Founded in 1913 in Italy, the Prada Group was built on a tradition of excellence and with a vision of innovation. The Group, a world leader in the luxury sector, operates in more than 45 countries with the PRADA, Miu Miu, Versace, Church’s, Car Shoe and Luna Rossa brands, and has employees of over 100 nationalities.

JOB PURPOSE

The incumbent is responsible to manage the buying and retail merchandising function of the designed brand and category for PRADA Shoes to optimize business volume while respecting the fashion direction from the group.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Buying Process Managing 

1. Provide feedback to the Group on the collection and product development to maximize business potential in the local country
2. Review the budget and buy for the local country, control the broadness and depth of the buy and merchandising mix to ensure fashion direction is followed while balancing and maximizing the commercial and business potential 
3. Managing the order entry process

 
In-Season Performance management

1. Manage the sales performance, supervise the subsidiaries to ensure the stock is properly managed and that replenishment is properly and timely made to seize the business opportunity
2. Overseeing deliveries to ensure satisfactory stock levels and sales performance
3. Monitoring sell-thru, consolidating and proposing region-wide reorder requests as necessary
4. Frequent communication with HQ regarding sales and sell-thru performance to ensure achievement of targets/objectives
5. Supervising in-season stock consolidation/transfer of merchandise within the local
6. Management and periodic review to optimize performance
7. Frequent shop visits to have feedback and increase performance

Market Intelligence 

1. Frequent market visits to identify new opportunities and carry out competitor analyses,  report back to GMM and HQ.

New Shop openings

1. Follow-up delivery of merchandise for openings
2. Ensure that proper product training and knowledge is provided to the shop staff 
3. Follow-up on new store performance and corrective action as required as to the product mix, stock level etc.

Visual Merchandising 

1. Co-ordinate with Visual Merchandising team, verify the visual aspects from an image as well as commercial point of view
2. Oversight of VM guidelines and their application within the local

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

At least 8+ years of merchandising experience with the knowledge of fashion/luxury products are
preferred. 
Luxury buying experience is MUST
Familiar with MS office especially Excel
Strong in both verbal and written communication in English and Korean

Joining our Company means working in a creative and international environment, with teams of people motivated by curiosity and the quest for excellence. The engine of our success is the importance and value that we place on the talent and passion of our people leading to their own professional growth.