan profit through delivery of both volume and cash margin, maintaining brand profitability by management of full price and mark down sales, intake margins, levels of mark down activity and terminal stock.
- You will also be responsible for planning (including Open To Buy), ordering, allocation and subsequent replenishment based on receipt and distribution of merchandise, building stock for peak trading periods, and mitigating terminal stock.
- Also you will Coach, support and guide brand and merchandising managers according to their relative experience on staff matters, host brand relations and coordination with other functional areas of the business.
- In addition you will regularly visit all markets, and ensuring your team members subsequently visit for follow-up, monitoring and communication purposes.
- You will be expected to participate in business improvement projects to ensure Brand requirements are represented in all major business-wide initiatives and systems.

Skills
• Degree level in Business Administration or a related major
• 2 – 3 years experience in a senior role in private company
• Extensive IT Systems Awareness and numerical skills, with good undressing of the Product Value plus good interpersonal and networking skills
• Knowledge of Key Commercial systems and Retail experience
• Ability to travel to all operating and host brand markets
• Fluent written and spoken English

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