Retail Product Manager at Ruff n Tumble

Location: Ikeja Lagos

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP

Direct Reports To: Buying and Merchandising General Manager

MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE JOB

Retail Product manager's purpose is to ensure product availability in stores which satisfy customer requirements and deliver the right product mix to customers at the store level and also to meet current and future sales.

RESPONSIBILITIES / DELIVERABLES/OUTCOME

• Merchandising Inter-Stores Movement Consolidation
• Responsible for ensuring transfer of merchandise from slow selling stores to fast selling stores (Inter-stores transfer or consolidation)
• Responsible for ensuring consolidation of stock is done for peak seasons by the stores team and merchandising allocation team/Product analysts 
• Warehouse to Stores Merchandising Allocation Movement
• Responsible for ensuring all allocated merchandise to stores are done on time before the target sales season
• Responsible for ensuring all allocated merchandise to stores are delivered and received by the stores team before the target sales season
• Warehouse Merchandise Replenishment Movement to Stores
• Responsible for ensuring timely merchandise replenishment requisitions by stores sales team by doing daily stores check calls on product gaps 
• Responsible for ensuring timely merchandise replenishment for stores by warehouse team
• Responsible for ensuring production team deliver products timely to warehouse to ensure timely delivery to stores 
• Responsible for ensuring the pick-up and delivery logistics for the movement of merchandise from the warehouse to stores is done smoothly
• Merchandising Stock Movement Monitoring in Stores
• Responsible for tracking daily, weekly and monthly stores stock movement imbalances for each product department, class, sub-class, colour and age range
• Responsible for tracking daily, weekly and monthly stock-out risk using inventory to sales ratio for each product departmental class, sub-class, colour and age range and recommend stock movement
• Responsible for tracking and managing movement of must-have stock for each stores based on product departmental class, sub-class, colour and age range
• Merchandise Movement for Product Life Cycle Plan Execution
• Responsible for recommending consistent slow selling product to fashion styling team for new look creation and matching stories and also manage the movement of the merchandise
• Responsible for recommending consistent slow selling product for big summer sales
• Responsible for advising buying team on buying risk by identifying products with high chances of becoming least favorite or worst sellers
• Recommend re-pricing and special discounts on slow selling products that have a high chance of becoming consistently worst sellers
• Execute markdown process for product under life cycle management and provide pre and post markdown sales impact report

Store Visitation

• Responsible for Store Visitation Product Assessment Audit
• Regular visit to stores to keep abreast with merchandise gaps

Job Requirement

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Statistics, Accounting or any related discipline.
• Merchandising training certification is an added advantage.
• A minimum of 7 years’ experience in a similar retail management role
• Strong Data Analytics Knowledge
• Knowledgeable in managing wide product range
• Knowledgeable in kids clothing trends
• Knowledgeable in retail sales data analysis
• Merchandising analysis
• Visual merchandising
• RetailPro knowledge would be an added advantage

Behavioural Competency

• Strong oral & written communication skills
• Attention to details
• Ability to multi-task
• Effective and proven interpersonal skills
• Mentally and physically strong, energetic and result oriented
• Good planning and prioritizing skills
• Team spirit