Buying & Merchandising (Brand) Head

Accountable for the overall product & collection development, in addition to
the brand identity and DNA to deliver the Brand's P&L objectives. Oversee that
the brand philosophy is implemented in every aspect of each team's working
objectives related to the brand: Product, People and Customers. Deliver the
product development lifecycles to be on time and achieving brand strategies in
top and bottom lines.

KPIs:
* Brand P&L (Total Sales, GP and NP)
* Sell Through Rates & Terminal Stock
* Growth in market share
* Stock loss mitigation and inventory budget
* Quality of Brand Standards: Brand philosophy, quality and innovation
* Maintaining Brand Standards and market price positioning
* Staff retention and workforce development
* Maintain cooperative working relationships with all Department Heads

Responsibilities
* Develop brand strategy and budgets, whilst ensuring alignment with company strategy and objectives.
* Product delivery: Building and delivering seasonal portfolios on time, whilst building and delivering on ‎3 year business growth objectives, with best product development & quality practices
* Brand guidelines: direction to Brand VM to create clear guidelines, capturing the brand identity and collections
* Development and success of the complete supply chain; alignment of the teams & processes
* Accountable for maintain the approved budgets and merchandise planning targets, throughout the product's full supply chain cycle
* Ensure clear milestones and on time delivery; constantly improving and reducing time factors and scheduling challenges
* Complete budget management: production costs, logistics, pricing and sell through
* Regular meetings with the various teams to ensure performance is being monitored and actions being taken early when required
* Seasonal presentation to EXCOM of past period Achievement and next period action plan " Quantitative and Qualitative "
* Complete quality management: product, customer experience, concepts, processes and team
* Continually look to develop production costs, aligned with quality targets
* Review that marketing is leading the communication of the brand identity internally and externally
* Review the ecommerce business plan and developments: B2B and B2C
* Review the customer experiences with Marketing, particularly with a view to Omnichannel integration
* Oversee franchise growth planning and developments
* Supervising, motivating and developing the teams to ensure effective growth and momentum of the company goals
* Managing the overall costs and budgets; giving feedback to AK support functions as required

Job Description (Arabic)

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